The principal at Bailey's, Marie Lemmon, is being sued for discrimination of three employees and one student. This isn't the first time she has been sued. Why does fairfax keep her in that job? can't imagine how many other kids without voices are being discriminated against. The annandale blog says she is a really mean person.

Here is the link to the case:

This is a mess. Clearly it's a pattern of bad behavior.

https://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/employment/virginia-eastern-district-court/904874/rachel-charlton-yolanda-calhoun-marcus-calhoun-and-shyrone-stith-v-fairfax-county-public-schools-and-marie-lemmon/summary/

She's not the only mean person out there. Meanness seems to get confused with firmness and fairness in the FCPS world. Stomping your foot does not mean that the stomping is justified. Cool heads need to prevail.

Wtf

Fairness is not a word understood by the person being sued here, in my opinion. There is no way all four of them are making this stuff up. She's been sued before and now four more people. And, the worst part is that one of them is a student, an elementary student. I have never heard of such a mess before. Did anyone else read the lawsuit and recognize a pattern of behavior here? Why does Fairfax Schools put up with this from someone in a leadership position? Let's put someone in the position who put students first.

Does anyone have any information about the previous lawsuit?

From the lawsuit:

55. Throughout this time, Ms. Lemmon repeatedly insisted that Rachel and the other assistant principals only hire "pretty, young blondes," who did not have families, and would "work for" her.

56. If a teacher was not a "pretty, young blonde" Ms. Lemmon would frequendy refer to the teachers as the "geek squad."

57. Ms. Lemmon also told Rachel on numerous occasions that she would not be able to
progress in her career with her responsibilities as a wife and mother.

58. During a conversation about children in March 2013, Ms. Lemmon made
disparaging comments about breastfeeding, indicating that it was unnecessary because, "we do not live in a third world country like Africa."


Third would country like Africa, really? Why is she still employed by FCPS?

^ It sounds like she is mentally ill or psychologically impaired. Maybe she will have the insanity defense?

OK, so she's got some real problems - but the striking incompetence is with whoever hasn't fired/suspended her after that lawsuit has come out.

So who is that FCPS idiot?

When the plaintiffs be named Yolanda and Shyrone, I ain't be gettin too worked up over that bish.

^ It looks like Ms. Lemmon shares your sentiments (and a name that doesn't bode well for her either).

After reading the whole lawsuit it am appalled by the actions of Principle Lemmon and would encourage everyone to email the Superintendent and the Deputy Superintendent below and express your discontent with the actions or Ms. Lemmon and call for her to be fired.

Karen Garza, Ph.D.
Superintendent
SuperintendentGarza@fcps.edu

Steven Lockard, Ph.D
Deputy Superintendent
Steven.Lockard@fcps.edu

you may want to look up the ongoing problems at Loudoun Valley HS in Purcellville. The principal there is rumored to play the discrimination lawsuit card when anyone challenges her policies or behavior, but for a protected sexual class instead of a racial one. maybe this principal has some of the same cards in her sleeve?

It's more likely she has the "medical issues" card up her sleeve.

http://valawyersweekly.com/wp-files/pdf/008-8-159.pdf

From a few years ago.

Wish I knew this three years ago, sounds like Bailey's is the place to be, no wonder it's so popular around here.

I worked 1 year in FCPS under Marie Lemmon. I read the court document today and believe each and every word. THIS is who she is and has been before my issues with her. I was a veteran teacher with 14 prior years of experience before working with her. I still have all of my documentation and shared it with central office. They didn't ate. I wonder if they care now? I then spent the next year unemployed and unable to even work as a sub because of the things that happened with her. In retaliation, I was non renewed. They let her go and on. I won my unemployment and have an EEOC case against her which led to mediation in January 2012. It went unresolved.

Lemmon is unprofessional and questionable ... She needs to be investigated.

serious incompetence Wrote:
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> OK, so she's got some real problems - but the
> striking incompetence is with whoever hasn't
> fired/suspended her after that lawsuit has come
> out.
>
> So who is that FCPS idiot?

Lemmon's boss since the summer has been Fabio Zuluaga. He's the assistant superintendent of region 2.

Who is Lemmon's boss? Wrote:
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> serious incompetence Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > OK, so she's got some real problems - but the
> > striking incompetence is with whoever hasn't
> > fired/suspended her after that lawsuit has come
> > out.
> >
> > So who is that FCPS idiot?
>
> Lemmon's boss since the summer has been Fabio
> Zuluaga. He's the assistant superintendent of
> region 2.

Dr. Braband had enough to get rid of her back in 2010-2011. I will never understand why FCPS defends her...no matter the documentation that has mounted against her by various employees.

In response to your question about FCPS defensiveness:


I just read a great article, "To Get Ahead Today, Learn How to Learn", in the Post Capital Business insert. It was written by Edward Hess who is a professor of business at U-VA. He pretty much hit the nail on the head. Here is an excerpt:

Knowing how to learn requires us to rise above that humanness. That requires that we manage our thinking and emotions and rigorously use best thinking and collaborating processes. This means we need to "listen to learn" as opposed to listening to confirm what we believe. We need to reach the point where we feel insecure about not having our thinking or work product critiqued or challenged in contrast to feeling insecure if it is challenged or critiqued . . .

. . . the big learning inhibitors: complacency, close mindedness, fear of failure or looking bad, intellectual arrogance and emotional defensiveness.

. . . emotionally positive people-centric cultures (that) result in a trusting safe environment where people can be candid, authentic, and vulnerable with permission to speak freely without regard to rank and with permission to fail within proscribed financial parameters."


Granted, he is talking about businesses, but I think there are some lessons in his article that apply to places like FCPS. It is more than a bit ironic that we are tasked with teaching students how to learn and being open minded to different ways of thinking with our students, yet the administrators are often not open to the same thing.

I think there is a very protectionist, top down culture within FCPS and in order to have real success and improvement, that has to be changed. I do believe that the new superintendent understands this problem. She has an uphill struggle, but she might at least turn the wheel.

I just sent an e-mail to FCPS Supt. and Deputy. Supt. Who else is with me? This alleged behavior should be investigated. Maybe time off with pay until they find out more.

From fcps machine.....

Thanks for writing, we are unable to comment on personnel issues.

I am sure that is going to be the response. However, don't let that stop you from letting them know how you feel that they keep this person in a place of leadership over kids.

Contact the school board member Sandy Evans. She is usually responsive and the machine has to respond to her.

Is this the case of a couple of blackskins trying to get even with a whiteskin for not playing in the diversity sandbox with them?

If so, she's fucked.

Redskin

I am the older sister of a student at Principal Lemmon's previous school. I am of Hispanic heritage, but U.S. born. She would discriminate against anyone who looked Hispanic because she assumed that we didn't speak English. She would roll her eyes at me, and not even acknowlwledge that I was there, when entering the office. Once, I was kicked out of the school after hours, when all I was doing was bringing a former teacher some food since he was staying late to grade tests and papers. I, too, went to that Elementary School, and kept in touch with many of the teachers/staff that were still there, and she was absolutely horrible to many of them as well. I was thrilled when I heard that she would no longer be at that school, until I saw on the news that she would be the Principal of the school where she is currently. This has been a long time coming, and I hope that the law is on those teachers' and student's side. Marie Lemmon definitely should not be working as a principal of an Elementary School, especially in FCPS, where the student and staff population is so diverse.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Virginia-Elementary-School-Principal-Marie-Lemmon-Accused-of-Discrimination-279344642.html

Another source:

http://fcnp.com/2014/10/15/three-school-employees-1-student-suing-fairfax-co-school-system-for-discrimination/

She probably increased the test scores at the schools where she was principal and that's pretty much what her boss cared about. She probably made some nice spreadsheets. That's what seems to count.

