What do you think about this domestic violence case?

I think the school was right, yes it’s shitty, yes it’s unfair & yes she deserves sympathy, but the kids welfare comes first. Staff should come with no baggage, simple as.

I don’t think they should have fired her. Maybe give her some time off to deal with her personal life. But fired? Eh, seems excessive. She is being fired for the actions of someone else.

@ucme Everyone comes with baggage.

Not when it comes barging through the school gates though.

@Plucky He had already shown up at the school once, and was arrested. He was a danger to the children.

This just conforms to what I have come to expect from “christian” schools.

In other words, the victim has no rights to the support and protection of the authorities (and her community). That the husband actually went to the school to threaten her should be an offence, as it is in some countries. No, it was not right. I imagine the prospect of some nut with a gun has the school somewhat nervous.

I wouldn’t have fired her. Maybe had her do things like grade papers for a lot of classes from home until it got sorted out. You can email or drop that stuff off at her house. It would free up other teachers to cover her classes since they wouldn’t have to do the tedious work.

I think she has been victimized twice, once by her husband and again by her school.

I don’t think it was right for her to be fired. There have to be other options. Restraining orders, transferring her to another area – far away from her ex. Letting her work from home as has been suggested, until she can resolve her personal problems.

@Dutchess_III Yes, I know that. I still don’t believe she should be fired for something she did not do. She wasn’t putting the children in danger. The husband is to blame for that.

I don’t think she should have been fired. I understand their concern about protecting the children, but I don’t think this was necessary. I hope something good comes from this situation for her and her children.