Ashley Nation is a married mother of two. ITS NOT ENOUGH: FORMER STUDENTS SAY REGARDING LICENSE REVOCATION. Hawn, 43, grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee, and has lived there his whole life. In November 2014, the trial court agreed with Cronin that his union representative had authority to file the appeal on his behalf, but the case was dismissed because the choice between the statutory hearing or grievance procedure was not timely as the district argued. We need more teachers like Blountville educator fired for discussions on race | Opinion, Tennessee legislature approved a ban on teaching critical race theory, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The district told WRTV it found Shewell, made false statements in his job application in an effort to conceal his resignation from a previous employer due to allegations of inappropriate interactions with students at that school corporation.. ', "Let me be clear in this communication. Shewells behavior caught the attention of his fellow employees at Silver Creek High School as well. Requires expanded criminal history check every 5 years. INDIANAPOLIS The state has revoked the teaching license of a former North Central High School teacher following allegations of misbehavior and misconduct Copyright 2023 KFSN-TV. But nearly one-third of schools across Indiana still arent participating and submitting data to the state to be included in the dashboard. On November 7, 2011, the districts deputy superintendent sent a letter to Cronin. We appreciate all the support and assistance that we have received from the Fountain & Warren County Health Department and other groups that allowed us to return to school, Shrader said in an emailed statement. He would heavily imply I should kill myself, Schilling said. Faith Allen Jones, a student in Hawn's class during the 2021 semester, testified that student opinions were always valued in class and that his firing was unjust. Welcome to Southeast Fountain School Corporation! Hawn rejects the labeling, and told Knox News he is merely engaging students to think deeply about American values, history and society. 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Eventually, things turned physical, she said. The report to the District stated that 12 years ago, while a teacher at North Central, Wallace had an inappropriate relationship with a former student, said Ellen Rogers, a spokesperson for Washington Township Schools in an email to WRTV. With good fortune and adherence to safety protocols within our buildings, we hope to reach milestone dates such Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring break and eventually graduation," Shrader said. District Home. On Monday, Ribaudo left his job at the school, where he had since been named the dean of students. Sharmas recommendations for schools came after Fountain and Warren counties saw a swift increase in the number of cases. Email Alisa Stewart-Merryman. … I have different feelings about it.. "I felt I had to come here, how could I not? So, nearly three months since the first students returned to classrooms, its still hard to get a clear picture of how the illness is currently impacting schools. On Thursday, Sharma said he had been in communication with at least two administrators and said overall he gets the feeling that schools are appreciative of the health departments guidance. He was also the schools varsity basketball coach for nine seasons and helped coach football. But it didn't matter. While I agree that this is not a long-term solution that we want for our childrens education, the impact to the health, safetyand quality of education made the decision the right one to make, Smith said in a letter to parents earlier this week. Both Cathy Ryan and Ashley Nation said they assumed when Shewell resigned from Silver Creek High School in 2012 that he wouldnt get another teaching job in Indiana. When Fountain County, a neighbor to Tippecanoe County to the southwest, was designated by state health officials as a hot spot for coronavirus, Sharma urged local school and elected officials to come together and revise their efforts to defeat the virus. ", Lacey, the author of the poem, told Knox News her initial reaction was anger. Deputies immediately began an investigation and found out the two became acquainted while he was a teacher. Shewell reached an agreement with the Indiana Department of Education on Jan. 6 to relinquish his teaching license. 