The problem with someone or authority over others is that they always seem to think they are above everything at one point or another. This leads them to do what they wilt. It always ends up ugly.

Hot or not

Was fat


Now kind of hot

One has to take into account that niggers complain about everything when reviewing this case.

concerned sibling Wrote:
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> I am the older sister of a student at Principal
> Lemmon's previous school. I am of Hispanic
> heritage, but U.S. born. She would discriminate
> against anyone who looked Hispanic because she
> assumed that we didn't speak English. She would
> roll her eyes at me, and not even acknowlwledge
> that I was there, when entering the office. Once,
> I was kicked out of the school after hours, when
> all I was doing was bringing a former teacher some
> food since he was staying late to grade tests and
> papers. I, too, went to that Elementary School,
> and kept in touch with many of the teachers/staff
> that were still there, and she was absolutely
> horrible to many of them as well. I was thrilled
> when I heard that she would no longer be at that
> school, until I saw on the news that she would be
> the Principal of the school where she is
> currently. This has been a long time coming, and I
> hope that the law is on those teachers' and
> student's side. Marie Lemmon definitely should not
> be working as a principal of an Elementary School,
> especially in FCPS, where the student and staff
> population is so diverse.

How many babies have you cranked out so far? Do you have a nice, thick latina ass?

I worked under her for one year. I was relieved to see that she was being sued. She is highly unprofessional and has emotionally tormented many highly skilled and professional FCPS employees. I can't think of one positive thing to say about her, which is horrible. FCPS gives too much power to its principals.

Marie Lemmon is a disgrace to our school system. Every leader is well aware of her shady character. I know of no principal who holds her in well regard. Fcps needs to remove her from her position.

Marie Lemmon managed to screw up every school she worked. Look at her test scores,,,,atrocious! The public needs to demand her resignation. Email Karen Garza as she supports this principal and does not read these posts.

I would be willing to wager a very large sum of money that one of the plaintiffs has written 95% of the posts above. Same rambling, angry vitriol. Shut the fuck up. We get it. You wanna get paid.

NBC, WTOP, FOX, USA9 all have stories on this lawsuit. And now The Washington Post as well...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-suit-three-former-educators-at-fairfax-school-claim-principal-was-discriminatory/2014/10/15/d0a01288-5496-11e4-809b-8cc0a295c773_story.html

OMG must read...from Channel 9 WUSA... all 31 pages of court filings, statements...things she said and did...
some things never change!
Same old person and tactics but this time she may have met her match, I hope!


https://www.scribd.com/doc/243137789/Lemmon-Court-Documents

she wanted tro go xmas shopping she jewish.....
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I didn't know until I read this complaint that Bailey's is the "most prestigious" elementary school in the county (par. 181). Learn something new every day.

Fairfax County School System needs to start taking action instead of ignoring complaints and bad culture. There are many Principals like Marie Lemmon or they could even be worse. No action is taken on them. It needs to get rid of some of the horrible culture,and make ethics and compliance first in all aspects.

She is kept on the job because she is a POS liberal!

Funny how if you go to the Baileys Elementary school website, you see the picture of the current 3 principals and Lemon together. One of the assistants is black.

Yeah conveniently the minority hire rate jumps when she is accused of discrimination...I bet this hire was made after the allegations were made to the district.

Yes, the black assistant principle was hired AFTER the allegations were made.

When is the actual court date? I noticed that the schools profile page that shows ethnicity of the student body, on the FCPS website, is disabled.
I know the area is heavily Spanish, any Spanish administrators??

^ I think you hit the "sore spot" here. The former AP who is filing the lawsuit was a fluent Spanish speaker. There was, no doubt, jealousy (on the part of Ms. Lemmon) of the plaintiff's ability to connect with a largely Hispanic community. There is also little doubt that the AP was a very intelligent woman who took her job and career seriously. Bailey's lost someone who wanted to be involved with that community. Sad.

I like this thread for Marie Lemmon because it has the phone numbers and emails of the icompetent morons at FCPS who haven't yet suspended her even after the lawsuit allegations came out.

Know nothing Wrote:
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> When is the actual court date? I noticed that the
> schools profile page that shows ethnicity of the
> student body, on the FCPS website, is disabled.
> I know the area is heavily Spanish, any Spanish
> administrators??

You're looking at the profile page for Bailey's Upper, which has no historical profile information because it's a new school for grades 3-5. You can still find the profile information for the original school on Knollwood Drive

http://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:13:::::P0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID:103

None of the current administrators is Hispanic; obviously many of the kids and some of the teachers are.

selfish vs. selfless Wrote:
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> ^ I think you hit the "sore spot" here. The
> former AP who is filing the lawsuit was a fluent
> Spanish speaker. There was, no doubt, jealousy
> (on the part of Ms. Lemmon) of the plaintiff's
> ability to connect with a largely Hispanic
> community. There is also little doubt that the AP
> was a very intelligent woman who took her job and
> career seriously. Bailey's lost someone who
> wanted to be involved with that community. Sad.

From reading various forums, it's pretty clear that many of the parents disliked Rachel Charlton and found her unhelpful and self-absorbed.

That doesn't make Marie Lemmon's conduct, if what's alleged as true, much better, but it does mean that Charlton is putting her own behavior under a microscope as well, and she's not exactly considered one of the crown jewels of FCPS by parents who've actually dealt with her.

As a veteran(20+) FCPS administrator, I assure you It would take me a long time to find a colleague willing to defend ML, whether you like it or not, this is gonna happen and she is gonna lose her job. You can besmirch RC all you want, I believe every word they are saying and the detailed complaint cant be ignored, except by you and the frankly deluded and soon to be disappointed minority here defending ML's disgusting actions.

I will repeat myself incase you missed me saying it earlier, this is gonna happen, it's going to be ugly and it's gonna be national.

youaregoingtobedisappointed Wrote:
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> As a veteran(20+) FCPS administrator, I assure you
> It would take me a long time to find a colleague
> willing to defend ML, whether you like it or not,
> this is gonna happen and she is gonna lose her
> job. You can besmirch RC all you want, I believe
> every word they are saying and the detailed
> complaint cant be ignored, except by you and the
> frankly deluded and soon to be disappointed
> minority here defending ML's disgusting actions.
>
> I will repeat myself incase you missed me saying
> it earlier, this is gonna happen, it's going to be
> ugly and it's gonna be national.

I could give a crap if Marie Lemmon is sent packing. She can always be replaced, and not too many people will lose much sleep about it.

However, the "go Rachel" crowd has to deal with the fact that, by filing a federal lawsuit, their own dirty laundry will get aired. In Charlton's case, that includes many Bailey's parents pointing out that she wasn't exactly a loved figure at the school. And, if the complaint itself is a reflection of her own personality, she comes across as whiny and narcissistic.

Finally, you are totally deluded if you think this is "gonna be national." This is petty shit, a movie that everyone's seen ten times before.

I know there are many many more supporters of Charlton than there are detractors and I wont discount your experiences. Nobody is perfect, but I know of no instances her integrity could be called into question and frankly the comparison isn't even close as to pertains to reputation. Lemmon is literally a joke inside the system and has been for nearly a decade. When I was introduced to her in 2007, the Asst. Sup who made the intro told me as much....

