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Crowd expected at Beavercreek school board meeting
BEAVERCREEK — The high school drama department is expected to bring a little unexpected action to tonight’s school board meeting.
Members of the drama department and others say they will be at the meeting to speak in support of Dawn Stamper, and English and drama teacher whose supplemental contract to direct the spring musical the board voted not to renew.
The board made the decision before Christmas and since then members of Stamper’s classes and productions over the past six years, as well as parents, have pressed district officials to revisit their decision.
Letters in support of Stamper have appeared on local newspaper editorial pages, a page made up of more than 400 supporters appeared on the social networking site Facebook and students say they gathered nearly 1,000 signatures on petitions to have the instructor reinstated.
Stamper said she was given “vague” reasons for the contract not being renewed and she plans to fight the decision through her teachers union.
Stamper said her dismissal from the drama department doesn’t make sense after her productions have been nationally recognized. “It’s like a football coach taking a team to state and then being fired the next year,” she said.
In response to a public records request from Dayton Daily News asking to view Stamper’s personnel file and correspondence regarding her performance as drama instructor, Nicholas Subashi, school district attorney, said Stamper’s personnel file and any documents that the district found “constitute public records” would be released next week.
Meanwhile, students and parents said they planned to speak during the public input portion of tonight’s 7 p.m. school board meeting at 3040 Kemp Road in Beavercreek.
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By Doc
January 15, 2009 4:18 PM | Link to this
Who cares? Lower my property taxes you damn crooks!!! Beavercreek needs an income tax to help the schools and to leave property owners the F@#$ alone!!!By chris
January 15, 2009 4:47 PM | Link to this
Wow- aren’t we articulate?By True Drama Club
January 15, 2009 4:49 PM | Link to this
wow!just goes to show you where priorities are. this much energy on a canned teacher..drama? what drama? The entire school board and admin needs to be canned. all they care about is legacy building and getting their names on schools. Mr. Burns..the supt..is double dipping and yet they want my money..pathetic bunch. wait until records are released and most info is redacted. school board is a bunch of hacks who overspend our tax $$. legacy hacks…nothing more..By makeempay
January 15, 2009 4:54 PM | Link to this
haha, make those great quality residents pay to live in those great quality schools and quit whining. thanks white exodusBy richardo
January 15, 2009 4:57 PM | Link to this
Que pasa?By as usual in Bcreek
January 15, 2009 5:10 PM | Link to this
Quit building what the military votes in and then move away so we are left to pay. And I will pay more taxes to get Doc out ! Did’nt we hear enough of his rants after the windstorm ? Move already !!!By Nicole
January 26, 2009 5:09 PM | Link to this
I am a alum of Beavercreek High School….c/o of 2006…mr. and mrs. Stamper are wonderful teachers and they should be ashamed of trying to get read of such a great person….let her stay and inspire kids