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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
WTOP: Principal accused of harassing students, teachers and staff
WASHINGTON - Six former and current teachers at Kemp Mill Elementary School in Silver Spring have filed a civil suit against the schools' principal and the Montgomery County Board of Education, The Gazette reports.
According to the suit, Principal Floyd Starnes bullied and harassed school staff and teachers for years, and the Board of Education knew about it but did nothing in response.
Starnes is accused of inappropriate touching and verbal abuse, referring to students and staff as "babes" and "dolls," taking young students into closets and mooing like a cow at the staff over the intercom.
It also alleges Starnes told his staff not to report suspected child abuse to Child Protective Services...
"We will respond to these allegations in the appropriate manner at the appropriate time," he wrote in an email. "It is unfortunate that a group of people is using the media to make accusations - thus far proven to be overwhelmingly false and erroneous - against the principal of Kemp Mill Elementary School."
The teachers repeatedly took their concerns to Montgomery County Public Schools leadership, but according to the complaint, the Montgomery County Board of Education failed to intervene.
The same EXACT thing happened to me 7 years ago when Mr. Starnes was a principal intern. Not only was nothing done about his actions, but he was given his job (with a 6 figure salary) at Kemp Mill regardless of his abusive behavior. This is disgusting.
"We will respond to these allegations in the appropriate manner at the appropriate time," he wrote in an email. "It is unfortunate that a group of people is using the media to make accusations - thus far proven to be overwhelmingly false and erroneous - against the principal of Kemp Mill Elementary School."
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ReplyDeleteThe teachers repeatedly took their concerns to Montgomery County Public Schools leadership, but according to the complaint, the Montgomery County Board of Education failed to intervene.
Issues Information
ReplyDeleteIssue: NEGLIGENT ENTRUSTMENT
Issue: INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
Issue: NEGLIGENCE
Issue: NEGLIGENCE
Event Date: 06/22/2012 Event Time: 09:00 AM Judge: RUBIN, RONALD B
Location: 50 Maryland Avenue 7th Floor Courtroom: 10
Description: SCHEDULING HEARING
The same EXACT thing happened to me 7 years ago when Mr. Starnes was a principal intern. Not only was nothing done about his actions, but he was given his job (with a 6 figure salary) at Kemp Mill regardless of his abusive behavior. This is disgusting.
ReplyDeleteWas anything that happened at Twinbrook reported?
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