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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2014, 12:32 AM Jan 2014

Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired

A former principal at a charter elementary school in Colorado said that she was fired last year after she tried to force school officials to stop marking the hands of children who could not afford to buy lunch for full price in the cafeteria.

In an email sent to parents last November, Peak to Peak Charter School insisted that former principal Noelle Roni’s firing was not a form of retaliation after she claimed she had complained about a hostile work environment.

At the time, Roni had said that she refused to sign a buyout offer because “it would have put me in a position of not being able to explain myself to the community I love.”

“It would also prevent me from trying to undo the damage that continues to be waged on my reputation and character by the ongoing speculation,” she noted. “I believe that I was retaliated against for standing up for children’s rights and against activities that stigmatized children.”

more . . . http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/06/principal-stopped-schools-shaming-free-lunch-kids-with-hand-stamps-says-it-got-her-fired/

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Principal stopped school’s shaming free lunch kids with hand stamps, says it got her fired (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Jan 2014 OP
Great woman. Wish there were more like her. SunSeeker Jan 2014 #1
They're called Sharter Schools for a reason. ScottyEss Jan 2014 #2
I been hesitant to post but I was a part of all this! Laffy Kat Jan 2014 #3
The parents are working on a recall JimDandy Jan 2014 #4
This is what is wrong with the world. madaboutharry Jan 2014 #5
k&r thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Jan 2014 #6
K&R for another brave soul fighting back: Jefferson23 Jan 2014 #7
+1 warrant46 Jan 2014 #8
Sad... CoreyAndrews Feb 2014 #9
Right things get punished petson Feb 2014 #10

SunSeeker

(53,684 posts)
1. Great woman. Wish there were more like her.
Tue Jan 7, 2014, 01:47 AM
Jan 2014

Unfortunately, the actions of the school will discourage others from standing up for kids like she did. I hope she kicks the school's ass in court.

Laffy Kat

(16,524 posts)
3. I been hesitant to post but I was a part of all this!
Tue Jan 7, 2014, 02:34 AM
Jan 2014

Worked there off and on for years while I was going to school. Both my kids go there. All the "lunch ladies" were moms at the school. The hours were perfect but, of course, the pay sucked. As a charter, P2P is a non-union school so both the faculty and staff were underpaid. Anyway, I know Ms. Roni and she was a wonderful principal. Like at the lunch ladies, I was instructed to stamp the kids' hands if they were low on funds. Worse yet, if the parents didn't come up with the money, their children would be given a cold cheese sandwich instead of the usual hot lunch. It is impossible to stamp discreetly and I always felt terrible about doing it so I would usually "forget" unless the manager was hovering. The manager left right before Roni and I suspect it had something to do with this falling-out. BTW, I think just about all Boulder Valley Schools use a stamp, it's not just P2P. Hopefully this will help stop the practice.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
4. The parents are working on a recall
Tue Jan 7, 2014, 02:51 AM
Jan 2014

of 2 of the school's Board of Directors. This story was on Denver's CBS4 news tonight. Glad it's getting national attention, because this practice is so unfair.

madaboutharry

(41,361 posts)
5. This is what is wrong with the world.
Tue Jan 7, 2014, 03:21 AM
Jan 2014

The person or people who seek to do the right thing are punished and fired and the jerks creating the problem still have their jobs.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
7. K&R for another brave soul fighting back:
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 11:52 AM
Jan 2014

“As soon as I saw it happening, I was like, ‘No, this is not OK,’” Roni said. “The students felt so humiliated, like they had done something wrong. They didn’t want to go into the lunchroom any more. It’s unethical and disrespectful.”

petson

(25 posts)
10. Right things get punished
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 06:48 AM
Feb 2014

Right things get tarred-and-feathered I mean to mention that the those who do right things during this world get laid-off from their senior as a result of he feared of you and from your sensible work.

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