A.P.E. Anonymous

A.P.E. Anonymous

Clayton County Public Schools:

  • Types of Violence Against Teachers At Flint River According to Teachers

The types of violence directed towards teachers in schools vary. Although serious attacks like shootings or those that end in death or disabling injuries are rare, teachers suffer others types of violence directed towards teachers include:

  • Verbal harassment - being subjected to derogatory comments and students profanity and intimidation
  • Physical harassment - students engaging in actual physical attacks against teachers
  • Theft of school or personal teacher property
  • Damage to school or personal teacher property
  • Bodily harm ie. pushing, shoving, hitting, spitting or items being thrown at staff 



A.P.E. prospective:

20-2-753. Disciplinary hearing officer panel, or tribunal to hold disciplinary hearing following allegation of assault and battery or recommended suspension or expulsion exceeding 10 days.

(a) In addition to any proceedings which are authorized in Code Section 20-2-752, local boards of education shall appoint a disciplinary hearing officer,panel, or tribunal of school officials to hold a disciplinary hearing following any instance of an alleged violation of the student code of conduct where the principal recommends a suspension or expulsion of longer than ten school days or an alleged assault or battery by a student upon any teacher or other school official or employee, if such teacher or other school official or employee so requests.

(b) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to infringe on any right provided to students with Individualized Education Program exc...


Dekalb County School District:

Not allowing some elementary school teachers duty-free lunch?



A.P.E. Prospective:

O.C.G.A. 20-2-218 (2010)
20-2-218. Duty-free lunch period; exchange of lunch period for compensation or other benefit; length of school day not affected; exemption for extenuating circumstances; funding


(a) Every teacher who is employed in grades kindergarten through five for a period of time of more than one-half of the class periods of the regular school day shall be provided a daily lunch period of not less than 30 consecutive minutes, and such employee shall not be assigned any responsibilities during this lunch period. Such lunch period shall be included in the number of hours worked, and no local board of education shall increase the number of hours to be worked by an employee as a result of such employee's being granted a lunch period under the provisions of this Code section. This duty-free lunch period shall not be calculated under any circumstances as a part of any daily planning period or other noninstructional time.

(b) Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to prevent any teacher from exchanging that teacher's lunch period for any compensation or benefit mutually agreed upon by the employee and the local superintendent of schools or such superintendent's agent, except that a teacher and the superintendent or agent may not agree to terms which are different from those available to any other teacher granted rights under this Code section within the individual school or to terms which in any way discriminate among such teachers within the individual school.

(c) The implementation of this Code section may not result in a lengthened school day.

(d) If necessary where due to extreme economic conditions or an unforeseen and unavoidable personnel shortage, a local unit of administration may require a teacher otherwise entitled to a duty-free lunch period to supervise students during such lunch period but for no more than one day in any school week.

(e) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Code section to the contrary, nothing in this Code section shall require the General Assembly to appropriate funds for the implementation of the duty-free lunch program; provided, however, that any such funds appropriated for this purpose shall be used by local school systems for duty-free lunch periods for classroom teachers in grades kindergarten through five.

                              From JUSTIA us Law 2018.


Vermilion Parish Schools In Louisiana:

For shame for shame Vermilion Parish School District for allowing one of your teachers to be handcuffed for questioning a pay raise in my opinion for, "Lazy ass superintendent Jermone Puyau."

A.P.E. Prospective:

Atlanta Public Schools just don't get it! trying to fire an APE member. I'm getting tired of these school systems becoming charter schools thinking that they do not have to obey the law. I don't care about your charter if a teacher was tenured you cannot just, " Eliminate earned rights! those previously earned rights are private and contractual rights Ha! this violates the anti-impairment-of-contracts clauses of the Georgia Constitution. Tenured educators have vested private rights protected by the Georgia Constitution. APS has a duty to honor theses rights HA! Theses rights was earned and vested rights under the Fair Dismissal Act.


Atlanta Public Schools:

Dear Association of Professional Educators,

Jean Childs Young Middle School’s Principal, Kara Stimpson, has created an extremely chaotic environment under the tutelage of her leadership. The school’s climate has undertaken pandemonium amongst students and a plunge in staff morale; a very tumultuous and extremely toxic environment has been established.

The setting of Young Middle School has reached an all-time low in the history of the school. Principal Kara Stimpson continues to violate Special Education laws and mandates, at her will, as well as the improper and unlawful hiring of staff. The following are examples of her discrepancies:

  • Principal Kara Stimpson authorized students’ class schedules, in which several special education students, with small group settings in their IEP’s were not followed due to the students’ placement in large group settings.
  • Principal Kara Stimpson assigned Special Education Teachers to teach in areas in which they are not certified (teachers are not certified in certain content areas).
  • Principal Kara Stimpson required confinement of special education students (8th grade and 6th grade students who are brothers) in a self-contained room which is a violation of their IEP’s. The parents’ of the students did not have any knowledge or consent of the infraction.
  • Principal Kara Stimpson has assigned Special Education teachers two-three to a room while some individual non-instructional staff has a classroom to themselves; improper usage of rooms which should be allotted for instruction by teachers for the students.
  • Principal Kara Stimpson has designated the Special Education Lead Teacher (SELT) to chase students and contain students in the SELT’s office which creates confidentiality conflicts, regarding student IEP’s and meetings.
  • Principal Kara Stimpson has turned a classroom into a game room for students; one less room for instruction.
  • Numerous assaults have occurred at an alarming rate by students towards Young Middle School staff; lack of consequences, if any, for the offending students. These offensives have caused numerous staff absences and several staff resignations. Staff members are often blamed for the atrocities against them.
  • Principal Kara Stimpson spends money on school aesthetics ($40,000.00 on blinds, painting over walls with art decor, etc.) while teachers are unable to receive needed resources (software programs, classrooms with working promethean boards, classroom printers, etc.).

Atlanta Public Schools has placed an injustice on the students, parents, faculty/staff, and community by employing Kara Stimpson as the principal of Young Middle School. Her leadership has created discord and divisiveness at the school’s campus. Surely, there were qualified and viable candidates, with integrity, who applied for the position of Principal at Young Middle School. Kara Stimpson’s leadership attributes are what the students, parents, faculty/staff, and community neither needs nor wants.

Sincerely,

#IntegrityCounts