LA Times: Turmoil at L.A.'s Miramonte Elementary School | http://lat.ms/zuYX5M
February 8, 2012
Drastic action
Re "New staff at troubled school," Feb. 7
I am more than horrified by the alleged actions of the two Miramonte Elementary School teachers accused of child abuse. But as a retired L.A. Unified School District teacher and former officer in the teachers union, I am appalled by Supt. John Deasy's drastic action of removing the entire teaching staff from the school.
How insulting to the hardworking men and women who have done nothing wrong, some of whom have worked diligently at the school for years. Deasy has tarnished every one of them.
What happened to innocent until proven guilty, or at least until accused? What happened to teachers' rights? And since when is the only answer to destroy the lives of innocent teachers to appear to protect children?
This is leadership?
Becki Robinson
San Gabriel
Lewd acts by teachers are tragic and represent a breakdown of the school as a community. But how can you even start to have a real community with 150 teachers teaching about 1,500 kids? That Miramonte Elementary exists is obscene.
I live between two of the most expensive high schools in the nation. One had a hard time finding a principal, its architecture marred by papers and signage plastering the windows and gates. The other sits on a gas field.
And Miramonte? Why wasn't that monster school broken up so administrators could know what was going on, so kids could feel they were in a close community and, yes, so test scores might reflect what we know, that small has value?
Don't let the school board off on this one. This is its shame.
Judith Markoff Hansen
Los Angeles
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