Last Friday I posted a piece about the suspension of Lewisville Elementary science teacher Allan Snow. That post has garnered more comments (by a lot) than any other post I’ve written so I thought it would be interesting to see where the folks who are reading the piece are coming from. Thanks to Google analytics I can tell you the following:
- 37% from Yahoo!
- 18% from Google
- 11% from the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system
- 7% from the Winston-Salem Journal
- The rest from various sources
The one that interests me the most is the school system number. Obviously there’s a lot of interest in this story within the schools, especially Lewisville Elementary, but unfortunately all I can offer is rumor, conjecture, emotions, etc. and most of that is contained in the comments and not anything that I’ve been able to "report." I would LOVE to be able to offer facts, findings and the like but that won’t happen unless or until the sheriff’s office and the school superintendent’s office release their findings.
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There is a great deal of interest in this case because there is quite a bit a stake. I understand and comprehend both sides of this case. I understand the teachers most of which wholeheartedly support Mr. Snow and who believe that in the first case he was railroaded and in the second case is a victim of bad publicity and other circumstances surrounding the current family (that I will not go into until the investigation is finished).
The other side also believes that predators are a big problem in the schools, victims rights should be protected above anything else, and some of these same people seem to believe that the institution of public education is inherently flawed. I think there is some ground in the middle, however with such conflicting views, I do understand the level of discourse going on here. In my experience, seldom do sides like this “meet in the middle”.
I also think many, many teachers are looking closely at this case because they fear of what all this is coming to? Will it mean that routinely students will make claims against their teachers, that will require immediate suspension and investigations that will bog down the entire system? And not only that, but will people’s lives and careers be destroyed by the tabloid media who characterizes those accused as guilty the minute they read the press release or another parent or angry teacher calls the news organizations. I think that is one reason why teachers feel so strongly about this case.