The case of violence at the high school in Sharon, in which a teacher was attacked by several students, is reaching the hearing stage where the teacher may actually find herself without her class.
The teacher won the support of the children's parents, and today three senior officials in the municipality will meet and hold a hearing to decide what will happen to the teacher who has been in the heart of a storm for the past two months.
Let's remember: the teacher was attacked by three students, she complained about them and they were suspended from school.
In retaliation for this, correspondence was published from a WhatsApp group in which the teacher and five students were members and named "Hamasnikim ve Commandera", which had already been closed in the previous school year.
The materials indicate that these are students who had disciplinary problems, and the group's goal was to prevent them from getting into trouble.
The municipality claimed that the correspondence went beyond the role of an educator and that it contained obscenities, sharing information about the school staff, and the like.
Parents in dispute
The mother of one of the students who was suspended is a politician who is running in the upcoming Knesset elections and is connected to various parties in the municipality and the Ministry of Education.
The same officials, including a senior official in the education department in the municipality, wrote a report calling for the dismissal of the teacher. The senior official will even participate in today's discussion. On the other hand, the parents of the students in the class demand her immediate return to studies and her return to educating the class. Almost all the school's teachers sent a letter of support for the teacher and even told about The politician's mother intervened in the school and threatened lawsuits against teachers. Since the incident, the teacher has not returned to the school. It is estimated that she will be able to return to teaching at the school as a professional teacher, but she will not necessarily be able to return and educate the class in the current school year.
"In all our years in the education system, we have not encountered a worthy educator like her," wrote the parents of the students, who demand the return of the educator to the classroom, adding: "She is a very central figure in our children's lives. An amazing educator."
They also referred to the published correspondence: "We read what purports to be a collection of correspondence from the WhatsApp group. We are here to clarify - for us, these correspondences do not change the fact that this is a teacher we choose to educate our children. We all believe in her and her abilities and trust her with our dear Of all - our children."
Some of the parents of the attackers support the teacher
Meanwhile, the teacher was even backed by parents whose son was in the WhatsApp group at the center of the affair.
They wrote to the educator: "During this difficult time, we once again felt the need to express our full support for you and your work and to strengthen you. We have been accompanying our children in the education system for many years, and we have never encountered such a caring and dedicated teacher who supports and helps the students to get the best out of themselves. We all hope and believe that things will clear up and you will return accompany the class".
Throughout the event, difficult questions arise regarding the manner in which the senior officials in the municipality conduct themselves, and especially regarding the author of the report who is close to the politician. The Ministry of Education is expected to review a letter from teachers claiming that the politician did whatever she wanted in the municipal education system.
"The events that led to the investigation against the teacher are not the first case in which the same children and parents are involved," the school environment claims.
"This is a pattern of operation in which very quickly a teacher finds himself under threats of lawsuits."
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