There will never be an administrator who is loved by all. In my experience, RC was always professional and willing to meet with parents, staff, etc. In general, parents aren't happy unless you tell them what they want to hear. This is like comparing apples to oranges. There is never a time for harassment, being unprofessional, discrimination, mental torture, etc. in the workplace.

Where are the posts that speak directly about the AP, Rachel Charlton?

Finally everyone is beginning to become aware of the behavior from the administrators at Bailey's. AND other than Rachel- who is a VERY nice person- the other APs are bullies to staff and so is their CHAIR who is extremely rude and mean. This "model" behavior has affected many teachers to act the same in order to appease the "bosses" so they don't get fired. Basically they are all "mean girls", pretending to be adults. Unprofessional barely touches the tip of the iceberg.

It's already gone national...the Associated Press took it a sit is all over the news across Va, NY, DC, LA, San Fran, NC, SC, FL....umm it's not petty. I've sen ML on tons of newspapers. Did you see the national newspaper called The Washington Post?...1/2 page on it? It's pretty big already and I wouldn't be surprised if others now have the courage to come out of the woodwork.

I have worked with this lady before and can ensure the allegations are TRUE! I'm in the central office and have watched this happen from afar and shame on me for allowing it to continue without stepping up. I'm glad some have taken this on and have enough courage to take this lady on. She has told me and others before that some have tried to take her down before and it would never happen. She does prefer hire newer teachers, she told me this before.

She is mean spirited and doesn't care who she bulldozes along the way. I have heard her talk very poorly about the same people taking care of her now...some of the leaders who work with me. She would have lunch with one of the new "cabinet" members in the Leadership Group and one right out and say they suck as leaders and even referred to one as "stupid as hell".. The same person referenced in this lawsuit. She "snows" some of the leaders, they adore her...and then she stabs them inthe back! If they only knew....Most principals would have been removed by now. But, they seem to protect her. She's even referred tithe new Supt. as the "Texan B from Hell." Im sure dr g would love to know it!

I'm thinking the breastfeeding comment by her is likely true just given her attitude and personality towards more seasoned teachers (negative)or teachers who don't follow in her footsteps and do exactly as she says. If you disagree or say one thing she doesn't like, you are out of there! One teacher even told me she does the teacher's nails at school and the teacher goes along with it for fear of retaliation. The teacher said she

Glad she has finally been called out on this activity! Why does she continue to be the FCPS Star? It's time the leaders take a real look at her for who she really is. Too bad such a mean person is the one in charge of our students. It's time for her to go.

She's the one they swapped when the plantiff AP started making waves. Trying to get ahead of the discrimination allegations.

Lemmon expected teachers to get married and have children during the summer. “She stood up in staff meetings and said, if you’re going to have a baby, don’t do it on my time.”

http://annandaleva.blogspot.com/2014/10/baileys-principal-charged-with.html

Is Ms. Lemmon gay? (Not that there's anything wrong with that) I've worked with lesbians who made these sorts of comments.

None of my business, but... Wrote:
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> Is Ms. Lemmon gay? (Not that there's anything
> wrong with that) I've worked with lesbians who
> made these sorts of comments.

You might be surprised how many Elementary School Administrators and Teachers are actually gay.

I know one school where the Principal is gay and it seemed that there was a disproportionate number of gay teachers hired at the school.

Seems that a lot of these Administrators are master politicians and a bit slimy as to how they run things.

Sounds like this Marie Lemmon probably has too much working against her at this point. Too bad so many parents are too afraid to speak up as they think what may happen to my little darling if there is retaliation.

If the administration is this bad off, it will impact the total school character and something needs to be done about it.

From the Washington Post comments...


My spouse has taught at Bailey's under Lemmon. Here is some additional information the Post should follow up on:

-- This is the third time Lemmon has been sued.

-- The 88% appproval rating was a farce. Lemmon summoned the faculty in advance of the survey and advised teachers that they would all be in trouble if there was a low leadership rating.

-- In my 50+ years in Fairfax County, as a student, parent, and spouse of a teacher, Lemmon is one of the top 5 most reviled school employees I've heard tell of. No one other than a few cronies at Bailey's and her previous elementary school has anything good to say about her.

Now that this story is out, the Post should do a follow-up story on the issues above, and interview current and former employees who previously would have been afraid to speak but now have some ability to do so. This principal is a toxic, self-promoting totalitarian who needs to be relieved of command.

Let's see if Reality14 comes back to challenge the comments about the prior lawsuits or the survey charade.

I'm a former employee of Bailey's. I am one of the 30-40 staff members that left that same year ML came to Bailey's. While reading my 31-page complaint, all I did was nod my head. Truth to all.

I absolute love Bailey's and the whole community but it got to a point that I was no longer happy. FCPS, shame on you for dismissing all the complaints filled against her prior to this lawsuit.

None of my business, but... Wrote:
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> Is Ms. Lemmon gay? (Not that there's anything
> wrong with that) I've worked with lesbians who
> made these sorts of comments.


No, she's married to a man who teaches in a neighboring county. They have children.

This is for all the ignorant people who have commented negatively regarding this bogus lawsuit. For one I have worked at Baileys and I think it is so shameful for people who don't know the truth to be commenting. If you personally don't know the facts why put your two cents in it. Since Ms.Lemmon took over she has brought the school up to where it needed to be and I can attest to that from working there. I know this is a public forum but this is someone's job on the line. This person has a family and it's just disgraceful to see the absurd comments. It's especially disgusting to see comments from former colleagues. Shame on you. The fact that we are going to waste court systems time and tax payers dollars on this trump up lawsuit is ridiculous. If you look at Baileys profile you will see that since Principal Lemmon took over students testing and overall grade has gone up. That should say a lot. The fact that one of the teachers who is suing is using her child that is shameful and she has a PhD. I wonder when the truth comes out will still be talking?...hmmm

RdFox Wrote:
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> She is kept on the job because she is a POS liberal!


"POS liberal", now you're being redundant.

You need to look at your own schools scores, you are down in almost every category, while in some instances testing nearly half the kids you did the previous years.

That's what's shameful. You try a numbers game by testing less kids and you fail at that too. If you work there then you are aware of Lemmon's behavior and hence condone it, or maybe you are disconnected from it unlike your colleagues that were pushed out/are currently being pushed out/treated poorly or you are part of it.....none of the possibilities bode well for you.

stop drinking the kool-aid.....see for yourself

http://schoolprofiles.fcps.edu/schlprfl/f?p=108:18:0::NO::P0_CURRENT_SCHOOL_ID:103

SOL test scores are a lousy way to evaluate a principal's effectiveness. For one thing, some SOL tests became a little harder. For another, SOL scores don't recognize teachers who brought a kid from 2 grades to 1 grade below grade level. That kid will still fail his SOL test.

Instead, look at teacher attrition from a school. Are well-regarded teachers and assistant principals leaving? How many? Are they being replaced by younger teachers who are afraid to disagree with the principal?

If the answers to those questions are yes, the school has a problem principal. The next question is what FCPS will do about it. Transfer her to a central headquarters job where she can do less harm, but still collect a paycheck? Transfer her to another school, where she can also collect a paycheck?

Or - perhaps - fire her? In the past, it seemed like incompetent FCPS administrators got moved around and even promoted, rather than fired. If the new superintendent can change that practice, she deserves a medal.

