Superintendent fired after allegedly investigating students for not applauding her daughter enough
Superintendent fired after allegedly investigating students for not applauding her daughter enough
The Poway Unified board voted to dismiss Marian Kim Phelps after students alleged she threatened to ban them from graduation ceremonies for not applauding her daughter enough at a banquet.
A San Diego-area school district superintendent was fired this week, nearly a year after students alleged she threatened to ban them from graduation ceremonies after they inadequately applauded her daughter at a banquet.
The board that oversees the roughly 35,000-student Poway Unified School District voted unanimously to dismiss Marian Kim Phelps during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday.
In a statement read by President Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff, the board said it “has lost all confidence and trust in Dr. Phelps’ ability to continue to serve as superintendent.”
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Players, coaches and parents allege that Phelps bullied and harassed members of the softball team at Del Norte High School, a Poway Unified campus in San Diego, during an after-season team banquet on May 30, 2023. Phelps, players alleged, was upset that her daughter, who was named team MVP that evening, did not receive applause from her teammates Phelps deemed adequate.
The perceived slight, players alleged, prompted Phelps to launch an investigation — and threaten to bar seniors from participating in their graduation ceremonies.
She didn't "investigate", she threatened children.
She used an "investigation" in an effort to make the threat actionable, though. She wasn't done after the threats.
The fact that the team didn't applaud for his daughter when she won mvp, tells me his daughter likely didn't earn it and was given mvp due to nepotism
It doesn't even say they didn't applaud, just that it wasn't enough applause. It could have been a totally reasonable amount of clapping and this lady was mad there wasn't a standing ovation.
You didn't read more than the headline, I see.
She probably fits right in with today fascist.
Today's fascist? School officials were fascists back when I was a kid.
A glimpse into a 2nd Trump term.
This does a disservice to how dangerous a second trump term actually would be.
Check out this lady's salary if you want to be depressed about how wealthy she was, or laugh at what she threw this all away over
This is why there is never enough money for teachers regardless of how many tax increases we vote for. It all gets hoovered up by administrators and 3rd party vendors.
For comparison, POTUS makes $400K
Seems like it could've been a good learning experience for her daughter.
Most people in this generation are petty shitbags who should not be taken seriously.
Leave'em in the dust!
I can only imagine the daughter was a victim in this as well.
They are banning the book 1984 which covers this very subject, and SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING!!!!!!
Poway Unified School District is banning 1984? Please link an article because I could not find any.
1984 is horrendously overrated and I think less of anyone who thinks highly of it.
It's a love story at best.
This level of butthurt is crazy.
Remind me, how many kids did Stalin have again?