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Teacher Faked Terminal Illness To Get Out Of Work
POLK COUNTY, Fla. —
A teacher admitted to fabricating a story that she and her father were dying so she could skip class.
The Polk County school district said it wanted to fire Laurel Elementary School teacher Ashley Barker, who kept up the ruse for a year.
Barker told officials at the school that she wasn't at the hospital or the doctor's office while she was supposedly sick, but was home the entire time with nothing wrong.
School district officials said Barker weaved a heartbreaking tale. The first-grade teacher said her father was sick and dying, and so was she.
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/officials-teacher-claimed-she-was-dying-get-out-wo/nX6cX/
A teacher admitted to fabricating a story that she and her father were dying so she could skip class.
The Polk County school district said it wanted to fire Laurel Elementary School teacher Ashley Barker, who kept up the ruse for a year.
Barker told officials at the school that she wasn't at the hospital or the doctor's office while she was supposedly sick, but was home the entire time with nothing wrong.
School district officials said Barker weaved a heartbreaking tale. The first-grade teacher said her father was sick and dying, and so was she.
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/officials-teacher-claimed-she-was-dying-get-out-wo/nX6cX/
I'd say what I really feel about people who do something this horrible but I'd probably get TOS'd.