Fairfax has had personnel problems for years. Both my parents were teachers, and my dad got caught drunk at school and all they did was transfer him from Herndon to kilmer.

Bogus Wrote:
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> ridiculous. If you look at Baileys profile you
> will see that since Principal Lemmon took over
> students testing and overall grade has gone up.
> That should say a lot. The fact that one of the
> teachers who is suing is using her child that is
> shameful and she has a PhD. I wonder when the
> truth comes out will still be talking?...hmmm

Test scores came up? That's good.

But the lawsuit said she only wanted to hire blondes. That's very bad.

How is one of the teachers that is suiing using her child? That sounds bad.

If there's more truth to come out, why don't you tell us what it is? get that truth out now!

Bogus Wrote:
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> This is for all the ignorant people who have
> commented negatively regarding this bogus lawsuit.
> For one I have worked at Baileys and I think it is
> so shameful for people who don't know the truth to
> be commenting. If you personally don't know the
> facts why put your two cents in it. Since
> Ms.Lemmon took over she has brought the school up
> to where it needed to be and I can attest to that
> from working there. I know this is a public forum
> but this is someone's job on the line. This person
> has a family and it's just disgraceful to see the
> absurd comments. It's especially disgusting to see
> comments from former colleagues. Shame on you. The
> fact that we are going to waste court systems time
> and tax payers dollars on this trump up lawsuit is
> ridiculous. If you look at Baileys profile you
> will see that since Principal Lemmon took over
> students testing and overall grade has gone up.
> That should say a lot. The fact that one of the
> teachers who is suing is using her child that is
> shameful and she has a PhD. I wonder when the
> truth comes out will still be talking?...hmmm


Are you a pretty blonde?

So the scores were up. I mean, that's good, but school is more than scores. If you see your principle acting like the allegations say, than you'll think its OK to do the same. You learn a lot more at school than the 3 R's. Look at the Asians, they are typically brilliant in school, but when you die in a car wreck b4 your25 Cruz you can't drive, than do your test scores matter?

She posts on ffxu as yucky24

The negative postings here are all by one lazy, hate-filled, anti-white racist. Don't believe any of her lies.

Sorry, but, she has always been a bully. It's sad that someone would think it is okay to do the things she does to people. I understand she has a family, but she should have thought about that before she started stepping all over people to try to make a name for herself. Well, I guess she has some explaining to do now.

FCPS needs to protect their most valuable assets. Teachers and students. She does not look out for anyone but herself. Sad, sad situation that she keeps getting away with it.

What a disappointment for our school community.

The lazy, incompetent teacher who keeps posting here under different names is the one who should be fired. Pathetic that such a loser would attack the person trying to clean up a mess.

I do not work for fcps and do not know any of the haracters in this drama.

I read the complaint and there is no friggin way that lawsuit goes anywhere.

No proof of incrimination whatsoever.

Principal is accused of bullying but no one else supports this allegation.

And news flash...just because a teacher has a degree and has taught for years, that alone does not make them competent.

Asst Principal Wrote:
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> The lazy, incompetent teacher who keeps posting
> here under different names is the one who should
> be fired.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy incompetent teacher's dog.

On this lonely old blog alone there is corroboration of her discriminatory tactics.

I dont even know where to begin with this one......"No proof of incrimination whatsoever." is this some sort of freudian slip Lemmon?

What mess?

Here's Marie with one of her "pretty, young blondes"
Attachments:

I'm not a plaintiff and I left Bailey's because of Marie Lemmon. Many teachers who were devoted to Bailey's left because of Marie Lemmon.

That skirt is way too short for a teacher.

This teacher hiring pretty blondes??? Is she a lesbian?

If not why would she want to hire young inexperienced teachers?

Makes zero sense.

All these other people posting comments should be witnesses against this alleged monster, if not then shut up.

There is no proven discrimination in this complaint....none. I bet fcps asks for it to be tossed, it is without merit. Waste of taxpayer money to even defend it.

Shame on the press for giving it so much coverage.

Its not a teacher, I think it's her AP....

Hi all. Just wanted to let you know that I have a phone call scheduled with Fabio Zuluago, Asst. Supt. for our region, on Monday afternoon to discuss my concerns around all that it going on with Marie Lemmon. I would encourage all with concerns to contact him via phone or email. They need to know that parents are concerned about this and that we demand better for our children. I don't know a good way to get a message out to all parents, as we are not permitted to post anything on Big Tent, so word of (virtual) mouth seems to be the best way to go.

When I contacted him, I let him know that I was concerned that Fairfax County Public Schools has responded to this incident at all, as well as the fact that parents are not saying or doing anything because they fear how their kids will be treated during the school day. I have my own examples of her mistreatment and poor decision making that I will also share.

This seems to be a pattern of behavior with Ms. Lemmon and in such a wonderfully diverse community as ours, I just can't see how she is the right person to be leading our school, and quite frankly raises some serious concerns about other administrators who have been at Bailey's for some time.

Please feel free to contact me if you want to discuss, ask questions, share your own experience.

You can also become part of a new Yahoo group which we are hoping will be a place for more open discussion. Simply send an email with subscribe in the subject line to: baileysopenforum-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

The blonde woman in the picture (with short skirt) is Nicole Yacubovich, an assistant principal At BES.

I have nothing to do with this seemingly disaster of a principal, but I'm glad the media gave the story the coverage it deserves. Students and our community deserve better. Shame on her if she did all this stuff. Hard to believe this many would be upset if there wasn't some fire under this smoke.

"If not why would she want to hire young inexperienced teachers?

Makes zero sense."


It makes total sense.

Thank you for standing up to her from a parent perspective.
Facts: she threw the SPED kids out of Immersion, a clear violation of IDEA! The Spanish speaking parents need a voice too. She treats Spanish kids like they are garbage. The parents know, but they are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation.

I have also witnessed her yelling at teachers, pointing at them and rolling her eyes and walking off from conversations they want to have with her. Sure, a few like having her there...the chosen ones. But, look at her history at her previous school; issues. Current school: more of the same. She pretends that color doesn't matter to her, but skin color does matter to this lady. Just look at her hiring pattern. Sad for our kids that FCPS won't protect them from her.
Sad, just sad. Very disappointing. I plan to contact Fabio Z (h

What kind of bad weed are you guys smoking?

This school if FILLED with Hispanics.

They have Spanish immersion

There are Spanish speaking teachers at the school to deal with he demos.

Brown teachers. Brown students.

How the hell will you prove discrimination.

This lawsuit is going nowhere.

She has tried to get rid of Spanish immersion and staff of various ethnicities.

I would say she has been pretty proficient....smh

hotties Wrote:
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> Hot or not
>
> Was fat
>
>
> Now kind of hot
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No, not HOT. No longer fat, but still NOT HOT.

New Washington Post article......


Fairfax seeks to dismiss teachers’ lawsuit alleging principal’s bias


By T. Rees Shapiro October 29 at 7:42 PM
Lawyers representing Fairfax County public schools filed motions to dismiss and split up a federal lawsuit against the school system and a principal who teachers allege discriminated against them based on religious affiliation, gender and race.

The case centers on the alleged actions of Bailey’s Elementary School Principal Marie Lemmon, who remains in charge of Bailey’s, which has 1,400 students and is the largest elementary school in the county. A former assistant principal, two former teachers and a student filed a lawsuit against the school system last month alleging that the principal treated them unfairly.

