-Caveat Lector- Looks like we will have one less liberal educator when this hearing is over.
Teacher fighting to keep her job * Cheryl Mulhearn, a teacher at Florosa, was reprimanded for allegedly telling her class she wished that President Bush had been a victim of the terrorist attacks. By ANGIE TOOLE, Daily News Staff Writer Florosa Elementary School teacher Cheryl Mulhearn plans to fight for her job, denying charges that she said she wished the president had been killed in terrorist attacks or that she visited pornographic sites with a school computer. "I deal with school boards all around the state, and I can tell you there's a real rush to judgement here," said Mulhearn's attorney, Tom Brooks. "It's disturbing. I think they are after her." Mulhearn became the target of angry phone calls over the weekend, when news of the charges was released, Brooks said. School officials released information about a letter of reprimand against Mulhearn Friday, after a 10-day waiting period allowing the cited teacher to respond. In the letter, Florosa Principal Max Gertsman said the fifth-grade teacher told her students "something to the effect that she wished one of the jets was running into the White House, and she hopes that George was in there when it hit." As reports of these comments were made public, Superintendent of Schools Don Gaetz also detailed the reason for Mulhearn's suspension by the school board that same week: charges that she had misused the district computer system to visit pornographic Web sites. Investigation documentation didn't release the names of those who had complained about the remarks, one of the key issues on which union officials and Mulhearn's attorney plan to base a grievance case. "The complaints are not anonymous," said Okaloosa County Superintendent of Schools Don Gaetz. "We have not released the names of students, but these are real people with real complaints. I am disappointed with the union's decision to defend the highly questionable behavior of this employee. This should be an opportunity for the union and School Board to work together to improve the teaching profession." In looking at district printouts of computer activity, Brooks said his office could only pinpoint one site that might be deemed inappropriate: www.rotten.com. That Web site includes sexual content and graphic violent images including autopsy photographs, but Mulhearn's attorney points out that records show that site had been viewed for only seconds. "In May, along with six or seven other sites in the same minute, this site was apparently clicked on and back off again," Brooks said. This documentation was derived from Mulhearn's laptop computer, which was provided through the district's "Computers for Teachers" program. Gaetz said the evidence shows numerous incidents, more than just a brief, one-time stop at a site of questionable taste. "The evidence will show a pattern, over months and months, of questionable involvement on the Internet," the superintendent added. Mulhearn's future with the district may be decided at the board's Oct. 8 School Board meeting in Fort Walton Beach. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
