Re: School Nurse Claims She Was Fired After Reporting Mold

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Schools are " businesses... " -

If you doubt it - just look at a school budget and see who the

" vendors " are.

If you think this is an outrage, you should.

Here is a person, a nurse, charged with the health and safety of

children doing her job.

If she weren't such a threat, to the " applecart, " she would still be

working.

If the schools were really looking at health of the kids and staff,

they would have tested and remediated.

If the school closes, no one gets paid. Not the bus companies. Not the

food vendors. Not the consultants. Schools have multi-million dollar

budgets.

Schools are not " democracies " - they purport to teach our children to

live in a " democracy. "

This country needs to wake up, fast.

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> School Nurse Claims She Was Fired After Reporting Mold

> Jul 7, 2008

> WITN 7 North Carolina*

> Reporter: Bill

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> http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/24037664.html

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> A nurse who reported mold problems inside a Plymouth elementary

> school is no longer with the school system.

>

> Superintendent Dr. Julius confirms that Barbara Nellis was

> the school nurse who reported the problems to the state, and that

> she no longer is employed by Washington County.

>

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> Nellis tells WITN News that she was fired for reporting problems at

> Pines Elementary School.

>

> In March Nellis secretly sent samples to a state lab which later

> tested positive for mold. Last year Pines was shut down for several

> days after students became sick.

>

> Nellis says a hearing was scheduled for this morning on her

> dismissal. Afterward, Dr. would only say the nurse was no

> longer employed with the school district.

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> Comments:

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> Posted by: Location: Plymouth on Jul 7, 2008 at 05:42 PM

> WITN- You guys need to dig into this some more, I tend to agree she

> was given the raw deal here. There seems to be a cover up going on

> and needs to be exposed.

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> Posted by: Rosebud Location: Lagrange on Jul 7, 2008 at 05:24 PM

> This is one reason people will not " get envolved " . This is just one

> more example of our dirty, corrupt system. If this is the reason

> this woman lost her job, some heads need to roll. I hope the people

> of that community backs this woman 100%...good luck.

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> Posted by: amazed Location: NC on Jul 7, 2008 at 05:02 PM

> I can not believe that! She was doing her job and got fired... poor

> children...

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> Posted by: J. Sundeen Location: Plymouth on Jul 7, 2008 at 05:01 PM

> I dont feel like Mrs. Nellis was treated fair. She was the only one

> to care for our kids, unlike the school superintendents. They knew

> there was mold in the school and just didnt want to report it, so

> our school nurse cared enough to take the samples and send it in for

> the safty of the kids, so she gets fired for it, I say fire J.

> , and Mr. Hoggard. They dont care for the kids.

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> Posted by: Cactus Location: Strabane, NC on Jul 7, 2008 at 04:55 PM

> Children first does not seem to be of any concern in Washington Co.,

> the teacher should be commended, not fired.

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> Posted by: me Location: nc on Jul 7, 2008 at 04:35 PM

> just goes to show....the school board does not have the children's

> health and safety as it's priority.

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> Posted by: J Location: Washingon Co. on Jul 7, 2008 at 04:24 PM

> Yep, things really starting to smell fishing in Washington Co.

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