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Parent and staff speaker urges board to investigate reports of mistreatment of school staff by district leaders
Summary
During public comment at the May 6 Polk County School Board meeting, a speaker described a pattern of demeaning and retaliatory behavior by district leaders toward school‑based staff and urged the board to conduct a review and establish protections for those who report mistreatment.
During the public comment portion of the Polk County School Boardmeeting on May 6, a speaker identified as Lynn Hemp urged the board to investigate what she described as a pattern of demeaning treatment and retaliation by district leaders toward school‑based staff.
Hemp said district principals, teachers and support staff "are being subjected to demeaning treatment, intimidation, micromanagement, and outright verbal…
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