UGOTNERVE received a report from an educator sharing that they had received a letter from Morton giving them a directive that they are no longer to communicate about “school issues” during “school hours.”
Morton weakly cited that when the teacher responded to or addressed the emails that Morton had sent, they were taking away from the instructional time of students.
WHAT THA”? Can someone help Fred with the professional responsibilities of educators. They are advocates FIRST. Advocating for our students, excellence in education, safe schools, and exposing issues of public concern IS OUR JOB!
CAN WE SAY HYPOCRITE AND BULLY??? Morton is getting pretty desperate in his efforts to silence the opposition. He has broken so many laws from trespassing on an employee’s home to illegally recommending an educator for nonrenewal, which he had to reverse.
In his letter, he went as far as to threaten the educator with disciplinary action and/or termination if they continued to address “school matters” during “school time.” (Typical bully move!)
To make matters worse, Morton’s letter also instructed them to refrain from “non-instructional” related duties during school hours. It is clear that this is superintendent that has NO CLUE as to what the educators within this county do. Does he not know that “non-instructional” activities are listed as a component of every educator’s job description within the county? So, in essence, he is saying, “DON’T DO YOUR JOB OR YOU WILL BE DISCIPLINED OR FIRED!”
So that means that educators can no longer do the following during school hours:
1) Call parents about behavior
2) Plan and/or serve on committees such as the “Social Committees”
3) Complete duties related to clubs that they sponsor (step team, football, basketball, etc.)
4) Return emails
5) Plan student, parent, or staff events.
6) Meet with parents
and so on and so on.
We failed to mention one important fact, the educator that he singled out is African-American. The letter that Morton sent communicated that same message the Winston did during last Thursday’s school board meeting, “Nigga’, I am tired of you backtalking me. So what if you are right, so what if I am wrong, and no, I ain’t goin’ give you an apology for how we have mistreated, discriminated, fabricated, and lied on you. I have far too much pride for that. Pride that is more important to me than the children. SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!
Oh well, will someone tell Fred that we AIN’T gon’ sit down and we AIN’T gon’ shut up, so do the right thing and ask God to forgive you for all that sin. The lives of our children deserve more than he is worth. Morton has no intention of changing or making any of his past wrongs right. It is past being sad, now it is PA-THETIC!
KUDOS to the parents that have began to collect signatures to remove the school board. It looks as though we will have more than enough to get the ball rolling just before the next school board meeting. While a majority of us are African-American, our white and hispanic brothers and sisters are coming out of the wood work from every school throughout the East End, from Varina Elementary to Varina High.
Many have shared that not only do Morton, Royal, Jepson, Rokenbrod, and Ellis have to go; others are moving to remove Varina’s principal, “Mrs. O”, due to her failure to create a safe school setting for students. A story was shared of how Varina’s principal violated county policy by permitting an at-risk expelled student, that was considered trespassing if he were to come on campus, was told by “Mrs. O” that he could attend the senior prom AND graduation. Many were disgusted at her total disregard for the district policies and the safety of other students. As one parent shared, HENRICO IS OUT OF CONTROL AND THEY ALL HAVE TO GO!
Well, the underground movement is gaining momentum! We are referring parents and educators to our pro bono attorney team from DC that has graciously offered to initiate any and all legal actions that are needed. We will also host another “OCR clinic” this weekend where we will assist in the filing of complaints online for suspected civil rights violations by Henrico County.
The Community Council for Integrity in Education’s (CCIE) website will be up and running within the next month, and ALL administrators, parents, educators, students, community leaders, attorneys, government officials, and others are welcome to join. CCIE has just received two more parent coordinators that will organize parents throughout the East End for upcoming protests and press conferences.
THE TIME FOR CHANGE IS NOW! OUR CHILDREN CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER!
KEEP UP THE NERVE!
So Morton can speak? Too bad he didn’t speak out when I poured my heart out to him for help and he did nothing! Too bad he didn’t speak out when Wilder Middle School was breaking Federal laws and falsifying documents? Too bad he didn’t speak out when one of his former employees was unjustifiably terminated? Too bad he didn’t speak out when parents in Henrico County cried out to him for justice and help? Too bad he didn’t speak out when disabled children are continuously suspended and placed into detention centers for disabilities they have no control over! Too bad he didn’t speak out and work with parents and teachers instead of allowing issues to escalate to a level this high? Too bad he doesn’t speak out when approached with important issues during public school board meetings! Too bad he only speaks out when HIS reputation is at jeopardy! Too bad he didn’t speak out to rectifying his mistakes! Parents, corruption has a new name in Henrico and his name is FRED MORTON, it’s not just political any more! Perhaps he should be thrown into jail for allowing federal laws to be broken over and over and over again without saying one word! Too bad he is about to lose his job because he is too prideful to work with parents and teachers! Goodbye Mr. Fred Morton, parents want you out! You should have helped us when we needed you! When the pressure is on you, perhaps we should give you the silent treatment like you gave us! Thanks Morton!!