Jefferson County Public Schools has fired one of their employees following an indictment and several charges of sexual abuse allegedly involving a minor.
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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We want to start to build community, Pollio said.
School board chairwoman Diane Porter, whose district includes the West End, said she supports the proposal. The goal is for them to develop friendships with each other, to be familiar with those teachers that will make the move into the new school, so that there is less anxiety, Porter said at a press conference Monday.
The Grace James Academy, the sister school of the W.E.B. DuBois Academy, would move into the Roosevelt-Perry building. The magnet school, which focuses on science and technology and uses an Afrocentric curriculum, is expected to have around 300 students across sixth and seventh grades this fall.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) â Nontraditional instruction at Jefferson County Public Schools has come with a steep learning curve not just for students, but for their families and teachers as well.
Some JCPS classes have dealt with technological issues from day one, so much so that Kentuckyâs largest district had to briefly cancel online classes and add another video conferencing option in the opening days of the 2020-21 school year because students were disrupting classes at some middle and high schools.
Problems have persisted on a much smaller scale since, mostly as educators and students simply try to figure out how to teach and learn in the virtual space as JCPS classrooms remain closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The district has not offered in-person classes since March.