What if your little child came home from school one day and told you his teacher had gotten mad at him, hit him with a book, and twisted his little arm? What if MANY little children came home from school and told their parents this very same teacher had gotten mad at them, hit them with a book, and twisted their little arms?
What if it was a known fact that this teacher really did hit the students and viciously twist their little arms, that what the kids were saying was true? You would expect that you, as a concerned parent, could go to an authority figure--the principal or the superintendent--and report the incidents, and that abusive teacher would be out of a job and nowhere near little kids.
But if your little child had the misfortune to be attending Cranfills Gap ISD, that vicious teacher would still be in place TWO YEARS LATER! Yes, that teacher would still be in place--- still mistreating the little kids--her students-- whenever she was angry with them.
That is exactly what happened when former 2006/2007 Cranfills Gap Superintendent Carla Sigler was notified by many concerned parents that this teacher was mistreating their children.
One board member, whose own child had been exposed to this vicious teacher, voted against renewing her contract, but apparently failed to tell other board members about it. Superintendent Sigler repeatedly told worried parents that it was being handled, but in reality it wasn't!
Another board member-- to whom parents had complained when Superintendent Sigler repeatedly failed to take care of the issue-- also voted against renewing this abusive teacher's contract for another year. But the five remaining board members apparently agreed with Carla Sigler that this teacher was not a problem.
When Carla Sigler left Cranfills Gap ISD in June of 2007, she arranged that this same vicious teacher would still be in place. And guess what? Before the year was out, that same teacher was once again mistreating her students-- the little kids.
Only after an outcry from enraged parents was this teacher forced to resign. But, again, guess what? This vicious teacher is currently still in place until the end of the 2007/2008 school year. This is the shameful way the Cranfills Gap ISD chose to handle the vicious teacher issue.
Some of the parents have been so concerned they have come and sat in the room to keep an eye on this teacher. And folks wonder why so many students have left the Cranfills Gap School District! Who could blame them?
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