Rachel Charlton, a former assistant principal at Bailey’s, is Jewish and claims that while she was pregnant Lemmon treated her harshly. Former teachers Yolanda Calhoun and Shyrone Stith and J.C., a minor who attended Bailey’s, allege that Lemmon, who is white, discriminated against them because they are black.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria because Bailey’s receives federal Title I funding, as many of the school’s students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a measure of poverty. The vast majority of the students are Hispanic and qualify for English as a second language training.

Charlton claims that Lemmon, who joined Bailey’s in 2012, insulted her for breast-feeding and limited her opportunities for promotion after she returned from maternity leave. Calhoun alleges that Lemmon replaced her on the staff with a younger and less-qualified white teacher, and Stith claims that the principal decided against hiring him for a permanent position because he would not fit in at the school as a black man. The teachers and the student are seeking compensatory and punitive damages from the school system.

Schools spokesman John Torre has said that the administration will not comment on the pending lawsuit, saying only that the school system “has a strict anti-discrimination policy and takes all allegations of discrimination very seriously.”

The two motions filed Oct. 24 — the first time the county has publicly opposed the allegations — ask for the court to dismiss the lawsuit and to sever the claims between Charlton and the other defendants. Attorneys for the county say that the lawsuit should be thrown out largely on a technicality: They say the teachers are suing the wrong entity.

The lawsuit was originally filed against Fairfax County public schools. But the county school system claims that the system itself cannot be sued. Instead, it is usually the Fairfax County School Board, the 12-member elected government body, that addresses such litigation.

The administration’s attorneys also say that even if the teachers had sued the correct entity, the School Board is immune from paying out punitive damages in federal cases.

The schools’ attorneys also seek to separate the claims made by Charlton, Calhoun, Stith and the student. The lawyers say that the defendants “involve differing issues of law and facts” and want the court to proceed on three separate claims, with Calhoun and the student’s remaining together, since the juvenile is Calhoun’s stepdaughter.

Lemmon has received positive reviews on teacher job satisfaction surveys and has been credited by administration leaders for assisting in a smooth transition to a new school building.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-seeks-to-dismiss-teachers-lawsuit-alleging-principals-bias/2014/10/29/1a6ba498-5fa2-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html

Isn't Bailey's like over run by future landscapers and housekeepers? Who the fuck cares?

"Isn't Bailey's like over run by future landscapers and housekeepers? Who the fuck cares?"

I guess Ms. Lemmon agrees with you.

From the Washington Post Article:

"The administration’s attorneys say that “rude, abrupt, and arrogant” behavior does not necessarily support an employee’s claims of a hostile work environment, citing previous legal precedent.

Why would the school system believe it would be okay to be rude, abrupt and arrogant?

Is this what we have come to accept as being okay? In my opinion, this would make for a hostile work environment anywhere else, so why is it okay in an elementary school?

Couldn't agree with you more Matt. It is not okay and can not be ignored. Why does this person get away with this behavior? In my opinion, they all but admit that she is rude, abrupt and arrogant based on the quote from the post. And, is that not a hostile work environment? OMG .

What an idiot. Did an attorney even file this case?

Doubtful if they sued the wrong entity.

Told ya this was going nowhere and would be thrown out.

"The administration’s attorneys say that “rude, abrupt, and arrogant” behavior does not necessarily support an employee’s claims of a hostile work environment, citing previous legal precedent."

This is true. Some administrators think they have been deified when they are promoted. They think it is fine to refer to teachers as "my people" and make outrageous demands on their time. The good admins never forget what it was like to be in front of the classroom, because they are at heart good people. FCPS should do more to weed out RUDE, ABRUPT and ARROGANT admins in schools and send them to Gatehouse. Fact is the failed admins are never, ever fired unless they make the mistake to rob the till!

Interestingly the last portion of the Post article was NOT included in the above post:
"But the teachers claim that she made disparaging remarks in their presence. Charlton alleges that Lemmon said that women should not breast-feed because “we do not live in a third-world country like Africa,” according to the lawsuit.

The administration’s attorneys say that “RUDE, ABRUPT, AND ARROGANT" BEHAVIOR behavior does not necessarily support an employee’s claims of a hostile work environment, citing previous legal precedent. The lawyers also point out that Charlton was offered the opportunity to transfer from Bailey’s and declined.

That conduct is hardly consistent with a severe and pervasive” hostile work environment, the school system’s attorneys argued in their motion."

"RUDE, ABRUPT, AND ARROGANT" BEHAVIORis the norm of the principal. Regardless of the lawsuit, such behavior is unacceptable in a professional workplace and DOES support the claim of a hostile work environment. Just ask anyone (other than the administration) who works or sends their children to the school. FCPS should do something to help improve the atmosphere at the school.

Interestingly the last portion of the Post article was NOT included in the above post:
"But the teachers claim that she made disparaging remarks in their presence. Charlton alleges that Lemmon said that women should not breast-feed because “we do not live in a third-world country like Africa,” according to the lawsuit.

The administration’s attorneys say that “RUDE, ABRUPT, AND ARROGANT" BEHAVIOR behavior does not necessarily support an employee’s claims of a hostile work environment, citing previous legal precedent. The lawyers also point out that Charlton was offered the opportunity to transfer from Bailey’s and declined.

That conduct is hardly consistent with a severe and pervasive” hostile work environment, the school system’s attorneys argued in their motion."

"RUDE, ABRUPT, AND ARROGANT" BEHAVIORis the norm of the principal. Regardless of the lawsuit, such behavior is unacceptable in a professional workplace and DOES support the claim of a hostile work environment. Just ask anyone (other than the administration) who works or sends their children to the school. FCPS should do something to help improve the atmosphere at the school.

This should never have received any attention in the press.

Whole lotta nothing.

dc niggers run dc and they got there by mob activity and lawsuits

they don't run fairfax

and they can't use a fed court to sue fairfax to force fairfax to hire foreigners and dc niggas - who already have more than their share

not that i believe the story for a fucking second. democrats are running wild builiding luxury homes buying asian luxury cars

that they'd "have to sue to get work at FCPS" is total crap

infact a few days ago i saw an elementary with parking lot full HOURS AFTER THE KIDS HAD GONE HOME

i only ever see fucking foreigners outside working getting gov pay, garza all over that shit

all of those gov workers at the school? probably more of them than there are students? all getting paid?

when i was young schools were empty except maybe a janitor after hourse, parking lots empty

the there's the fucking park system. when i was a kid if you saw a sign or a bench it had "donated by" at the bottom. the fucking foreigners are spending millions on "the park" (bullshit, it's trees) and hiring foreigners and such - it's a fucking scam - the whole damn park system - a fucking democrat fast track for making illegals wealthy - for a reason. it's not for luck you know it.

it's all asbout the fucking money.

republicans are suffering from $8T of democrats printing
their way into power. which used to come with a death
penalty mind you.

(8 10^12)/((256 10^6)/4

($125,000) per citizen owed by "our dear gov family yr 2000's"

Owed. is it any wonder law suits are demanding it ? not a single.

(per citizen that isn't a gov worker or is in a family of abusive
non-sharing gov workers or profiting largely off insider gov)
(legal citizens). a conservative est. of disparity yet appauling
before a real count.

busch and clinton began with debt and spent allot too: yes. to the
tune of $8 trillion more, 8x more, than than their predecessor ? NO

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/new-filings-claim-more-discrimination-under-fairfax-principal/2014/11/05/f29ed878-6518-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html

More claims!