10. Southeast Fountain Schools, in partnership with the community, maintains a safe and caring environment and provides students opportunities to develop skills for lifelong learning. The districts website and social media accounts did not provide updates, and Superintendent Sheri Hardman did not respond to requests for comment. He believes his students needed lessons exploring race in America more than anyone. "Death is not the only outcome that we care about, but it is one outcome of COVID-19 that's concerning, Sharma said. A TikTok user, whose account name is @crazynamebridgetmichael, explains in the video. He would say, Hey jump off that platform, see if you hit your head.". Central Unified District Officials declined to answer questions Friday about Gibson has represented childhood victims of sexual violence including Olympic level athletes and Tuegel has been involved in high-profile cases, such as the Larry Nassar litigation against the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics. "The reluctance was almost uniformly the standard, they didn't want to talk or give any information, McCarty said. "It's as if my work wasn't credible material and of course I was concerned with someone losing their livelihood over something I said.". Shrader attributes that success and the schools ability to stay open to the safety and health protocols that have been put into place. So far, about two-thirds of the states K-12 schools have reported information on how many cases of COVID-19 theyve recorded. Additionally, Shrader said MSD of Warren County spent more than $70,000 on supplies and equipment related to daily deep cleaning and allocated more than $140,000 towardadditional staff in preparation for the 2020-21 school year. Primary source evidence proves the claim to be false. Ashley Nation is Victim 1 in the Indiana Department of Educations complaint against Shewell, which was filed on November 23. And this little girl in the very front row says, 'You have to meow back at him; he identifies as a cat.' Fountain Central Jr./Sr. He led the Trojans basketball team to the 2009-10 5A Metro League title in the schools second year competing in Class 5A. The false claim nevertheless gained traction after being shared by Meshawn Maddock, the Michigan Republican Party Co-Chair. PREVIOUS | Indiana teachers to get more background checks under new law, "It would make it much more difficult today for him to be hired than in 2013, said McCarty. It includes occasional uses of obscenities. Records show that students, including McCracken, were asked where they fell on the political spectrum. WRTV has contacted Indianapolis Metro Police and IDOE to find out if theyre investigating. Gazette reporter Matt Steiner contributed to this report. The district informed law enforcement and the Indiana Department of Education of these allegations. IDOE uses this information to permanently revoke licenses, as required by state law. "But I still asked my students, 'Is Black history month or the NAACP an example of Black privilege?'". I was under the impression that he would not teach again, Nation said. He had been teaching his Contemporary Studies class, comprised of juniors and seniors, all white, for more than a decade. "After high school we graduated and our relationship escalated a little more and after a few times being with him I realized that this wasn't right, Nation said. As of the morning of Oct.13, the corporation had 11 positive COVID cases involving staff members and 11 positive cases involving students, Smith said, which created the need for the quarantining of additional individuals. Many have asked him why keep trying to teach where you aren't wanted? At least two school districts in Fountain and Warren counties have announced a switch to online learning and told parents future returning plans are tentative and will be dependent on COVID data and further direction from local health experts. Shewell would have passed a criminal history check because he has no criminal history. However, school superintendents and school attorneys do regularly share with IDOE misconduct that did not rise to the level of criminal convictions but warrant action on educators license. Whether it's through reporting to the state to be shared on its dashboard, creating their own or sending out notifications with updated data, Sharma said its important that local school districts are transparent with COVID-19 numbers. I probably reported Nathan over 10 times to administrators.". In the affidavit, it says during the investigation a male student told officers he had witnessed McCombe inappropriately touch some of his classmates. In this Thursday Dec. 6, 2018 photo, high school teacher Peter Vlaming chats at a West Point School Board hearing in West Point, Va. It was the specific and continual mention of "opposite" points of view that befuddled him. That meanshundreds of students will continue to receive instruction inside physical classrooms despite the guidance. Ryan quit as assistant drama director in 2011. Alternatively, Cronin had 10 days to request a statutory hearing under state law. But the Court of Appeals disagreed, determining Cronins suit was timely from when the district notified Cronin it would not grant him a hearing and sent the matter back to the trial court to determine if Cronins union representative had the authority to file an appeal on his behalf. "Which at that point was true because I never got a chance to go further into the lesson. The district did not respond to either notice. Fountain reported the highest rate of COVID-19 test positivity rate on Wednesday, coming in first out of all 92 counties around Indiana, according to Indiana State Department of Health data. Why is my work any different?" Ribaudo, 36, resigned from Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 on Monday, a day before he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust, a Class 4 