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Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform => The Troubled Teen Industry => Topic started by: Oscar on September 23, 2009, 04:23:59 AM
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We have this person, which is obivious not good to have around kids.
We need to offer him a job so he would move across state lines where there is no regulation.
What about a job selling used cars? It seems to fit former members of the industry.
Can anyone offer him a job, please?
State suspends Whittell dean's teaching license, by Scott Neuffer, The Record-Courier, September 22, 2009 (http://http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20090922/NEWS/909229973/1062&ParentProfile=1049)
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I hear this this man is looking for a new sparring partner... (http://http://www.ufc.com/BrockLesnar)
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I hear this this man is looking for a new sparring partner... (http://http://www.ufc.com/BrockLesnar)
Ive only seen this show once... (once is enough.) but the idea of getting some of those clowns on an episode of MTV's bully beatdown would be quite sweet.
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Copying out that link for posterity's sake...
For more background to this case, see also:
Richard Darrington has a new job
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The Record-Courier
State suspends Whittell dean's teaching license (http://http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20090922/NEWS/909229973/1062)
by Scott Neuffer sneuffer@recordcourier.com
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
A former school administrator facing two battery charges is no longer working at Whittell High School and most likely will not return to the dean of students position he was hired this summer, according to Douglas County School District Hu man Resources Dir ector Rich Alex ander.
"At this point, Mr. (Richard) Darrington has not been able to meet some of the obligations necessary to be in his position," Alexander said Monday.
On Sept. 2, Alexander notified Whittell High School that Darrington's substitute license had been suspended by the state.
"Due to the charges, the state department of education is reviewing his (Darrington's) request for a license," Alexander said.
Darrington's contract is contingent on certain deadlines, Alexander said, by which he has to obtain a valid teaching license.
"It's unlikely he'll be able to meet those deadlines," Alexander said.
Darrington, 37, was hired this summer to replace Whittell administrator Dan Wold, who transferred to Carson Valley Middle School for the fall. Darrington said the Douglas County School District was aware of two battery charges, a felony and a misdemeanor, leveled against him in Blue Ridge, Ga., where he operated a private school for teens called Darrington Academy for five years.
In May, Darrington was arrested by Fannin County sheriff's investigators for allegedly slamming a 17-year-old student on the floor, causing a tooth to fall out, and pushing a 16-year-old juvenile into a wall. He paid $6,000 bail and was released from jail.
Darrington said he's confident he'll be exonerated if the case ever makes it to a courtroom. Appalachian Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Jodi Spiegel said the charges against Darrington are still pending and will probably be presented to a grand jury in November.
"We're waiting to see what happens," Darrington said, "what's coming back from state and hoping things get resolved in Georgia quickly so we can move forward. We still don't know what will happen. It's all up in the air."
Darrington said if the state reissues his license, it may be up to the school board whether he returns to Whittell. He said he's provided the state with information surrounding the charges against him.
"They're waiting to make sure that the FBI check comes back showing no convictions," he said. "I really don't know. I don't know if I will be able to go back to work or not. I'm trying to take care of my family and trying to make it work."
Keith Rheault, superintendent of public instruction for the Nevada Department of Education, wouldn't comment specifically on Darrington's license review, but said specific state statute allows provisional licenses to be issued while background checks are pending. However, he said Darrington should not have been issued a substitute license.
"Upon review, he shouldn't have been issued one until all the materials, including the background check, were complete," he said.
Rheault said the provisional statute is typically not used if there is some indication of criminal charges on an application.
"Normally, protocol is that if there is some indication or some particular felony, we'll hold the license application until the full background," he said. "In most cases, we don't issue licenses as long as pending charges haven't been settled. In rare occasions, maybe twice in the last 10 years, a license has been issued based on documentation and review. It's very limited.
"My point is what I would want for my child being instructed. We'd rather err on the side of safety. Getting a license is a privilege in this state, not automatic."
Rheault said results from paper fingerprints take 2-6 weeks, versus 2-5 days for scanned fingerprints. Unfortunately, he said, out-of-state applicants often use paper fingerprints.
"A lot of ours come from out of state," he said. "They apply for a license while still out of state."
Rheault said he's working with other state agencies to set up more live scanning sites.
"We're working on a process with the state bureau, trying to work out sites in Nevada," he said. "Hopefully, in the future, an individual requesting a license in the state can get them (scanned prints)."
But for now, the state must wait for the results of the official background check before making a decision on Darrington's review.
In the meantime, Alexander said he's found a substitute teacher to replace Darrington.
"We're putting in a substitute dean of students until we can resolve the situation," he said. "We need the dust to settle before we can post the position. At this point, a person can start working with a sub license, but they're paid at the sub rate, and they're given a deadline to get stuff done."
