Falsely accused teacher calls for accountability
An Ontario substitute teacher who was cleared of abuse allegations is speaking out, suggesting that parents and students be held accountable for making false accusations.
"Something is terribly wrong here," said Susan Dowell, who has taught school for 15 years. "Children who do make false allegations –parents who make false allegations –what happens to them in the end?"
The complaint against Dowell came after she told a grade five boy not to throw away an uneaten banana at lunch. Dowell was on lunch room duty, during a one-day teaching assignment at R.L. Graham elementary school, in Keswick, Ont.
"I told him to eat it…or put it back in his lunch box and take it home. His parents paid good money for fruit like that for him to eat," said Dowell.
..."The story that the parent heard and later told the administration…is that I had him go into the garbage to take out a squishy banana —eat garbage basically —and humiliated him in front of his friends."
Full: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/04/20/bc-teacheraccused.html
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