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Hearing will determine the fate of Fanjul's teaching license
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Both my daughters had Mr. Fanjul and said he was one of best. I wish him only the best and hope he can get his life back on track. He is too good a teacher to be left stranded.
I needed better teachers in High School, too.
It doesn't sound like Lear has an unbiased mindset as she goes into the USOE hearings. I hope that in spite of Lear's bias at this point, Mr. Fanjul will get an objective, professional hearing.
He was acquitted of the criminal charges that were brought against him, but other things occurred which may still be an issue. I don't know enough about teacher licensing requirements as they relate to teacher behavior.
Is text-messaging students specifically forbidden in the teachers' code of conduct? My daughter is a class officer at her high school. She receives text-messages from her teacher-adviser to coordinate their activities. The officers and this adviser have gone out to lunch on occasion. This adviser is a caring teacher and an excellent SBO adviser. Should she lose her teaching license?
It feels like Fanjul is being railroaded.
BUT
Lear's comment "I think there's going to be some discipline...Is it more likely than not that there was unprofessional behavior? Of course there was--just what we heard (in court)." is more than a little out of line and unprofessional and possibly illegal to make at this time.
May I suggest the board consider severe action against someone, just not the teacher.
Students of West High and their parents who value this teacher need to gather together in force to support him.
So, get out your cell phones and start texting, start a support group on Facebook, contact all past students who valued their classes with Mr. Fanjul and on the day of his hearing bombard the School Board with your presence to show them that you will not tolerate the continuance of dragging this man through the mud. You have a voice - now is the time to use it.
On a side note, does anyone know if the accusing girl's status as a student is being investigated since she has now ruined the lives of TWO teachers, with her allegations against one being proven completely baseless?
By the way, did anyone see the UEA backing Mr. Fanjul? didn't think so. Let this be a lesson to all you UEA card-carrying members. They only want your union dues and to pass propaganda for them. Quit being used and let's move forward and deep-six the UEA. It would be a huge move forward.
"Treat any student who has previously sued as a school pariah or social leper."
He might be a great teacher, but there is ZERO reason for a male teacher to be chatting online with a 17 year-old female student after midnight.
Ive always been personable and an excellent salesman, so teaching a class came easy. The kids loved me and asked their teachers to have me back. The school principle came down to introduce himself because he wanted to meet the teacher that so many students were talking about. The school secretary asked if I was interested in applying for a job.
After just a few days in one class, several kids asked me sex-ed type questions. In another class, several girls wanted hugs every time I taught and other kids were opening up and telling about drug use and abuse in their homes.
So I quit!
Not because of the kids, which obviously were desperate for adults to trust, but because it was far too risky. I didn't dare be anything but a teacher for these kids and I could clearly see that too many of them were desperate for much more. As Fanjul shows, its dangerous to excel at being a teacher.
Remember, OJ Simpson was also acquitted, but Nicole's parents later won an enormous civil lawsuit against OJ.
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