STATE OF FLORIDA Gp", , EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION car MeN TOM GALLAGHER, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO. 989-2729-C MARY GREEN, O)- ALP. y, J JL Respondent. / AD TRATIVE COMP Petitioner, Tom Gallagher, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint against Mary Green. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate disciplinary sanction of the Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuant to Sections 231.262 and 231.28, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to Rule 6B-1.006, Florida Administrative Code, Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, said sanctions specifically set forth in Sections 231.262(6) and 231.28(1), Florida Statutes. The Petitioner alleges: JURISDICTION 1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 173120, covering the areas of Driver Education, Physical Education and Administration and Supervision, which is valid through June 30, 2004. 2. Atall times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as an Assistant Principal at First Coast High School, in the Duval County School District. T LAL N 3. During the months of July and August during September 1998, Respondent was aware of an incident in which a coach at the First Coast High School fondled and attempted to have sex with a minor female student L.C. Respondent failed to report the incident as required by school board policy, and his duty as an administrator of the school. On or about April 5, 1999, Respondent received a letter of reprimand and was suspended ten days without pay and had her contract reduced to a probationary status. Mary Green Administrative Complaint 2 of 2 T RY COUNT 1: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Section 231.28(1)(c), Florida Statutes, in that Respondent has been guilty of gross immorality or an act involving moral turpitude. COUNT 2: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Section 231.28(1)(f), Florida Statutes, in that Respondent, upon investigation, has been found guilty of personal conduct which seriously reduces her effectiveness as an employee of the school board. COUNT 3: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Section 231.28(1)(i), Florida Statutes, in that Respondent has violated the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida prescribed by State Board of Education rules. RULE VIOLATIONS COUNT 4: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6B- 1.006(3)(a), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has failed to make reasonable effort to protect the student from conditions harmful to learning and/or to the student’s mental health and/or physical safety. COUNT 5: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6B- 1.006(3)(e), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has intentionally exposed a student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement. ; WHEREFORE, the Petitioner recommends that the Education Practices Commission impose an appropriate penalty pursuant to the authority provided in Sections 231.262(6) and 231.28(1), Florida Statutes, which penalty may include a reprimand, probation, restriction of the authorized scope of practice, administrative fine, suspension of the teaching certificate not to exceed three years, permanent revocation of the teaching certificate, or combination thereof, for the reasons set forth herein, and in accordance with the Explanation and Election of Rights forms which are attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference. EXECUTED on this_1¢ 7 dayof__O Lh , 2000. State of Florida

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