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Teacher May Be Suspended After Student Urinates In Closet
POSTED: 6:55 am EST March 2, 2006
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A teacher has been recommended for suspension after she did not allow a student to use a restroom, resulting in the student urinating in a trash can in a classroom closet, school officials said.
Clearwater High School teacher, Lesley Campbell, violated the school district's policy that prohibits a teacher from making inappropriate remarks to a student or "exposing a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement," district officials said.
Clayton Wilcox, superintendent of Pinellas County schools, says Campbell, 64, should be suspended without pay for 10 days.
"Her decision-making process wasn't appropriate in the classroom," Wilcox said. "Certainly the student did some things that were highly inappropriate, but my focus is on the behavior of the employees and then, separately, on the students."
Campbell said when she told the junior he could not use the restroom Nov. 17, he suggested urinating in the can. Her reply, "Go ahead."
"I didn't let him go, but I should have," Campbell said. "Surely, I never thought he would use the trash can. It was astonishing. By the time he had grabbed the can and headed for the closet, I didn't feel comfortable approaching him."
Campbell, an English teacher, has requested a hearing on her recommended suspension.
She has taught at the school for 20 years.
It was not known if the unidentified student was disciplined.
Copyright ©2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
WFTV-Channel 9 (ABC) Orlando, Florida
Teacher May Be Suspended After Student Urinates In Closet
POSTED: 6:55 am EST March 2, 2006
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A teacher has been recommended for suspension after she did not allow a student to use a restroom, resulting in the student urinating in a trash can in a classroom closet, school officials said.
Clearwater High School teacher, Lesley Campbell, violated the school district's policy that prohibits a teacher from making inappropriate remarks to a student or "exposing a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement," district officials said.
Clayton Wilcox, superintendent of Pinellas County schools, says Campbell, 64, should be suspended without pay for 10 days.
"Her decision-making process wasn't appropriate in the classroom," Wilcox said. "Certainly the student did some things that were highly inappropriate, but my focus is on the behavior of the employees and then, separately, on the students."
Campbell said when she told the junior he could not use the restroom Nov. 17, he suggested urinating in the can. Her reply, "Go ahead."
"I didn't let him go, but I should have," Campbell said. "Surely, I never thought he would use the trash can. It was astonishing. By the time he had grabbed the can and headed for the closet, I didn't feel comfortable approaching him."
Campbell, an English teacher, has requested a hearing on her recommended suspension.
She has taught at the school for 20 years.
It was not known if the unidentified student was disciplined.
Copyright ©2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
WFTV-Channel 9 (ABC) Orlando, Florida