Gilbert Public Schools Firing National Board Certified Teacher Who Reported Bullying, Race Discrimination and Retaliation

The Governing Board of Gilbert Public Schools voted to take action to dismiss the National Board Certified Teacher who reported bullying, racial discrimination and retaliation at Meridian Elementary School last year and continuing retaliation at Highland Park Elementary School. Sarah has been on paid administrative leave with full benefits since November 2011 -- but without an opportunity to defend against the charges Superintendent Dave Allison brought against her. Read Sarah's story.  Sarah's story also is available as a .pdf document for convenient printing.

New Section: What Does It Cost to Fire a Teacher Unfairly ? We itemize the Cost to Gilbert Public Schools to Fire a National Board Certified Teacher Who Reported Bullying and Racial Discrimination.  Estimates are based on what it cost Peoria Unified School District to Unfairly Fire Teacher Tim McKee.  Bottom line: PUSD has paid Lewis and Roca, just one of the law firms giving legal advice to the PUSD board, more than $400,000 to date -- even though the hearing officer found that PUSD did not have enough evidence to fire this teacher. We estimate the cost to date for PUSD to be $5,505,000.00.

We estimate the cost to Gilbert Public Schools to be $580,583.59 BEFORE Sarah Green files civil rights lawsuits in federal court for retaliation after she reported racial  discrimination to top officials of the Gilbert School District.

NEW! Gilbert Public Schools Self-Contained Gifted Classroom at Pioneer Elementary School discussed at May 15, 2012 board meeting. Bottom line: funding is available if the district stops paying outrageous legal fees to favorite law firms.

NEW! Gilbert Public Schools Budget Cuts, 2009 - 2012

NEW! Videos from May 1, 2012 Governing Board Meeting concerning GPS Revised 2012 Budget and the upcoming Budget Override decision.

ALSO: Whistleblower information for teachers and staff at Highland Junior High School following investigation of Principal Brian Yee.

A follow-up to a groundbreaking 2005 study on bullying, biased remarks and family diversity conducted by Harris Interactive, called "Playgrounds and Prejudice: Elementary School Climate in the United States" is based on interviews with 1,065 elementary school students in 3rd to 6th grade and 1,099 elementary school teachers of K-6th grade. Click here to learn more. You'll also learn more about how a school climate, like that at Meridian Elementary School, tolerates bullying.

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Check back for updates as the story unfolds.

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