Whistle-Blower Forced to Retire
She blew the whistle on the administrative practices that allowed children in Trenton to get a “diploma” without getting an “education”. Beverly Jones, a social studies teacher in the Trenton School System, was approved for retirement in a unanimous decision by the Trenton School Board on November 13th. Ms Jones has been teaching for 32 years and when she realized children were being allowed to repeat classes they had already passed and given credit for classes that did not exist she did the right thing and told school district administrator’s then the school board. When the practices continued she notified the state.
Months after the state investigation found Ms Jones’ complaint valid, she was brought up on tenure charges of insubordination and misconduct. The school board dropped the charges where later dropped in exchange for Ms Jones’ involuntary retirement.