RE:Jane Whitehurst

Date: Friday, 6 May 2005 12:50pm ET
To: JWHITEHURST
Cc: bprivett@wcpss.net, DHOWELL, TDIXON
From: MCHAPPELL@WCPSS
Subject: RE:Jane Whitehurst

Jane: Everything that was discussed in the March 1st meeting that was held between you, me, and David Howell was the best information we could provide you at that time. Your eligibility for a license extension for 05/06 at that time---and our discussions of the "what if" scenarios---was still strictly dependent upon the successful completion of the courses during the summer session and the Praxis II test in Business Education (since there is no Computer Science license in NC the Praxis waiver is also not possible because the waiver would have to be based upon a Business Ed. license from Wisconsin). Since you have now recently communicated that your search for courses has been unsuccessful, unfortunately assigning you to teach Computer courses for the fall is now an impossibility. While I am quite certain that you are indeed disappointed not to be assigned Computer courses to teach in the fall, the best advice that I could provide Dr. Dixon and Mrs. Privette yesterday (given all the present circumstances) was that the following would need to occur:

1. Assign you to teach in your already certified area for the Fall Semester 2005(math). In order for the state to pay your salary this is the only option without a license extension.
2. The school administration should schedule any computer courses that would have been taught by you in the fall of 2005 with another certified teacher.
3. You will need to complete coursework and Praxis requirements prescribed by the NC Dept. of Public Instruction during the Fall semester 2005 for the Business Ed. license.
4. If the Business Ed. license requirements are completed by the end of Fall semester, Dr. Dixon could then schedule you---at his prerogative---for the Computer Science courses in the Spring 2006 semester. Please remember that Principals have the sole authority within their schools to schedule teachers at any time to teach any courses that they are licensed to teach.

It is my understanding that David Howell will work with you in attempting to secure reimbursement assistance for course work that is necessary. Praxis reimbursement is handled by our Recruitment Division---contact Chris in that Dept. at CPSANNIPOLI@wcpss.net for more information about Praxis reimbursement.

Mike Chappell

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