(Continued: Part Two of Sue Lee's August 20th, 2007, Statement to Cranfills Gap School Board members Jeff Rose, Kathie Witte, Shelly Stuart, Virgil Tindall, and Jackie Ray Sorrels. Board President Kenneth Weise was absent.)
Cranfills Gap school board member Sue Lee is addressing the other Cranfills Gap school board members:
Superintendent Carla Sigler at a board meeting said about Michelle Dubay, the Science teacher, "She is a good teacher." By law and school policy, the parents of students must be notified if the teacher in the classroom is not certified to teach the subject that is being taught in that class, but parents were not notified in the case of Michelle Dubay. Another mistake! At the April, 2007, board meeting, Laura Rose stated that she had been teaching uncertified, but now had taken the test. The Texas Education Agency backdated her certification to August 2006. However, when the board renewed Laura Rose's contract in March, 2007, she was not certified!
Superintendent Sigler managed to keep everyone at bay that might tell the truth about her actions and cause her trouble. Sandy McMahan was kept away by a restraining order. I (Sue Lee) was kept away by many lies when I found out the truth about Sigler's lies. Michelle Dubay was kept away by being suspended by Sigler. Everyone with firsthand knowledge that was involved in Kaitlan Head's incident was kept away. She kept everyone away, so no one would hear the truth, and she could tell her lies.
At Kaitlan Head's hearing on May 25th, 2007, Superintendent Sigler and this board violated the Texas Open Meetings Act by going into closed session, at the objection of Kaitlan's attorney, John Cullar, that they do not go into closed session, and that they do not present any new evidence if they do go into closed session. The board went into closed session TWICE, and Superintendent Carla Sigler PRESENTED NEW EVIDENCE, in the form of affidavits and signed statements from students and a teacher, which influenced the board's decision to rule against Kaitlan. THE NEW EVIDENCE WAS NOT EVEN A PART OF THE CHARGE AGAINST KAITLAN HEAD!
Also, teacher Sarah Doty had written a letter on Kaitlan's behalf--a letter to be read at Kaitlan's May 25th, 2007, hearing before the school board. Sarah Doty gave a copy of this letter to Kathie Witte, Cranfills Gap school board member, and to Superintendent Carla Sigler to read at the hearing, but it was not read at the meeting or presented to Kaitlan's attorney. WHY? Because Superintendent Sigler was hell-bent to persecute Kaitlan to get at me!
Charles Head, Kaitlan's father, had made a written request for any and all documentation about Kaitlan's case, but had received NOTHING! But Superintendent Sigler presented new evidence-- yes, in an ILLEGAL closed session-- and the letter written by Sarah Doty was INTENTIONALLY withheld. Superintendent Sigler used the Cranfills Gap staff and students to her advantage. Anyone who got in Sigler's way was cut down! All of you board members will be held accountable in some way for the part you played in this injustice. It is a shame you did not try to find out the truth.
Early in September, 2006, Superintendent Sigler was letting students leave campus at lunch. Cranfills Gap has a closed campus, and leaving campus at lunch is only allowed with parental permission. When I approached Superintendent Sigler about it--which is my right--she said she tells the kids, "No", but they leave anyway. Well, what did she do about it? That was a lie, too, as she gave them permission to leave! As you recall--and it is on tape-- I asked her twice, and, both times, she said she told the students, "No, they cannot leave campus." However, the third time I asked Superintendent Sigler, she admitted she DID give students permission to leave campus at lunch. SO SHE WAS LYING! And you board members just sat there and did not say anything about Sigler's lying!
We had to have a special board meeting, just to make Superintendent Sigler do her job, which is to enforce our policies for the safety of the students. Instead of keeping the kids on campus at lunch until we could have that special meeting, Superintendent Sigler continued to endanger every student by continuing to let them leave campus! I was approached by teachers, students, and parents about no supervision, inappropriate physical displays of affection, and a male student smoking at the speed bump. If you recall, the school's own student council even brought a list to the school board, wanting more enforcment of the dress code as well as more enforcement of the physical displays of affection rules. But I guess you still did not think there was a problem.
I asked Superintendent Sigler about these issues, and she said, "It is being handled." The concerns kept coming. I asked again. Again, Superintendent Sigler said, "It is being handled." When I saw that it was not "being handled", I went to the school to put these issues on the board meeting agenda to be acted upon. At that time, I was told by Superintendent Sigler that I was "micro-managing", and why didn't I just get my superintendent certificate and put my desk up here?!? Well, why didn't Superintendent Sigler just do her job?!? Why would you not just take care of the situation? Superintendent Sigler escalated every situation into a major drama. Why?!? She could have had a wonderful job at a wonderful school. I just don't understand it!
(Continued in next blog article)
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