Starting to like Lemmon more and more. Sounds like she wasn't afraid to tell off Jews and minorities who didn't do their jobs well. I'm sure it was a shock to them and that they thought they were beyond criticism as "protected classes." Way to go, Marie!

^Criticizing someone for breast feeding isn't really a way to tell someone that they aren't doing their job. At the very least, Ms. Lemmon was using some kind of cryptic messaging system.

Ms Lemmon sounds like she's in a protected class of her very own.

OMGoodness, four more people? Why hasn't she been removed from this role until all of this is sorted out? Very disappointing that more action hasn't been taken by the school division.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/new-filings-claim-more-discrimination-under-fairfax-principal/2014/11/05/f29ed878-6518-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html

Well, there is more people finding courage to come out against this principal. Washington Post says more have filed documents claiming the same type of behavior.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/new-filings-claim-more-discrimination-under-fairfax-principal/2014/11/05/f29ed878-6518-11e4-bb14-4cfea1e742d5_story.html

From the Washington Post:

Kathi Newman, who is Jewish, alleges she lost her job at Bailey’s as a speech pathologist because of her religious beliefs. Robin Rubio, who taught world languages in 2007 under Lemmon when she was principal at Mount Vernon Woods Elementary, said that she was “routinely condescending and rude.”

Rubio wrote that “the harassment became so intense it was affecting my health and my neurologist wrote a recommendation that I be moved to another school.”

And there is more. You have to be kidding me.

She's gotta go.

You girls need to grow a pair.

Try working in a real job where 90 percent of bosses are assholes.

People who only can use negative language "N" word are just the kind of people this world needs more of, NOT. Professional and educated people are writing about their lives being torn apart and their health ruined. Your answe in the "N" word. I truly hope you are not educting my child at Baileys. Get some balls and work in the real world, they are. The world doesn't consist only of balls the way you would have it be. People grow up and realize ther are people like this and children suffer. There is no place for people like this working in the public, she needs help!

the suits are a scam being run by annandale asians, mexians, Dc niggas

once they force their way in under the fein of being mistreated (actaully they get allot (housing etc while having no money) and never pay out welfare (now that they obama have jobs: they never give any charity back they had got))

they get a management position, fire all the whites, begine ordering only imports and foreigners

it's a fucking scam. i warned you.

Then you are in the 1% that like her. I worked at Hybla Valley when she was an AP and she was mean-spirited then, and we learned that at Mt. Vernon she got test scores up by having a new hire comb the records and get rid of every failing child whose family couldn't prove residence (i.e., illegal or homeless). She's a bully, plain and simple.

if Mare Mare squeezes my lemon she can stay

Too funny! Wrote:
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> Then you are in the 1% that like her. I worked at
> Hybla Valley when she was an AP and she was
> mean-spirited then, and we learned that at Mt.
> Vernon she got test scores up by having a new hire
> comb the records and get rid of every failing
> child whose family couldn't prove residence (i.e.,
> illegal or homeless). She's a bully, plain and
> simple.

I'd hire her if she could get rid of every child in FCPS whose family couldn't prove residence. Save us a lot of money.

New hearings in February. http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20141230/NEWS/141239927/discrimination-lawsuit-against-bailey-x2019-s-principal-moves-forward&template=fairfaxTimes


As Longfellow said.....

"Though the mills of God grind slowly;
Yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience he stands waiting,
With exactness grinds he all."

concerned sibling Wrote:
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> I am the older sister of a student at Principal
> Lemmon's previous school. I am of Hispanic
> heritage, but U.S. born. She would discriminate
> against anyone who looked Hispanic because she
> assumed that we didn't speak English. She would
> roll her eyes at me, and not even acknowlwledge
> that I was there, when entering the office. Once,
> I was kicked out of the school after hours, when
> all I was doing was bringing a former teacher some
> food since he was staying late to grade tests and
> papers. I, too, went to that Elementary School,
> and kept in touch with many of the teachers/staff
> that were still there, and she was absolutely
> horrible to many of them as well. I was thrilled
> when I heard that she would no longer be at that
> school, until I saw on the news that she would be
> the Principal of the school where she is
> currently. This has been a long time coming, and I
> hope that the law is on those teachers' and
> student's side. Marie Lemmon definitely should not
> be working as a principal of an Elementary School,
> especially in FCPS, where the student and staff
> population is so diverse.

don't you mean you are WHITE HISPANIC ?

hispanics are separately listed by fairfax from all other fucking foreigners as WHITE and not part of any other ethnic group !

Go, Sister Wrote:
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> Too funny! Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Then you are in the 1% that like her. I worked
> at
> > Hybla Valley when she was an AP and she was
> > mean-spirited then, and we learned that at Mt.
> > Vernon she got test scores up by having a new
> hire
> > comb the records and get rid of every failing
> > child whose family couldn't prove residence
> (i.e.,
> > illegal or homeless). She's a bully, plain and
> > simple.
>
> I'd hire her if she could get rid of every child
> in FCPS whose family couldn't prove residence.
> Save us a lot of money.


^^^^^I think this is a good idea, but-

In order to register for school, residence has to be established and proven in writing. A lease, foster status, whatever. That is already in place. But, things change with people, and they may or may not update things. So, you have kids who are not entitled to go to a particular school going there anyway. For years. I don't think they can use legal status as a criteria, unfortunately. And boy they all know it.

Some people even draw up a dummy lease saying they are "leasing" a place to live from a friend or relative, and use that as an excuse to use a particular school. You "rent" a "spot" of whatever type in the Langley district and you are good to go, even though you might really live in the Mt. Vernon area, but you want your kid to go to Langley schools. You are really leasing a bathroom or a closet, but the school system can't figure it out. It might be a fake lease. They don't know, and probably don't have time to track it all down or have the right to an intrusive investigation.

Hard to catch and ID these.

"hispanics are separately listed by fairfax from all other fucking foreigners as WHITE and not part of any other ethnic group !"


You are totally confusing race and ethnicity. These are two separate questions. First the person is asked to check off their race (which could be "white", "black", "asian", "Native American". Then the person is asked to check off on ethnicity---which, for purposes of the government, is either Hispanic or Non-Hispanic. Hispanic is not a race. You can be a white Hispanic or Black Hispanic or Native American Hispanic (which interestingly enough is probably close to what most Hispanics are in this area, but people think of "Native American" in the context of tribal membership here in the US).

Fairfax does not automatically list an ethnic Hispanic as racially white.

I wondered where the assistant principals were as she was discriminating against teachers and students. They need to be punished as well for not doing or saying anything while the abuse was going on. They are just as guilty as Marie Lemmon.

I can't help it but wonder what is going on with FCPS and all their discrimination allegations. Dr. Garza needs to take control of FCPS and fast before it gets worst.

ML is not only mean she is wicked. She ruined my teaching career that I built for 25 years while she was at Mount Vernon Woods ES. I was discriminated against because I am of African origin and still have some accent. The excruciating torture from ML caused me severe emotional distress. I'd like to forgive her because I have been forgiven. ML needs help. I had severaL exceeds in my evaluations before I met her. But she followed me to all my classes and gave me "does nOt meet" in all. She hates kids too and does not need to work with them. Her supervisors have to be blamed not ML.

I wish I could have one day in the shoes of one of these abused teachers - this woman's off her rocker and nobody's got the stones to say it to her face?

I'm not happy that my line of work makes me no stranger to confrontation but I wouldn't hesitate to eat this bitch's lunch in front of everyone else who's too afraid to say anything.

