The Administration Council of Trent Hems and Haws About Public InformationAnybody who sets out to get public information should dig in for the long haul. lee
Perhaps a non-standard policy with no definite procedure is the custom in this administration. Exceptions require citation if they are part of a valid policy. Otherwise it is not a policy. A policy is a definite course of action. Please tell me how many times lawyers instead of Ms. Kipley have crafted these end statements? ldd
-----Original Message----- From: Linda Cobbe [mailto:lcobbe@sdhc.us] Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 5:35 PM To: lee Cc: goader@eskay.com; FOY333@aol.com; 'Bart Birdsall'; Ken.Otero@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Dan.Valdez@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Lewis.Brinson@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Gretchen.Saunders@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Wynne.Tye@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Cathy.Valdes@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Connie.Milito@sdhc.k12.fl.us; David.Steele@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Gwen.Luney@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Stephen.Hegarty@sdhc.k12.fl.us; CANDY.OLSON@SDHC.K12.FL.US; CAROL.KURDELL@sdhc.k12.fl.us; JACK.LAMB@sdhc.k12.fl.us; MARYELLEN.ELIA@sdhc.k12.fl.us; SUSAN.VALDES@sdhc.k12.fl.us; APRIL.GRIFFIN@sdhc.k12.fl.us; DORETHA.Edgecomb@sdhc.k12.fl.us; JENNIFER.FALIERO@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Patrickmanteiga@lagacetanewspaper.com; genesiudut@lagacetanewspaper.com; Connie.mileto@SDHC.K12.FL.US; Gwen.Luney@sdhc.k12.fl.us; larry.mason@sdhc.k12.fl.us; phildra.Swaqger@sdhc.k12.fl.us; alice.loeb@sdhc.k12.fl.us; renalia.dubose@sdhc.k12.fl.us; davidschmidt@sdhc.k12.fl.us; jeffrey.bandry@sdhc.k12.fl.us; steve.vanoer@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Stephanie.tamargo@sdhc.k12.fl.us; steven.eichhorn@sdhc.k12.fl.us; michael.smith@sdhc.k12.fl.us; don.johnson@sdhc.k12.fl.us; mike.phillips@sdhc.k12.fl.us; chuck.fleming@sdhc.k12.fl.us; nancy.lind@sdhc.k12.fl.us; henry.washington@sdhc.k12.fl.us; jeaneen.down@sdhc.k12.fl.us; henry.ballard@sdhc.k12.fl.us; edward.mcdowell@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Karine.johns@sdhc.k12.fl.us; donna.leonard@hcsd.k12.fl.us; richard.parrish@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Sue.hindman@sdhc.k12.fl.us; steven.eichhorn@sdhc.k12.fl.us; goader@es-kay.net; 'William Birdsall'
Subject: Re: summary file on Steve Kemp missing
from Cobbe:
I don't think the timeframe is the reason. If an employee under investigation hires an attorney, the attorneys communicate on their clients' behalf. Just because a policy mentions no exceptions doesn't mean there are no exceptions. Linda E. Cobbe External Communications Manager Hillsborough County
Public Schools 901 E. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33602 813-272-4602 (O) 813-493-6964 (C) 813-272-4510 (F) Our mission is to provide an education that enables each student to excel as a successful and responsible citizen.
lee
I am glad to hear that those five files represented your belated delivery of the files requested on the other cases. I had asked for those files so long ago that I did not recall the request. I am glad to know that citizens' requests for public information stay active in your office until you fulfill them.
I look forward to the attorney's product that replaces Kipley's usual summary letter on the Kemp case,
lee writes:
Can you answer this question, please? Since the Professional Standards protocol you sent me said that Ms. Kipley drafts the final summary letter and mentions no exceptions, why is the board attorney, Mr. Gonzalez, doing the job in this case? Was Mr. Kemp's case in any way unorthodox so as to require legal language? An explanation from either you or him would be most welcome. An additional question: How many Professional Standards close-out files has the attorney written in the past two years instead of Ms, Kipley, and where in the administrative protocols may I read the rationale for this departure? Lee De Cesare
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Cobbe [mailto:lcobbe@sdhc.us]
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:09 PM
To: lee
Subject: Re: summary file on Steve Kemp missing
The five files on other employees are not part of the Kemp file. You asked for the last five disciplinary outcomes; that's what those are. They are not connected to the Kemp case in any way, except that they were mailed to you in the same envelope.
