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PELSB reports two consent orders suspending two teachers' licenses following closed session
Summary
At its Oct. 10 meeting the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board reported that it adopted stipulation agreement consent orders suspending the teaching licenses of Sean Fitzsimmons for three years and Anne Leah Bratton for two years after a closed-session discipline review.
The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board reported Oct. 10 that, during a closed session, it adopted stipulation agreement consent orders suspending the teaching licenses of two educators.
According to the board's report after the closed session, Sean Fitzsimmons’s teaching license is subject to a three-year state suspension, and Anne Leah Bratton’s teaching licenses are subject to a two-year state suspension. The board announced those outcomes when it returned to open session and moved on with the meeting agenda.
The board did not provide additional factual detail about the allegations, the effective dates of the suspensions, or any reinstatement conditions during the open meeting. The board also announced there was no public comment at the meeting.
Board rules generally require disciplinary deliberations to occur in closed session; the board reported only the final actions taken when it returned to open session. The board did not place further information about investigative findings or any related administrative appeals on the record at the Oct. 10 meeting.
The board's meeting packet and future meeting materials are expected to show whether any additional administrative steps or notices to the licensees were filed; the board did not provide those documents during the Oct. 10 session.
