Last week I asked lots of questions after the announcement that Lewisville Elementary School science teacher Alan Snow would not be charged with anything after a long investigation. At least one of those questions has been answered according to an article by Dan Galindo in the Winston-Salem Journal:
Alan
Snow, a teacher who had been reassigned from Lewisville Elementary
School during a sheriff’s office investigation, will return to the
classroom this month, Superintendent Don Martin announced today.Snow had been
suspended with pay, then re-assigned to a nonclassroom position with
the school system while deputies investigated an allegation of
misconduct against him.Garry Frank, the
district attorney for Davidson County, announced last week that there
was not sufficient evidence to charge Snow with any crime.Authorities have
never explained what the allegation was, and said last week that it
wasn’t appropriate to do so since no charges would be filed.Snow returns to school on Jan. 23, the first day of the third quarter.
The article doesn’t mention if Mr. Snow is going to return to Lewisville or teach in another school, but he does have his teaching slot back.
On another note I received a worried call from my brother about some of the comments left on my earlier post. The comments were a little heated and at one point one commenter mentions getting a lawyer to go after another commenter for what he was saying about his/her family and my brother was concerned that I might get caught up in it. My wife expressed the same concerns. To address their concerns I gave them a little of my thinking about these specific comments and comments in general which I’ll share here:
- Both of the commenters used aliases so I don’t think that one can claim that the other was disparaging his/her family because no individual is actually named.
- There were a lot of emotions involved and I honestly think that the reactions were a result of those emotions.
- As for my vulnerability here, I don’t think there’s much to worry about. While I host the blog I’m not responsible for others’ opinions. From what I’ve read the person who types the comment is responsible, not the owner of the site, blog or message board that contains the comment. On the other hand I do think that if people begin naming names or behaving in potentially harmful ways then I need to step in and remove those comments. I’d prefer not to, but if comments ever get to the point where personal attacks are made, especially those that target people by name, then I’ll turn off the comments in a heartbeat. I didn’t delete any of these because I felt the commenters actually brought up good points, expressed their points of view pretty well and highlighted the issues and emotions that make cases like Mr. Snows so difficult and the implications it has for the schools, teachers, students and parents.
- By and large the people that leave comments on this blog do a great job. The biggest problem I have is comment spam and that comes from the same people who inundate us with offers for pharmaceuticals that will greatly enhance parts of our anatomy. There’s a special place in hell for them, so I just delete them and forget about it.
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