Our attorney is preparing the final letter for Steve Kemp. I will send it to you when I get it.
Linda E. Cobbe
External Communications Manager
Hillsborough County Public Schools
901 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602
813-272-4602 (O)
813-493-6964 (C)
813-272-4510 (F)
Our mission is to provide an education that enables each student to excel as a successful and responsible citizen.
lee
Ms. Cobbe: The file Professional Standards files you sent me for Steve Kemp's investigation for child abuse does not substitute for the summary record by Ms. Kipley that the rules you sent me about a Professional Standards investigations dictate must be part of the Kemp file.
An example of such cumulative file appears below. Oddly enough, Ms. Kipley's file on Mr. Kemp contains five such files referring to other teachers who have been investigated by Professional Standards, but no such file on Mr. Kemp. He is due one.
May I have the analagous Kemp summary letter from the Kemp file, please, to complete the file I paid for?
Thank you.
Lee Drury De Cesare
~
Hillsborough County PUBLIC SCHOOLS ~Uzg~n
Superintendent of Schools MaryEllen Elia
School Board
Carol W. Kurdell, Chair Susan L. Valdes, Vice Chair Doretha W. Edgecomb Jennifer Faliero
April Griffin
Jack R. Lamb, Ed.D. Candy Olson
Deputy Superintendents Kenneth R. Otero Daniel J. Valdez
General Manager of Professional Standards Linda A. Kipley
Gregg Wicktor
126 Silver Falis Drive Apollo Beach, FL 33572
On March 4, 2009, you met with me to discuss an investigation conducted by Dr. John Hilderbrand, Director of Accountability and Assessment. The investigation was conducted regarding a testing violation that was reported to the office of Professional Standards by Clyde Trathowen, Principal of Spoto High School.
Dr. Hilderbrand's investigation revealed that you provided your Integrated Science students at Spoto High School a semester exam worksheet that you admitted you constructed from the District semester exam. Specifically, you reproduced 60 of the 93 questions that were to be given on the exam.
When questioned as to why you provided your students with the exact exam questions on their study guide sheet, you stated that your students were behind, and you did not think it was fair to test them on content you had not covered in class. Due to your poor decision-making, the District was forced to construct a new Integrated Science exam, and delete the one you compromised.
It is a teacher's responsibility to pace the instruction of the subject content to make sure that those areas as outlined in the curriculum are reviewed with the students through the normal course of your instructional delivery. Your failure to provide your students the necessary content exposure to be proficient on the semester exam has deprived them of knowledge that is critical to their overall success as high school students.
As a result of your actions, you are required to meet with Mr. Trathowen or his designee, to review testing protocol for semester exams, MAP exams, FCAT, and any other State or District tests that you may be required to facilitate in your capacity as a classroom teacher. This meeting should take place before any District or State test is given for the 2009-2010 school year. Be aware that if this incident was not reflected in your annual evaluation completed for the 2008-09 school year, it will be reflected in your 2009-2010 evaluation.
You are hereby reprimanded for your unprofessional behavior, and any future incidents will result in a recommendation to dismiss you from employment. This letter will be placed into your personnel file on or after July 24, 2009. Florida Statute gives you the right to respond and any response you choose to make will be attached upon my receipt of it.
. Sincerely, ~
~ .
Linda A. Kipley
General Manager of Professional Standards
CERTIFIED MAIURETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED C: Daniel J. Valdez, Deputy Superintendent ~
Clyde Trathowen, Principal, Spoto High School /
Phil Carr, Assistant Principal for Curriculum, Spoto High School / Rachel Frierson, CTA representative .;
Department of Testing and Accountability /
Personnel file J
Instructional Services Center. 2920 North 40th Street. Tampa, Florida 33605 Office: 813-840-7128. FAX: 813-840-7186
School District Information: 813-272-4000. Web Site: www.sdhc.k12.f1.us
Perhaps a non-standard policy with no definite procedure is the custom in this administration. Exceptions require citation if they are part of a valid policy. Otherwise it is not a policy. A policy is a definite course of action.