felony, according to the Fountain Police Department. He would make varying comments about how I was ugly, untalented.. Hawn doesn't believe it to be a matter of coincidence. Unfortunately, the spread of COVID-19 has continued to expand, with no immediate end in sight.. They say North Central High School never should have hired Nathan Shewell in the first place. Not long after Michael Morton was taken to jail by deputies, he posted a $50,000 bond and was back at his Tower District home. In addition, the lower court granted Cronins request for reasonable attorney fees and interest, but denied his request for double damages and an additional award to compensate him for the increased tax consequences of a large lump sum payment. I don't know what that is. "I'm grateful for the people who reached out and asked me about it, but I'm disappointed how fake news is made. My feeling is that in this public health emergency, all of those other concerns are valid," Sharma said, "but they are trumped by the importance of mounting an appropriate response thats based on our fundamental understanding of the disease.. In some instances, the educator will voluntarily have his or her license revoked instead of going through further legal proceedings. "The goal for every educator is to provide opportunities for children," Smith said. A substitute teacher was fired, after refusing to meowat a student that identifies as a catBy not meowing back at the student, she somehow oppressed him. But WRTV Investigates has uncovered this is not the first time Shewell has faced allegations of misconduct at an Indiana school district. January 2022: Muncie Central teacher whose class sparked protest says shes leaving the school. News > Spokane Appeals court rules fired University High teacher owed nearly $900,000 in back pay. Who's doing it?' WebAlisa Stewart-Merryman JH Social Studies Teacher. "Teacher fired for not playing along with a student who identifies as a cat. Curiously, this is the second piece of misinformation purporting that students are identifying as animals this week. This reminder is regularly circulated to Indiana schools. Jan 19, 2022. My client Nathan Shewell forwarded me an email you had sent him requesting an interview, said Lenkowsky in an email to WRTV. Hawn is backed by dozens of his former students, constitutional experts and nationally lauded writers whose work he referenced in lessons about topics such as implicit bias and white privilege. WRTV Investigates did some checking and found not only did Shewell resign from Silver Creek in Sellersburg in 2012, he also resigned from LaPlata High School in Maryland in 2007 after working there for a year and a half. 1 killed in northeast Colorado Springs car crash, marking the 10th traffic fatality of 2023, Serious crash along Highway 24 on the west side of Colorado Springs Tuesday afternoon, Food resources for families once COVID-19 SNAP benefits end, WATCH- Car thieves targeting Kia and Hyundai vehicles, New details released following shootout with suspect and El Paso County deputies near Colorado Springs. A spokeswoman only said he is no longer an employee. Since schools opened, district leaders have faced the question of how to notify students, parents and the public and to what level of detail when there is a positive case in their community. The letter did not specify how many in the school district have tested positive for COVID-19. Warren County, labeled in "orange," a step down from red in the state's color-coded COVID system, has had a total of 65 cases, one death and a seven-day positivity rate of 30.8 percent. "I get to the third row and I hear this 'meow!' PREVIOUS | Ex-North Central students pursue legal action alleging district failed to stop teacher misconduct, The District immediately reached out to obtain more information, and was initially unsuccessful, read the letter to parents. McCarty says hiring gaps still remain in Indiana, especially when an applicant leaves a previous employer off of their application or resume. Schools are not legally required to notify IDOE in cases of allegations of educator immorality or misconduct. Send messaging out discouraging all social events for students and staff while away from school. "I was excited to teach Ta-Nehisi Coateswork with mystudents but I never got the opportunity.". Crain said his administration and the county health department dont see eye-to-eye on major issues, from business and schools changing operations to public community events being canceled due to the pandemic. WRTV Investigates Kara Kenney spoke with a dozen of Shewells former students. Sharma said the pushback has been frustrating, but all he can do is to continue to try to educate the community on the best protocols to follow. ", Sharma said the guidance was created to show school leaders as clearly as possible, where we stand., Were getting pushback from our community, and at times from our elected officials within the community," Sharma said. The district attorney's office said there was not enough evidence to move forward. Hawn said. "He said that her breasts looked too big in the costume, but he said it in a way that he liked the way they looked, and I thought that