To anyone reading this who let's this psycho-bitch ruin their lives - just say "fuck it" and deal with her the right way.

ML has friends in other schools and those friends are as wicked and racist as her. I work for one assistant principal that treats us like crap. If you complain and say something about it you get in trouble so we choose to live with it hoping our careers at FCPS won't be ruined. There are no rights at FCPS, specially when you are of Hispanic or black origin.

Any thoughts?

"There are no rights at FCPS, specially when you are of Hispanic or black origin."

Except of course that hispanics are overrunning the classrooms.
Attachments:

How is that different from the immigrant children who arrived at Ellis Island, NY???
This is the land of immigrants, give me a break!!!
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We are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and we are still not done with "discrimination", horrible. ML/Bailey's Principal should be fired!

Not just at Baileys Wrote:
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> ML has friends in other schools and those friends
> are as wicked and racist as her. I work for one
> assistant principal that treats us like crap. If
> you complain and say something about it you get in
> trouble so we choose to live with it hoping our
> careers at FCPS won't be ruined. There are no
> rights at FCPS, specially when you are of Hispanic
> or black origin.
>
> Any thoughts?

I have thoughts here - you work for a public school system - you especially should not have to put up with abuse. Make a formal complaint. Teachers go from being a student in a school to being a teacher in a school and they lose their backbone along the way due to lack of exposure to the real world. Have you ever wondered why shit like this doesn't fly in private organizations? It's because the real world has taught those folks to stand up for themselves.

And I hate to be the person to call this out but it's "especially", not "specially". You're a fucking teacher, come on.

Not just at Baileys Wrote:
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> ML has friends in other schools and those friends
> are as wicked and racist as her. I work for one
> assistant principal that treats us like crap. If
> you complain and say something about it you get in
> trouble so we choose to live with it hoping our
> careers at FCPS won't be ruined. There are no
> rights at FCPS, specially when you are of Hispanic
> or black origin.
>
> Any thoughts?

Maybe she's discriminating against you because you write like a 5th grader.

What's going on with this lawsuit and the principal?

How can a county not remove a principal form her position with the long history of complaints?

She is costing the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars! They are paying for her attorney as you can see from looking up the case. Someone step up and ask. Too bad the AP is being treated as a whistleblower. The other plaintiffs have to pay for their attorney. Make her come off of it for her own. Contact Karen Garza if you are as upset as we are about how much this is costing us! ridiculous.

FCPS is a strong school district, but it has allowed a handful of abusive principals to continue in their positions who should not be given the right to abuse staff and harm the careers of strong, dedicated educators.

Another FCPS principal who is downright dreadful is Liz Rhein at Willow Springs Elementary. Mrs. Rhein is the direct cause of high teacher turnover year after year, countless union filings, parent complaints, and has been known to employ unethical practices and exercise a flagrant abuse of authority.

How can a district as big as FCPS not have access to better leadership and not demand that their principals be held accountable for their actions? Maybe with the exit of Principal Calhoun at Stuart, FCPS and Dr. Garza are finally starting to do something about these problem principals with a history of professional impropriety.

after hearing the worthless charges of suggestions (but not real actions taken) my summary is:

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as requested: more blonds
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i'd post more but the google images are too vicious and furious (rage syndrom?)

a lawsuit against anyone has to cite a specific action taken, and why it appears illegal - PLUS motive

VA is a right to work state (teachers are all democrat / union protecting each other, so as for my beleif they aren't after county money: i doubt it)

a lawsuit of an employee against an employer has a different light. the employer is considered right %100 in fx co unless it's something political (as far as private employment employee against franchise owner or local businessman)

other states have stricter employment law - VA classicly does not. fx co gov wrote themselves greedy laws saying they protect their own jobs - paid themselves to do it, and filed it at the courthouse in the library.

fact is. an employer can do about anything - are not bound to give employees constitutional rights on the job (although i challenged that in court got no answer - in my book i won since they cowered away from the question)

an employer cannot do:

1) human abuse (bleeding employee ok - bleeding daily - well ok - hospitalized - probably ok - dead - they'll cover it up maybe)

2) fired without cause. yes. but they have to give a paper showing they didn't give a reason techinically. but try to take technically to court fx co gov will laugh at you.

3) stating a reason for firing which is illegal on paper: NO.

4) stating maternativy leave is a downer on job eligibility: YES far as i know there is not a law against that, if there is it's real new and challengable

should one have to hire a pregnant woman, pay her during leave, then have her say: thanks for birthing me - i'm gone loosers ? it'd happen if they put the carrot in front of the horse, i'm sure.

FCPS principals are totally "above the law". They can do anything, say anything, make-up anything, lie, etc about any teacher and absolutely nothing will be done. HR is worthless because they will always side with administration. The unions are powerless and administration knows it.

The principal's word is always taken over the teacher's word. Unless a parent or staff member cries "sexual misconduct" no action will be taken. Abominable administration is prevailing at some FCPS schools and the school board and the superintendent team simply does not care to investigate.

This is the truth in many schools, when the principal or Asst. Principal are a favorite of the leadership group. The teachers associations are now in the back pocket of the supt.'s displayed at the school i work at PT. the person there said the president of the association LOVED the supt., not sure how he can represent you and LOVE the supt. As for baileys, yes something has to give with this for the sake of the kids who suffer because of the reputation of the school due to the current principal situation / being accused of discrimination. (Looking at this and other sites seem to point to the principal needing a new job, but that is just my opinion.)

The easiest way to get bad principals out of our schools is to let (encourage) our kids tank the SOLs. If the parents of minority students got together and told our kids to not read the questions and just randomly pick answers for each and every SOL test, the scores would plummet and then the county would listen. They still would not care about the discrimination but they would care about the numbers showing most minorities failing the SOLs. That would make the papers. That would be reported to the Department of Education.

And, they can't hold the elementary kids back for not passing the SOL. They are only required to be passed in high school.

Maybe the parents of minority students need to band together and get the Superintendent's attention!

^ Interesting idea. That would get their attention. Unfortunately, it involves the kids in politics and I've seen firsthand how that can affect them (dealing with a ruthless principal).

The employee and equity relations office doesn't ensure the equitable administration of federal, state, and FCPS regulations and laws impacting the FCPS community because they have three lawyers running that department to cover themselves. EER office always pressures employees into signing documents as its a waiver and release from liability. So we call that employee relations? That office is designed to support the school system.

Karin Rodriguez, Cindy Fitzgerald, and Kevin Sills are lawyers so don't trust them.... The Truth can be hidden for a short time, but eventually, like the sun, it shines.

so lemme get this straight ...

your suing a (white i assume - though could be an implant from anywhere outside of fx co) teacher for hiring more whites than mexicans. keep in mind hiring illegals is illegal in VA. keep in mind in the 90's democrats passed a racial quota law: and the same was in a few years demolished by The Supreme Court of the United States of America.

all i wanna do is deport you. no need to cry about it

Fabio Zuluaga won't respond to inquiries about why so much money was wasted on this lawsuit.

FCPS thinks there's an endless supply of money. They are wrong. People will not put up with paying double the amount of taxes to support all of FCPS wasteful ideas.