Please tell me how many times lawyers instead of Ms. Kipley have crafted these end statements? ldd
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Cobbe [mailto:lcobbe@sdhc.us]
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 5:35 PM
To: lee
Cc: goader@eskay.com; FOY333@aol.com; 'Bart Birdsall'; Ken.Otero@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Dan.Valdez@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Lewis.Brinson@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Gretchen.Saunders@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Wynne.Tye@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Cathy.Valdes@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Connie.Milito@sdhc.k12.fl.us; David.Steele@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Gwen.Luney@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Stephen.Hegarty@sdhc.k12.fl.us; CANDY.OLSON@SDHC.K12.FL.US; CAROL.KURDELL@sdhc.k12.fl.us; JACK.LAMB@sdhc.k12.fl.us; MARYELLEN.ELIA@sdhc.k12.fl.us; SUSAN.VALDES@sdhc.k12.fl.us; APRIL.GRIFFIN@sdhc.k12.fl.us; DORETHA.Edgecomb@sdhc.k12.fl.us; JENNIFER.FALIERO@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Patrickmanteiga@lagacetanewspaper.com; genesiudut@lagacetanewspaper.com; Connie.mileto@SDHC.K12.FL.US; Gwen.Luney@sdhc.k12.fl.us; larry.mason@sdhc.k12.fl.us; phildra.Swaqger@sdhc.k12.fl.us; alice.loeb@sdhc.k12.fl.us; renalia.dubose@sdhc.k12.fl.us; davidschmidt@sdhc.k12.fl.us; jeffrey.bandry@sdhc.k12.fl.us; steve.vanoer@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Stephanie.tamargo@sdhc.k12.fl.us; steven.eichhorn@sdhc.k12.fl.us; michael.smith@sdhc.k12.fl.us; don.johnson@sdhc.k12.fl.us; mike.phillips@sdhc.k12.fl.us; chuck.fleming@sdhc.k12.fl.us; nancy.lind@sdhc.k12.fl.us; henry.washington@sdhc.k12.fl.us; jeaneen.down@sdhc.k12.fl.us; henry.ballard@sdhc.k12.fl.us; edward.mcdowell@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Karine.johns@sdhc.k12.fl.us; donna.leonard@hcsd.k12.fl.us; richard.parrish@sdhc.k12.fl.us; Sue.hindman@sdhc.k12.fl.us; steven.eichhorn@sdhc.k12.fl.us; goader@es-kay.net; 'William Birdsall'
Subject: Re: summary file on Steve Kemp missing
I don't think the timeframe is the reason. If an employee under investigation hires an attorney, the attorneys communicate on their clients' behalf. Just because a policy mentions no exceptions doesn't mean there are no exceptions.
Linda E. Cobbe
External Communications Manager
Hillsborough County Public Schools
901 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602
813-272-4602 (O)
813-493-6964 (C)
813-272-4510 (F)
Our mission is to provide an education that enables each student to excel as a successful and responsible citizen.
"lee"
I am glad to hear that those five files represented your belated delivery of the files requested on the other cases. I had asked for those files so long ago that I did not recall the request. I am glad to know that citizens' requests for public information stay active in your office until you fulfill them.
I look forward to the attorney's product that replaces Kipley's usual summary letter on the Kemp case,
Can you answer this question, please? Since the Professional Standards protocol you sent me said that Ms. Kipley drafts the final summary letter and mentions no exceptions, why is the board attorney, Mr. Gonzalez, doing the job in this case? Was Mr. Kemp's case in any way unorthodox so as to require legal language? An explanation from either you or him would be most welcome. An additional question: How many Professional
Standards close-out files has the attorney written in the past two years instead of Ms, Kipley, and where in the administrative protocols may I read the rationale for this departure? Lee De Cesare
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Cobbe [mailto:lcobbe@sdhc.us]
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:09 PM
To: lee
Subject: Re: summary file on Steve Kemp missing
The five files on other employees are not part of the Kemp file. You asked for the last five disciplinary outcomes; that's what those are. They are not connected to the Kemp case in any way, except that they were mailed to you in the same envelope.