was incredibly inappropriate, said Wann. It is the acceptance of bombs over Baghdad but not over Boston, it is European history being taught as a major and African as an elective. It is learning about my people only 28 days like I'm not Black every f------ second.. There were certain girls he would comment on. That changed as the legislature began inserting itself into classrooms following the nationwide conversations about race following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020. Hawn used the two incidents to discuss white privilege," which he said is fact. The convicted educator will then not be eligible to teach in a licensed Indiana school. Box, the states health commissioner, has said she hopes schools participate willingly but the state would consider a mandate if necessary. Lauren Miranda, 25, was fired from her job as a math teacher after a student obtained a topless selfie that she said she sent only to a fellow teacher she had been dating. "This is the population we need to protect the most and it feels like we are letting them down over and over again, said Windland. Cronin filed suit in Spokane County Superior Court within 30 days of the districts notification it would not grant him a hearing. District 8 officials declined to comment on Ribaudos arrest Tuesday, citing a new Colorado Department of Education regulation limiting comment until parents of students at the school have been notified. In the second suit, the district maintained its position that Cronin was not entitled to a hearing because the union representative lacked any authority to request either a hearing or a grievance procedure on his behalf and in any event the request was untimely because the representative failed to make a choice between the right to a hearing or a grievance procedure until after the timelines to file the requests had expired. After deciding to "fact check" whether the video has indeed spread online, she found it on several outlets including Citizen Free Press, News Punch and "Tucker Carlson's newsletter" (Newsweek has not been able to independently verify the latter claim). she asks, incredulous. Within five days, the union representative filed both a request for a hearing and a grievance in order to preserve Cronins timelines to either procedure. I firmly believe the COVID results for Fountain County are skewed due to the small number of tests and positive cases in that number, Crain said. Olivia Castetter also attended Silver Creek High School in 2009 - 2012, and said Shewell groomed students, asked them about their sex lives and made inappropriate comments. "Sure I could leave and go somewhere else, but I wanted to teach where it was needed the most," Hawn said. He also has had several restraining orders filed against him, including several by women he dated. Masks, hand sanitizing, extensive cleaning, social distancing and avoiding travel and exposure to high risk situations became our normal routine, he said. WebSoutheast Fountain Elementary School is located in Veedersburg, IN. In a complex case spanning almost a decade, the Washington State Court of Appeals has affirmed an award of eight years of back pay to a former University High School teacher who was fired in 2012 for a pattern of misconduct.. "They may be advising schools in ways that conflict with the health department.". The district later confirmed that Cronin, who would be unavailable for work while receiving inpatient treatment, was entitled to use sick leave. It's about their community as a whole. The school could have done a lot more, Nation said. Regardless of the outcome, Hawn's teaching license is now inactiveand it could be suspended for six months to a year by the state board, preventing him from teaching anywhere else. As of Friday, it wasunclear when Covington students would be able to return to in-person instruction. I was told right then and there to stop teaching it so I did. The District began the termination process mandated by Indiana law, which affords the administrator the opportunity to present a response, including a full hearing before the Board of Education, read the letter to parents. After the health departments recommendations were shared, the Southeast Fountain School Corp., based in Veedersburg and home to Fountain Central High School,announced instruction would switch to remote learning until at least Oct. 21. Also, Shewell will not be able to teach in an Indiana public school for the next three years and would have to go before an administrative judge before he could get reinstated, according to IDOE. The District has received no allegations of inappropriate conduct between this former Assistant Principal and any other past or present student.. November 2021: 'Students' voices matter': Muncie Central students march to protest being silenced. The letter emphasized that Cronin was required to personally respond to the letter by the next day, and, if he was unavailable for work, he had to make a written request to the district for paid leave. Lessons like Hawn's, which center on culturally relevant teaching, have been sucked into a political movement launched by conservative lawmakers that tries to define any lesson that touches