Female teacher accused of sexting student, 13, fired over alleged romp in cinema
Micca Watts-Gordon, 37, has been sacked by the Jefferson County Public Schools in Kentucky more than a year after the alleged offences took place. She is due to go on trial in November
Teacher Micca Watts-Gordon has been sacked for alleged sex romps with a 13-year-old student
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AP: Black Parents Say Remote Learning ‘Shields Children from Racism’ in Classrooms
4 May 2021
Some black parents are expressing a preference for remote learning as a means to better “shield their children from racism in classrooms,” an Associated Press (AP) report published Tuesday stated.
One parent, Ayaana Johnson, said racism has been a significant problem in her mostly white town in Georgia, according to the report.
Johnson reportedly said some of the white children in her daughters’ school engage in racial slurs, and there have been Ku Klux Klan flyers found in mailboxes.
She reportedly added the teachers in her daughter’s school are quick to punish or reprimand black children.
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Kentucky Supreme Court to decide fate of JCPS property tax increase Share Updated: 11:20 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Share Updated: 11:20 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021
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Show Transcript SUFFERED CUTS FROM FLYING DEBRIS. VICK THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COUR WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF THE JCPS PROPERTY TAX I. A JCPS PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. TODAY, THE COURT AGREED TO HEAR THE CHALLENGE FROM NO JCPS TAX HIKE. THE GROUP COLLECTED 40,000 SIGNATURES FOR A PETITION TO CHALLENGE A $0.07 TAX INCREASE ON LAST NOVEMBER’S BALLOT. DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, A JEFFERSON COURT JUDGE RULED THOUSANDS OF THOSE SIGNATURES WERE INVALID. THE QUESTION WAS ALREADY ON THE BALLOT. SO WHILE THE VOTES WERE