Our attorney is preparing the final letter for Steve Kemp. I will send it to you when I get it.
Linda E. Cobbe
External Communications Manager
Hillsborough County Public Schools
901 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602
813-272-4602 (O)
813-493-6964 (C)
813-272-4510 (F)
Our mission is to provide an education that enables each student to excel as a successful and responsible citizen.
"lee"
Ms. Cobbe: The file Professional Standards file you sent me for Steve Kemp's investigation for child abuse does not contain the summary record by Ms. Kipley that the rules you sent me about a Professional Standards investigations dictate must be part of the file.
An example of such cumulative file appears below. Oddly enough, Ms. Kipley's file on Mr. Kemp contains five such files referring to other teachers who have been investigated by Professional Standards, but no such file on Mr. Kemp. He is due one.
May I have the analagous Kemp summary letter from the Kemp file, please, to complete the file I paid for?
Thank you.
Lee Drury De Cesare
~
Hillsborough County PUBLIC SCHOOLS ~Uzg~n
Superintendent of Schools MaryEllen Elia
School Board
Carol W. Kurdell, Chair Susan L. Valdes, Vice Chair Doretha W. Edgecomb Jennifer Faliero
April Griffin
Jack R. Lamb, Ed.D. Candy Olson
Deputy Superintendents Kenneth R. Otero Daniel J. Valdez
General Manager of Professional Standards Linda A. Kipley
Gregg Wicktor
126 Silver Falis Drive Apollo Beach, FL 33572
On March 4, 2009, you met with me to discuss an investigation conducted by Dr. John Hilderbrand, Director of Accountability and Assessment. The investigation was conducted regarding a testing violation that was reported to the office of Professional Standards by Clyde Trathowen, Principal of Spoto High School.
Dr. Hilderbrand's investigation revealed that you provided your Integrated Science students at Spoto High School a semester exam worksheet that you admitted you constructed from the District semester exam. Specifically, you reproduced 60 of the 93 questions that were to be given on the exam.
When questioned as to why you provided your students with the exact exam questions on their study guide sheet, you stated that your students were behind, and you did not think it was fair to test them on content you had not covered in class. Due to your poor decision-making, the District was forced to construct a new Integrated Science exam, and delete the one you compromised.
It is a teacher's responsibility to pace the instruction of the subject content to make sure that those areas as outlined in the curriculum are reviewed with the students through the normal course of your instructional delivery. Your failure to provide your students the necessary content exposure to be proficient on the semester exam has deprived them of knowledge that is critical to their overall success as high school students.
As a result of your actions, you are required to meet with Mr. Trathowen or his designee, to review testing protocol for semester exams, MAP exams, FCAT, and any other State or District tests that you may be required to facilitate in your capacity as a classroom teacher. This meeting should take place before any District or State test is given for the 2009-2010 school year. Be aware that if this incident was not reflected in your annual evaluation completed for the 2008-09 school year, it will be reflected in your 2009-2010 evaluation.
You are hereby reprimanded for your unprofessional behavior, and any future incidents will result in a recommendation to dismiss you from employment. This letter will be placed into your personnel file on or after July 24, 2009. Florida Statute gives you the right to respond and any response you choose to make will be attached upon my receipt of it.
. Sincerely, ~
~ .
Linda A. Kipley
General Manager of Professional Standards
CERTIFIED MAIURETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED C: Daniel J. Valdez, Deputy Superintendent ~
Clyde Trathowen, Principal, Spoto High School /
Phil Carr, Assistant Principal for Curriculum, Spoto High School / Rachel Frierson, CTA representative .;
Department of Testing and Accountability /
Personnel file J
Instructional Services Center. 2920 North 40th Street. Tampa, Florida 33605 Office: 813-840-7128. FAX: 813-840-7186
School District Information: 813-272-4000. Web Site: www.sdhc.k12.f1.us
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