on race or ethnicity as critical race theory. The district appealed that decision, leading to Thursdays Appeals Court ruling. We are invested emotionally and financially to educate our students and keep them and our staff safe. Sharma said he's tried to work with Crain and others on fall community events but that Crain told him proposed restrictions were too onerous. Shewell resigned from Silver Creek on September 28, 2012, according to the district. Seriously, an asteroid can hit plant anytime now. On April 28, Hawn said he was brought into the office for another meeting with the director of schools. Nikki Swisher Physical Education Teacher. Since the Assistant Principal elected not to request a Board hearing, the termination of his employment was final on April 12, 2021, as required by Indiana law.. Fountain Fort Carson School District tells 11 News he has been placed on administrative leave. On April 26, along with the discussion, he had them watch and analyze a YouTube video of "White Privilege," a provocative spoken word poem by Kyla Jene Lacey. Former students say Shewells behavior continued at North Central for seven years. Fountain-Fort Carson High School officials harbored suspicions that a teacher was acting inappropriately five years before Anthony Ribaudo II was arrested ", INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STATEMENT, BACKGROUND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Educator Licenses Misconduct/Allegations (No Conviction), Former students say system failed to protect them from Nathan Shewell, Todd Voigt | Director of Human Resources/Operations for the Silver Creek School Corporation in Sellersburg. School superintendents and school attorneys are in regular communication with IDOE to report misconduct (even when it doesnt reach a legal conviction), which IDOE investigates. The allegations that Ribaudo acted improperly with a student comes five years after Fountain-Fort Carson officials investigated whether he was involved in a relationship with a student, parent Kelly Gosman said Tuesday. "By law, if it's another school, they are required to tell you if they left under suspicion or asked to resign or if there was any issue related to a student.". I believe that with full transparency, and more people understanding what's going on, that's the way that we're going to be able to get on the safest route forward.. I want to know for a fact that he won't set foot in a classroom ever again". Despite Ryans concerns, records show Nathan Shewell stayed employed with Silver Creek High School for another year and a half. In front of the entire cast, he made comments about her boobs being too big for the costume, Wineland said. "At the December 20 Board of Education meeting, a community member addressed the Board of Education. Our move to remote learning for the two days before fall break (Oct. 15 and Oct. 16) was our first effort to slow the potential spread of the disease in an effort to protect our students, staff and all of their families," Puckett wrote. Yet, I remain steadfast in that through adversity, we are presented with our greatest growth and development opportunities.. An assistant principal at a California middle school fatally shot himself in an apparent suicide on campus, officials said. WebA Fountain Fort Carson High School teacher was arrested Thursday afternoon on suspicion of sex assault on a child by one in a position of trust and unlawful sexual contact. I think (our system) is broken, Nation said. Nation said Nathan Shewell earned her trust and took an interest in her personal life and relationships. It was the most disappointing part of this whole process," he said. I was told that I was continuing to deny my students access to varying points of view. Cathy Ryan served as Silver Creeks assistant drama director alongside Nathan Shewell. The video's creator does appear to be a high school teacher, according to her past videos, but the story is entirely made upironically, as an exercise to "create awareness" of what kids are going through at school, according to other videos posted several days later by the same account. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters. To help curb the spread, Sharma's department issued guidance Wednesday for all schools in the two-county area. Part of the concern with schools is the chance students, teachers and staff have of contracting the virus not in the buildings, Sharma said, but outside in the community and then bringing it back to the schools. Indiana implemented a new law in 2017 that closes some of the gaps and requires schools to contact previous school districts and references and removes the barriers of confidentiality agreements. Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Morton is out of a job following his arrest on one count of unlawful sex with a minor. The charge went unresolved for a while and Cronin taught the 2010-2011 school year without incident. Access all of our premium content, get unlimited digital access and more! "It made me angry and hurt all over again, but honestly it made me more determined than ever to talk about what he did, Ashley said. 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