ASSIGNMENT REVEALED THE
PUBLIC EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT )S
QUESTIONABLE
RECORD-KEEPING OF
TEACHERS AND COACHES
ACCUSED
OF BEHAVING BADLY.
SINCE OUR REPORT, THE
NUMBER OF EDUCATORS WHO
GOT IN TROUBLE AND LOST
THEIR LICENSE TO TEACH
IN THE STATE, HAS
SURGED. HERE )S NEWS 13 )S
LYSEE MITRI.
...You f ( ( (ing d ( ( ( (
tell me that I )ve been
selling drugs. I )ve been
at home"...
FORMER FARMINGTON
TEACHER ANNA SCHROTH
ISN )T
ALLOWED TO TEACH AT (ANY
NEW MEXICO PUBLIC
SCHOOLS NOW. AFTER
SEVERAL RUN-INS WITH
POLICE IN 20- 16.
...Officer: We )ve got to
get you in this car,
okay? Do not take me to
jail!"... THEY PUT HER
IN CUFFS AFTER THEY SAY
SHE HIT HER EX-HUSBAND
WITH A METAL BASEBALL
BAT.
BEFORE THAT. SHE LANDED
IN JAIL
...nats jail door
closing...
ON CHARGES THAT SHE WAS
HELPING HER BOYFRIEND
PIMP OUT A
PROSTITUTE, AND DEALING
DRUGS.
POLICE SAY A PHONE
SEARCH SHOWED SHE WAS
EVEN TEXTING
ABOUT DRUGS WHILE SHE
WAS AT SCHOOL.
...NATS of texting
sound...
SCHROTH GOT FIVE YEARS
OF PROBATION ...NATS
of snapping a picture...
AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO
CHARGES INCLUDING
AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH
A
DEADLY WEAPON. PROMOTING
PROSTITUTION AND
CONSPIRACY TO TRAFFIC
DRUGS.
...Lysee Mitri "The new
mexico public education
department says it took
away her license to
teach in the state, last
year. In fact -- 20-18
saw a surge in teachers
and coaches who got in
trouble and got their
educators licenses
revoked."...
...tv change
channel/static sound...
WHEN A NEWS 13
INVESTIGATION FIRST
BEGAN DIGGING INTO THIS
ISSUE A YEAR AGO... WE
FOUND THE
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
REVOKED JUST 5 LICENSES
IN 20-16 AND 20-17
COMBINED.
WE FOLLOWED UP SINCE
THEN... TO LEARN, THAT
NUMBER (JUMPED TO
29 LAST YEAR --
ACCORDING TO RECORDS THE
DEPARTMENT GAVE
US.
...Gwen Perea Warniment,
Deputy Secretary "I
think it )s actually a
good sign
NEW EDUCATION DEPUTY
SECRETARY
GWEN PEREA WARNIMENT
TALKED TO US ABOUT THE
CHANGES
THAT STARTED UNDER
FORMER SECRETARY
CHRISTOPHER RUSZKOWSKI,
WITH THE LAST
ADMINISTRATION.
...Gwen Perea Warniment,
Deputy Secretary "Yes,
definitely there was a
shift. So, we )re using
kind of just
general ability to
create spreadsheets and
look at things across
the board and kind of
have a running list
of where all case file
management is going"...
THAT APPARENTLY (WASN )T
HAPPENING BEFORE. WHEN
NEWS 13 STARTED
REQUESTING PUBLIC
RECORDS ON THE
INVESTIGATIONS INTO
TEACHERS.
COACHES AND
ADMINISTRATORS AT THE
END OF 20-17 á AND FOUND
MANY OF THE CASE FILES
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
PROVIDED,
...NATS...
WERE INCOMPLETE.
IN MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
OF THEM... THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION
COULDN )T OR WOULDN )T
TELL US (IF THE
INVESTIGATIONS
WERE CLOSED...
WHY THEY WERE CLOSED...
OR WHERE THE PUBLIC
RECORDS WERE TO
DOCUMENT IT.
PEREA WARNIMENT COULDN )T
SPEAK TO WHAT
(SPARKED THE
RECORD-KEEPING CHANGES
IN 20-18.
CASES LAST YEAR THAT
ENDED WITH LICENSES
GETTING REVOKED --
INCLUDE A CIBOLA HIGH
COACH ACCUSED OF
FIGHTING WITH A
STUDENT...
AND A TEACHER SUSPECTED
OF CHEATING ON A TEST AT
THE C-N-M
WORKFORCE TRAINING
CENTER... WHEN SHE WAS
CAUGHT TRYING TO
HIDE NOTES SHE )D WRITTEN
ON HER WRIST. MOST,
THOUGH, INVOLVED
TEACHERS AND COACHES
ACCUSED OF
CRIMES.
LIKE FORMER LAS CRUCES
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER
MICHELLE RAMSEY WHO PLED
GUILTY TO
EMBEZZLEMENT...
AND AGREED TO PAY BACK
MORE THAN 20-THOUSAND
DOLLARS THAT
INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE
TOOK WHILE ACTING AS
TREASURER OF THE
MAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
BAND PARENTS
ASSOCIATION.
...generic school
marching band
music???...
10 LICENSE REVOCATIONS
IN 20- 18 STEMMED FROM
DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS
OF SEX CRIMES.
THE LIST INCLUDES FORMER
ASSISTANT TRACK COACH
WITH CLOVIS CHRISTIAN
SCHOOLS, GARRETT SCOTT
FLY.
...NATS of snapping a
picture...
COURT RECORDS SHOW HE )S
ON PROBATION AFTER
PLEADING NO CONTEST TO
SENDING NUDE PHOTOS TO A
14- YEAR-OLD STUDENT.
THEN THERE )S FORMER
FOURTH GRADE MATHESON
PARK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL TEACHER IN
ALBUQUERQUE...
SCOTT WEAVER -- INDICTED
FOR INAPPROPRIATELY
TOUCHING A 16- YEAR-OLD
IN A BELEN GYM LOCKER
ROOM.
THE GYM OWNER TOLD US
LAST YEAR, SHE
CONFRONTED WEAVER.
..."I went back there
and told him that he
needed to stay there
and... crying"...
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
RECORDS SHOW WEAVER IS
AMONG MORE THAN TWO
DOZEN OTHERS... WHO
WON )T BE TEACHING AT NEW
MEXICO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ANYMORE.
ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT,
LYSEE MITRI, KRQE NEWS
13.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
SAYS IT )S LOOKING INTO
UPGRADING THE TECHNOLOGY
IT USES TO KEEP TRACK OF
LICENSURE
INVESTIGATIONS...
THEY SAY THEY ALSO WANT
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
PARENTS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
FILE COMPLAINTS WHEN
THEY HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT
EDUCATORS.
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