Henry teacher fired for not giving students unearned grades plans to run for school board[Georgia]

WSBtv2 ^ | 4/18/24 | Tom Jones

[CFW]

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — After a court victory, a former teacher who sued her school district is hoping for a victory at the polls.

A jury awarded former Cotton Indian Elementary teacher Sheri Mimbs six-figure monetary damages after she says she was fired for not giving students grades they didn’t earn.

“It was like a sigh of relief. A weight off my shoulders,” Mimbs told Channel 2′s Tom Jones about the six-year battle against the Henry County School System, and a jury reaching a verdict in her favor.

“That’s a victory for me. That’s a victory for these teachers,” she said.

It all had to do with Mimbs’ refusal to give students who didn’t perform a set grade determined by the school.

“I gave them the grades they earned.”

She says back in 2017 an assistant principal wrote a note to her telling her not to give students grades less than 60, even if they didn’t turn in any work.

[CFW]

This is just a relatively small Georgia county local story but it shows even some teachers are fed up with the current culture. This young black teacher gave the grades the students deserved and was fired for it. She is fighting back on behalf of the students and parents by running for school board. Passing the students that did not deserve it did them no favors.

[Blueflag]

Interesting. Henry County is just SE of Atlanta. Stockbridge is close enough to ATL to be considered a driving suburb. McDonough is a bit more SE and pretty good sized. Rest is rural S GA.

This young lady knows she is fighting the racism of low expectations for young blacks. Good for her.

[CIB-173RDABN]

I say give all minorities straight “A” while holding white students to higher standards.

Once out of school which group would you guess will be more successful in life.

As someone once said it is soft racism to assume blacks are not able to learn as well as white. They are not doing anyone any favors by letting them drift through school.

[DAC21]

US News and World Report Data

Overview of Cotton Indian Elementary School

Cotton Indian Elementary School is a public school located in Stockbridge, GA, which is in a large suburb setting. The student population of Cotton Indian Elementary School is 569 and the school serves PK-5. At Cotton Indian Elementary School, 10% of students scored at or above the proficient level for math, and 18% scored at or above that level for reading.

The school’s minority student enrollment is 81%. The student-teacher ratio is 15:1, which is better than that of the district.

Yeah, shocking!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Once out of school which group would you guess will be more successful in life.

That's what DEI is for. To give those unqualfied applicants a vector into higher paying jobs. The Left has a system in place that needs to be destroyed.

[EinNYC]

This is typical practice in the corrupt NYC schools. Teachers were routinely pressured/threatened to pass students who hadn’t even attended the class. Principals and department chairman got thousands of dollars in bonuses for good passing statistics and they weren’t going to let a little thing like integrity get in their way.

[HIDEK6]

As someone once said it is soft racism to assume blacks are not able to learn as well as white.

Anyone who squanders the educational opportunity that the public has paid for should be sued.

[hanamizu]

“...an assistant principal wrote a note to her telling her not to give students grades less than 60, even if they didn’t turn in any work.”

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And since 60% is a D-, all kids pass, even if they do no work whatsoever.

Sadly, it won’t be the administrators who set the policy who will be paying the judgement, but rather the district’s taxpayers.