Charter School Teachers Say They Were Fired for Getting Pregnant

[proud2BlibKansan]

Two teachers at a charter school denounced the way that they were fired. They called the school administration autocratic and discriminatory, and said that favoritism rules.

Loyda Suero, of Dominican heritage, and Leslie Cruz, of Puerto Rican descent, taught Spanish to 5-year-old children this past spring semester in the bilingual Jardín de Infancia classroom, at South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts, located at 577 East 139th Street in the Bronx.

However, although both teachers said they had a good relationship with the children, the parents, and the school administration, Suero said that in her case, everything changed when she announced she was pregnant.

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Hey told Suero, “I would love for you to come back, but I had a daughter and she got sick with a heart condition, and it took me seven years to return,” indicating to her that teachers have to plan to give birth in the summertime.

more . . . http://voicesofny.org/2012/07/charter-school-teachers-say-they-were-fired-for-getting-pregnant/

[Brickbat]

1. Yep, we certainly don't need anything like unions.

[gopiscrap]

2. this is why you have unions

shit like this, is what happens when you don't have a union...

[catrose]

3. My first thought too <eom>

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Some of the charters in NYC are union

But most are not.

[gollygee]

5. My mom (retired teacher) got fired for this same reason in 1965.

We're going back in time.