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Comments for the above (third) Record-Courier article, State suspends Whittell dean's teaching license (http://http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20090922/NEWS/909229973/1062) (Sept. 22, 2009), #s 1-? (16):
1TigerFan wrote:
Great job hiring Mr Alexander and school board. I am so glad you had the students best interest in mind. Maybe you can find a child molester next for the position.
9/22/2009 7:35:27 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
Texex-Xpress wrote:
ROTFLMAO!
The State gives the DCSD an "out" for its gross malfeasance and whitewash of its complete incompetence. Glad somebody is on the ball here. Sure isn't ANYONE connected with the DCSD from the so-called "Trustees" on down.
FYI, Mr. Darrington, you're going back to Ga. and it will be even more counts than just two batteries to answer to. See 'ya!
LMAO!
9/22/2009 9:01:44 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
GvilleNative wrote:
So all of that was really "fancy talk" for "oops, we screwed up, now what do we do?" Good riddance to bad rubbish!
9/22/2009 11:14:15 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
Walk Softly wrote:
Hey can he take the board and Lark with him on his way out? Isnt there a way to put in a formal complaint about this district hiring him with this knowledge in the first place?
9/22/2009 11:49:22 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
Nashyra wrote:
Hey can he take the board and Lark with him on his way out? Isnt there a way to put in a formal complaint about this district hiring him with this knowledge in the first place?
9/22/2009 11:49:58 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
Nashyra wrote:
Not unusual for misinformation to be abundant by this regular crew of bloggers. FYI Supt of HR is the responsible party for all hirings other than the Principals. Not the board of trustees until the appropriate time when it is presented on the agenda, not the Supt. So if there is going to be complaints, complain abot the right department.
9/23/2009 9:04:14 AM on recordcourier.com[/list]
GypsyFighter wrote:
Nashyra, while I think everyone agrees that HR head Rich Alexander should be receiving most of the blame for this hiring, it is the superintendent and board of trustees' job to ensure that such high level employees are doing their jobs correctly. Lark and the trustees that pledge their support for her have done nothing to reprimand Mr Alexander over this issue, which makes them responsible.
If Lark or the board of trustees were doing their job, they would take action against their own HR department for endangering all of these students by hiring someone with student battery charges pending. It is completely inexcusable that this happened, yet everyone is acting as if it is just an unfortunate misunderstanding.
I say Alexander should be fired, Lark removed, and we (as the general public) take it upon ourselves at the ballot box to make sure that we replace the board members that have refused to take action against Lark and HR
9/23/2009 10:04:19 AM on recordcourier.com[/list]
AngelAjmani wrote:
The problem is much larger than you all may know. Darrington used to be a part of an organization that was modeled after a school system known as the CEDU family of services, which has been recently identified by hundreds of survivors as a place of severe, chronic, institutionalized teen and child abuse. Please follow the link to hear the surviovor statements:
http://liamscheff.com/daily/cedu-documentary/ (http://liamscheff.com/daily/cedu-documentary/)
More information on how to stop child and teen abuse in schools can be found at:
http://astart.fmhi.usf.edu/ (http://astart.fmhi.usf.edu/)
9/23/2009 5:28:36 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
Texex-Xpress wrote:
Gypsy, just to set the record straight, HR discovered that Darrington was on the job without a license on Sep 2 as clearly indicated in paragraph 3 above.
HR had him physically removed from the campus.
Principal Shannon then gave him "Volunteer" status which allowed him BACK ON the campus thus ignoring HR's red flags and bypassing DCSD set policy.
Shannon is SOLELY responsible for this hire and for keeping him on campus AGAINST the wishes of HR.
And, yes, Darrington has a long association with a group called WWASPS which goes back at least as far as a place called Casa by the Sea in Ensenada, Mexico, where he was Principal. The Mexican government raided the place finding multiple abuses there as was found in Ga.
I made all the Trustees and Lark FULLY aware of this a week ago and they still took NO action.
Malfeasance exists at EVERY level here but HR was the only one that took steps to keep Darrington off campus.
9/23/2009 6:00:42 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
Cactus Buddy wrote:
Gosh Nashyra you of all people should know that Stuperintendent Lark changed all the hiring board policies to reflect that SHE is the ONE AND ONLY person who has the last say on all hires...well, except of course the lowly classified folks, who as far as she is concerned, don't even exist let alone have names. She made that change so she could hire all of her old cronies from Clark. There is not a soul in HR who would have the power & connections to OVERRIDE the Dept of Education's practices on issuing a sub license to a person charged with two counts of battery on children. Mr. Rheault is quoted as saying that Mr. Darrington should never have been issued a license to begin with which tells me a favor was called in by someone they THOUGHT they could trust. Looks like someone at the Dept of Ed has egg on their face & someone at DCSD has fallen a few rungs down on the ladder of trust and respect they may have once had with the Dept of Ed?