I suspect that Fabio and ms garza are afraid of disciplining lesbian principals?!?
Stenwood Es is similar, though not quite unite as publicly ridiculous as lemon road. Peggy Dammeyer is a terrible principal but probably kept on because she is protected from above.

their fuckign up a storm and using tax money to do it - fucking over the econom too

fuck them they are attacking whites by intentionally crowding them out - like a hoarder does familiy members or to cover something up

they are on a wartime mission having as many babies as they can on USA money as they can make time for

they are attacking

I'm suing WTOP and herndon for "dictating to the public"

that herdon would be speding ON HALF BILLION DOLLARS of fx co money loaned from NY,NY to re-furbish an already built H.S. in herndon

renovating? take a guess if they whiteys who built the H.S. to begin with spend a half billion

point here is that is what they told the public they were going to do, how much, and what on: with no discussion

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my advice is jail them

Marie Lemmon was forced to hire black people and now she is taking teachers from Mount Vernon Woods Elementary school. Marie, is trying to have the right type of black people in her school and doesn't want to appear racist. Marie is pulling teachers and she left Mount Vernon Woods a hot mess. I feel sorry for the new principal that came in after because its tough.

I was a victim of bullying by this principal. I was at Mount Vernon Woods with Marie Lemmon, several staff members had several grievances against her through NEA and nothing was done that we know of. She is mean and vindictive and stayed on my butt until I had a panic attack during the school year. I have been in recovery for 8 months and will try to go back this fall. Please don't tell us to notify our union reps. they do NOTHING!!!! In fact I changed my union because of this. This woman damaged me. My principal is a disease who gets by with anything she likes!!!!And everyone knows this!

Yep…she does it and is then protected by Karen Garza….maybe because Garza was sued by teachers in Texas. Two peas in a pod….and, they are destroying our school system. Say FCPS now and people laugh…what a shame.

Preliminary Accreditation Status this Year: Fully Accredited
all subjects are 80% or above

She had an almost perfect 100% pass rate on the ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTS--supposed to be used for kids who really need it. BUT--in her case, she doesn't give the teachers a chance to disagree. The AP at upper just does whatever her "BOSS" tells her to do and signs up hundreds of kids for alternative assessments, then all of them pass. OMG…something is up. Virginia Dept. of Ed needs to know what is going on in this school. She will be bragging about how much she raised test scores--NOT! She gave hundreds of failing kids tests with "support" and then they had a 100% pass rate. I'd call it, ummm, cheating! The other kids had passing rates around 40%. Look deep into the scores, you'll see the funny business taking place at Baileys.

School Accreditation Rating: Accredited w/Warning
Subject Accreditation Pass Rate
English 75
History 93
Mathematics 80
Science 66

https://fcps.uservoice.com/forums/302115-what-are-your-ideas-for-balancing-the-potential-1/suggestions/9082909-not-have-a-principal-on-the-committee-who-cost-the

They have her on the committee? no wonder our taxes are going up. Legal Fees.

The parties held a settlement conference, at which all plaintiffs did reach a settlement agreement. A voluntary dismissal with prejudice occurred at the request of all plaintiffs. But there was enough evidence for the case to move forward. Mrs. Lemmon wasn't cleared of all wrong doing.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/discrimination-lawsuit-against-va-principal-dismissed/2015/05/05/7e11a860-f35b-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html

YHt79

HATE THAT PUTA

Bailey's is an Hispanic school.
Placing black teachers and administrators there was a mistake.
The principal got it right.

I would burry my schlong deep in Lemon's tight squeaky asshole until she came all over me.

In the way of progress Wrote:
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> Bailey's is an Hispanic school.
> Placing black teachers and administrators there
> was a mistake.
> The principal got it right.

Using that logic why is Lemon there?

My suggestion is if you have any issues related to employment with Fairfax County Public Schools that is not being resolved by Mr. Kevin Sills office then go ahead and contact The Leiser Law Firm.

I reached a resolution with my harassment & retaliation claim against the Fairfax County School System because of my former principal.

The lawsuit: https://www.scribd.com/document/243137789/Lemmon-Court-Documents


Discrimination suit against Bailey's principal 'dismissed with prejudice'

The lawsuit filed by four employees of Bailey’s Elementary School against Principal Marie Lemmon charging her with discrimination and harassment has been “dismissed with prejudice.”

The suit, filed in federal court in September by former assistant principal Rachel Charlton, former teachers Yolanda Calhoun and Shyrone Stith, and former student J.C. Calhoun, claimed Lemmon and FCPS violated federal civil rights and anti-discrimination laws.

A message sent to Bailey’s families May 5 by Fabio Zuluaga, FCPS assistant superintendent for Region 2, states, the “lawsuit has been dismissed with no finding of any discrimination or inappropriate conduct by the school board or Ms. Lemmon.”

That’s not the complete story, however, according to sources close to the lawsuit who wish to remain anonymous. The case was not dismissed by the judge. In fact, the judge previously denied several FCPS requests to dismiss the case.

The plaintiffs voluntarily agreed to dismiss the case, and while it’s true there was no finding of wrongdoing on the part of Lemmon or FCPS, that’s because there was no opportunity to address wrongdoing. The litigation ended before the fact-finding phase.

FCPS wholeheartedly supported Lemmon throughout the case. “Fairfax County Public Schools and Superintendent Garza stand behind Principal Lemmon and endorse her continued, outstanding leadership and tireless work on behalf of the students of Bailey’s Elementary School,” Zuluaga’s message continues. “We are also very grateful to the Bailey’s faculty and staff for maintaining the positive focus on student learning while this issue was being resolved.”

Based on conversations with people close to the case, it is believed that the plaintiffs simply could not afford the legal costs of continuing with the lawsuit and settled out of court – although there is no official confirmation of a settlement. It’s also believed that if they say anything at all about the case, they will have to repay their settlement funds.

Stith and Yolanda and J.C. Calhoun had agreed to settle out of court months ago, but Charlton, who had the most complaints, hung on until the end of April. Five other people who had worked for Lemmon in the past had submitted letters to the court supporting the plaintiffs allegations stating that Lemmon had discriminated against them due to their race, religion, disability, or age. There were similar complaints against Lemmon when she was principal of Mount Vernon Elementary School, before her appointment at Bailey’s in November 2012.

FCPS had claimed in court that they were not legally liable for Lemmon’s actions, even if her behavior was rude and discriminatory, because they didn’t know about it. If someone in the future makes a similar complaint about Lemmon, FCPS won’t be able to make that argument because Lemmon’s alleged actions are spelled out in the court documents.

FCPS spent a huge amount of money, possibly up to $100,000, to defend Lemmon and sought a huge amount of documents from the plaintiffs, including many back years of medical records. One source calls that a “bullying tactic” and suggests that it could have a chilling effect on other potential whistleblowers with unrelated complaints against other school officials.

Charlton had formerly been on track to become a principal but is not expected to advance at FCPS and is now one of three assistant principals at Camelot Elementary School in Annandale. According to an observer, “she is being punished for trying to stand up for what was right.”

Camelot is a small school, with just 611 students. Most elementary schools of that size have just one assistant principal. Very few FCPS schools have three, even schools that are much larger. Bailey’s has three APs but that school has 1,480 students on two campuses, and well over half the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches a majority have limited English proficiency.

“It’s ridiculous in a culturally diverse area like this that FCPS would allow this kind of discrimination to happen – and not only that but to support Marie Lemmon in such positive terms,” an observer says. “If this school had more active parents, we would have seen a different outcome.”

So she had some run ins with her black teachers not everyone can get along. That said I sure wouldn't mind back dragging that fat ass of hers. In a weird way Marie Lemon is semi hot.