'Broom' teacher back in Detroit, says school district officials. The 'Broom' teacher back in Detroit has been fired from her high school teaching position after allegedly breaking up a fight while using a broom. Well, according to the school's officials on Tuesday, the 'broom' teacher back in Detroit is hired again and they are giving her retroactive pay.
'Broom' teacher back on the job in Detroit is 30-year-old Tiffani Eaton. According to USA Today, she has been fired on May 1, a day after a fighting incident at Pershing High School. An English teacher, Eaton reportedly stopped a violent fight brewing between two ninth-graders in the school.
Eaton, the 'broom' teacher back now with her teaching job was hired on Jan.27. According to the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan, she will have the option of returning to her previous school or another school within the district of her choosing. The authority reportedly runs Pershing High, the school where the vicious fight happened.
The Examiner reports that Jeffrey Lance Abood of the Abood Law Firm said, "We've been working diligently on trying to get her job back." The statement has been made Monday while Abood has been working to get the original decision of Eaton's firing reversed. Abood added on the decision of 'broom' teacher back, "It would seem like it would be the only right thing to do."
A statement has also been given by Principal Gregory King via e-mail. He said that the firing seemed illegal and "basic investigation procedures usually followed were not undertaken." King wrote, "I believe that the Pershing High teacher was illegally fired. She appeared by video to be physically intervening, risking injury to herself, to protect the safety of students, as school policies require of her."
Eaton, the 'broom' teacher back now had reportedly told school officials after the fight that her walkie-talkie to call security personnel wouldn't work. A USA Today report also said that the present and former students at the school with an enrollment of about 850 had a mixed reaction to Eaton's firing. According to some, she didn't have any better options. However, others said she went too far by striking a student Apr. 30.
The two male students stopped by the 'broom' teacher back now reportedly punched each other while inside a classroom. The fight allegedly resulted into the boys collapsing into desks and onto the floor. A video posted by WJBK-TV, Detroit online shows one boy pummeling another in the head. That's when Eaton, the 'broom' teacher back now, stepped in to break up the fight.
King wrote, "Ms. Eaton should never have been fired. Period. ... Our teachers at Pershing High and at all other schools are called upon to do the impossible every day: counselor, security guard, teacher and more. They are asked to do so without adequate resources to guarantee even basic bodily safety." King also added that he has repeatedly asked for safety-committee meetings and for administrators to address insufficient security at the school. The school where the 'broom' teacher back now got fired from was reportedly guarded at the entrance with metal detectors.
King said, "I will continue to work within the EAA and with other state agencies to address important issues of public concern: why resources and grants that could help create safer schools are not being allocated to effectively address the problem, why teachers that try to do their best with so little are subject to illegal termination, or why the EAA is unable to provide meaningful security support."
Created in 2011, the Education Achievement Authority is a statewide body which takes over failing schools. It was reportedly responsible for the firing and reinstatement of Eaton. Teachers in the schools governed by the authority do not belong to a union.
"Unfortunately, Ms. Eaton, the teachers, and the administrators at Pershing High have become skilled at making do without security tools. It has been a long time since the right security tools have been available, such as walkie-talkies for all security personnel and working video cameras," said King in his e-mail.
'Broom' teacher back teaching in Detroit can be considered a right decision by the authority. Though Eaton hurt a student with the broom, the video below shows there was no other choice in stopping the students from hurting each other.
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