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Teacher alleges mistreatment by LCK principal, asks board to return donated pom‑poms to cheerleaders
Summary
A Creighton teacher, Rebecca Jean, raised public‑comment allegations that her classroom was packed up without consent following an illness and that principal Helena Lebron treated staff poorly; she also asked the board to restore donated pompoms to the LCK cheer team.
Rebecca Jean, who identified herself as a teacher with 12 years’ experience, used the public comment period to describe a personnel dispute at Larry C. Kennedy Elementary (LCK). Jean said she underwent an emergency appendectomy in January, resigned her third‑grade position because of the illness, and then found her classroom packed up without her consent while she was still employed.
Jean said she involved Human Resources to retrieve personal items that had been claimed by the school, and that the principal, identified by Jean as Helena Lebron, told her at a final classroom walk‑through, “take your last looks,” which Jean said felt punitive. Jean also alleged a pattern of “bullying and poor communication” by that principal and urged the board to act.
Jean also said she founded the school’s first cheer team and that parents donated roughly $400 for bows and pompoms. She said the principal distributed bows but withheld pompoms (which parents had donated) for future use. Jean asked the board to consider returning the pompoms to the girls before the end of the school year.
Board members moved on after public comment and later during the agenda a board member (Miss Marquez) asked staff to follow up on the pom‑pom issue. The board stated it would follow up outside the meeting on items not on the published agenda.
Why this matters: Public comment raised personnel and student‑activity concerns that the board said it would follow up on administratively. The teacher’s request to return donated items touches on stewardship of community donations and expectations for extracurricular recognition.
