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North Pocono principal suspended afte playing of Sandler song returning to work - News - The Times-Tribune

COVINGTON TWP. - A North Pocono principal suspended after a song with questionable lyrics played over the loudspeakers at Jefferson Elementary Center will return to work in the district.

The school board on Wednesday voted to reassign Laura Davis to middle school assistant principal at no change to her $76,000 annual salary.

Mrs. Davis was suspended as Jefferson Elementary principal in early December, after the unedited version of "The Thanksgiving Song" by comedian Adam Sandler played over the loudspeakers Nov. 25. The playing occurred after dismissal but while some students were still in the building.

Ms. Davis, who did not attend Wednesday's school board meeting and declined comment afterward, has said she didn't know the song that was to be played was not the version she heard on the radio.

Mrs. Davis' future at the district appears unclear at this time. She was charged with immorality and intemperance under the school code and still could face termination. She requested a public hearing on the matter. District solicitor Joseph O'Brien on Wednesday said attorneys for both sides must submit briefs to the hearing examiner, attorney Paul Walker, by March 19. Mr. Walker will then give the board a recommendation on what disciplinary action, if any, he thinks should be exercised against Mrs. Davis, Mr. O'Brien said.

Board members Angela Cobb and Diane Croom abstained from Wednesday's vote, saying after the meeting that they felt such a vote was premature, considering the matter is not yet resolved. "I feel, to be fair to her, we need to follow the process through," Ms. Cobb said.

Director Nicholas Butler voted against the motion, and director Marjorie Haines was absent from the meeting.

Superintendent Kurt W. Eisele, Ph.D., told The Times-Tribune he lifted Mrs. Davis' suspension on Monday and expects her at work today. The district, he said, is in need of an administrator at the middle school. The board last month appointed assistant middle school principal Ian Farr to the position of intermediate school principal effective March 1.

Mr. O'Brien said Mrs. Davis will now be under the tutelage of someone he considers an exemplary educator, Principal Edward Bugno.

"She'll work under his guidance and hopefully develop into a better educator," Mr. O'Brien said of Mrs. Davis.

Contact the writer: mreiter@timesshamrock.com

via thetimes-tribune.com

Why Revising is Hard, and so is comedy, and drama, and all of it...

I am in the muddle of revising the novel I wrote in 30 days last September. (As per Chris Baty: http://www.amazon.com/No-Plot-Problem-Low-Stress-High-Velocity/dp/B000F7BPE8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265930690&sr=8-1 )

I have mostly written in play and screenplay form. No, nothing published yet. And yes, writing in your room with no publishing credits is a bit masturbatory... What's your point? Stick with your strengths, I always say.

(So now I've had a great idea for my next book: a masturbating manual! Get agent on phone.)

What I am trying to say , and it may seem simple and obvious, is that not wanting to revisit your own writing is a self -hating move and has to be overcome. I am giving myself this pep talk, in case you couldn't tell.

My grandmother was wrong, goddammit! And she has to be thrown out of the pied a terre she's established in my brain pan. 

I know I have to just jump in and start. I avoid my old journal entries, too, and that must stop. I hardly ever take a train, but I need something sensational to read none the less.

Delving into the whys and hows of this past -writing- avoidance would take more therapists and time than I have right now. I just know I need to warmly embrace my old lines and smile indulgently at the cliches before I sweep them out the door and move on! 

This is hard and I am letting myself be so easily distracted.

Any words of encouragement are welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seeing people you know

We were talking about being out, like at a fair, and seeing someone you know but don't necessarily want to see. You know? 

First person: Why did you wave at ::designated d-bag:: ??

2nd:             Because I know him! It's not a crime to wave at someone you know!

First:            It is if you know him but now hate him! Would you wave at Hitler??

And I said:    Oh, hi Adolph! (waves) Oh, God, he's coming over. Yeah, hi, Ade, how's it going? Yeah, there are a lot of Jews here, aren't there? (Eye roll at friend)  Yes, I know, potato pancakes are really latkes. Uh-huh, oh, someone's calling to me...gotta go....

 

So no, it is not necessary to wave to Hitler just because you know him. Or any other designated d-bag.