9/24/2009 9:24:29 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
calistogal wrote:
Principals make their own hires, period and when the Principal is Sue Shannon, not only does she make the hire she wants, no one tells her NO when someone might disagree. Blame HR if you need to point the finger away from someone else, maybe yourself, but why would Darrington be removed once by HR, show up again on campus within days as a "volunteer," then be removed by HR again? Is HR to blame for that one too? Darrington could only have been on campus because he was invited to be there by the PRINCIPAL. Why didn't Darrington's name ever show up on the HR hiring pages on monthly agendas of July, Augor Sept? Could it have been that HR knew Darrington would NEVER get a license to teach, so they didn't worry because the LEGAL process would have stopped the bad decision of Shannon and Lark, had it made it that far, since HR was powerless to do so? One needs to look at where, miracuously overnight, the SUB LICENSE appeared! Hmm...a favor?
9/25/2009 7:32:28 AM on recordcourier.com[/list]
Nashyra wrote:
To quote the HR Supt. "The HR dept does the hiring, period", principals ONLY are hired by Supt. The decision never reached the point in process where the board or Ms. Lark were required to weigh in. This was a discussion by Shannon and Alexander which had not come to a conclusion, but wait, was there a "leak" from the DO to a public entity, proffessionals realize they are not allowed to comment on personnel. Why should anyone be surprised, again total lack of knowledge and proffessionalism being stated here. Hmmm wonder where it is origninating from.
9/25/2009 10:50:25 AM on recordcourier.com[/list]
sassy monkey wrote:
So Nashyra what you're saying is that Stuperintendent Lark didn't personally hire her Clark Co cronie as the Director of Curriculum and personally hire the only yes person she could find, the Asst Stuperintendent of Ed Services who has to hold Lark's hand every where Lark goes because Lark ONLY hires the Principals? I highly doubt that and I don't see your quote anywhere in the article above. Is that something the HR Supt said to you personally? Whatever...blah, blah, blah...you can waste all the oxygen you want trying to convince people of that but everyone knows the truth. The DCSD is a laughing stock with Lark & Trigg as the headliners at the DCSD Comedy Club. Such egos.
There are two things I DEFINITELY do know...the "leak" as you so call it came from the LAKE, not that it matters because a public entity like a school district should not have any secrets to "leak" to begin with. A public entity should be as transparent as glass.
9/25/2009 7:56:16 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
calistogal wrote:
Keep trying to point the finger everywhere but at the truth nashyra. Someone might eventually believe you, though I truly doubt it.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Couldn't put Douglas Co School District together again.
So very sad...
9/25/2009 8:07:44 PM on recordcourier.com[/list]
Texex-Xpress wrote:
The overriding issue here should NOW be: Was hiring protocol, laws, and DCSD policy violated in giving Darrington a DCSD contract and by WHOM?
The above info indicates protocol was, indeed, violated as Rheault clearly indicates the background check and fingerprints were INCOMPLETE before SHANNON hired him.
The DCSD taxpayers are owed a FULL INVESTIGATION of what went SO WRONG here to discover: 1) if persons overstepped their authority, violated laws and DCSD rules, and otherwise committed MALFEASANCE in this hiring, and 2) steps can be taken to prevent this from happening in the future.
Obviously our "Trustees" want to sweep this under the carpet but this is an endangerment much greater than mere radon in the buildings.
So what is going to be done to prevent it from happeneing again?
"Courage and cowardice are both contagious."
9/26/2009 8:23:43 AM on recordcourier.com[/list]
gr8ful wrote:
It doesn't matter what the trustee approved board policies say anymore because it is s a very well known fact these days at DCSD that the superintendent does what she wants, when she wants, how she wants, legal or illegal, has made it very clear to anyone who challenges her ideas not to bother & then takes revenge on those people. She is knowingly free to make exceptions to any board policies without prior approval of the Trustees or her cabinet & that in her very own words, there are creative ways of getting around anything. The whole Darrington fiasco would be a prime example of Larkism living up to her very words.
Whether Lark's contract runs through this year or next, the damage has been done. Parents are withdrawaling their children by the dozens and for very good reasons. DCSD is no longer the lighthouse district it once was when the leadership of the district was respected by their own employees and the community as a whole.
9/26/2009 10:36:59 AM on recordcourier.com[/list]
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