South Country Central School District (New York) Superintendent Joe Clipp Jr. has resigned after accusations that he raised a grade for a star football player in order to help the player receive a college scholarship. The district will give Clipp $545,000 in severance pay, the equivalent of two years’ salary, CBS 2 reports. The district is located in Nassau County, which has the second highest property taxes in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation.
Undoubtedly, the school board’s generous severance package was done in the best interests of district students, though details remain murky.
Undoubtedly, the school board’s generous severance package was done in the best interests of district students, though details remain murky.
In Washington State, “a high school math teacher of Chinese descent who sued the Waterville School District for discrimination has agreed to resign in exchange for about $430,000,” reports the Associated Press.
Teacher Jim Zhu was fired in 2009 for allegedly verbally abusing students and refusing to help struggling students, the AP reports. The district will give Zhu more than three years’ salary and a letter of recommendation, which Zhu can presumably use to secure another teaching job.
The damage teacher tenure and trial lawyers can inflict on our schools is breathtaking, is it not?
