The No-Blog Defense Means Good PR

Maybe I am figuring it out. If a school employee does not have a blog, the school district will go the extra mile to protect them, even if it means ignoring their own policies, not following up on specific reports by their supervisors or even suspending students who talk about the truth.

It is left up to our imagination what would have happened to these teachers and the below mentioned student if she they had written their opinions on a blog. We can assume they would have been escorted out of the ROSSAC building, even during public oomment time.



Middleton High Teacher Pleads Guilty In Student Sex Case:

"Another Middleton student, a 15-year-old female, was suspended as a gossip-monger after refusing to stop talking about rumors of the affair after telling a school official about it."


And then there is this one:
Teacher May Have Had Sex With Other Students:

"By MIKE WELLS and THOMAS W. KRAUSE
The Tampa Tribune
Published: March 14, 2008
Updated: 03/14/2008 06:01 pm"

Note the date.


Disciplinary report.

Note the date: August 7. 2006

"Failure to call by August 28, 2006, may effect your employment status".

Ragusa Complained About School's Public Reprimands#comments#comments#comments:

"There was a pattern of inappropriate behavior,' Cobbe said of Ragusa's teaching record before the investigation. 'It was never anything that rose to the level of sex, but it was clear she didn't know her boundaries.'
However, one of the instances Cobbe cited as inappropriate behavior ultimately led to sex between a Davidsen Middle School student and Ragusa during the 2006-07 school year, according to court records"

Maybe, just maybe, there is some unwritten standard practice that school employees should not have a blog, should not speak their concerns at school board meetings, and if the public never hears about it, all is well behind the giant curtain.