Denver Teacher Dismissed After Students Asked To Act Out Kissing Scenes
By Nicole C. Brambila | The Denver Gazette
An administrative law judge has recommended the dismissal of a teacher at Northeast Early College — a high school in the Denver Public Schools district — after finding classroom activities and personal disclosures to students amounted to “incompetence and neglect of duty,” setting up a final vote by the school board.
After meeting in executive session Wednesday, the DPS Board of Education unanimously voted to accept the dismissal of Jennifer Honka, a French teacher.
They could have rejected the April 30 decision by Judge Keith J. Kirchubel.
The board’s action came without public discussion.
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