Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: SCHERAN WEEKES
Judges: F. SCOTT BOYD
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Miami, Florida
Filed: Sep. 25, 2015
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, October 19, 2015.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
VS. CASE NO. 112-1068
SCHERAN MARCELLA WEEKES,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against SCHERAN MARCELLA WEEKES. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate
disciplinary sanction of the Respondent’s educator's certificate pursuant to Sections 1012.315,
1012.795, and 1012.796, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to Rule 6A-10.081, Florida
Administrative Code, Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida,
said sanctions specifically set forth in Sections 1012,.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes.
The Petitioner alleges:
JURISDICTION
1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 919419, covering the area of
Elementary Education, which was valid through June 30, 2013.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Fourth Grade
Teacher at Kelsey L. Pharr Elementary Schoo! in the Miami-Dade County School District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3, On or about February 24, 2011, Respondent, in the presence of students, grabbed
fourth grade male student M.S. by the shirt collar, pointed her finger in M.S.’s face, and shouted
at M.S.
SCHERAN MARCELLA WEEKES
Administrative Complaint
Page 2 of 3
The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT 1: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1 \(d), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has been guilty of gross immorality or an act involving moral turpitude as
defined by rule of the State Board of Education.
COUNT 2: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1\(j), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has violated the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education
Profession prescribed by State Board of Education rules.
RULE VIOLATIONS
COUNT 3: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A-
10.081(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 health and/or safety.
COUNT 4: — The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A-
10.08163)(e), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has intentionally exposed a
student to unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement.
(SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE)
SCHERAN MARCELLA WEEKES
Administrative Complaint
Page 3 of 3
WHEREFORE, based on the reasons set forth herein and in accordance with the
Explanation of Rights
and Election of Rights forms attached to and made a part of this
Administrative Complaint, Petitioner respectfully recommends that the Education Practices
Commission impose an appropriate sanction against the Respondent’s educator’s certificate
pursuant to the authority provided in Sections 1012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes.
The sanctions imposed by the Education Practices Commission may include, but are not limited
to, any one or a combination of the following: issuing the Respondent a written reprimand:
placing the Responden
on probation for any period of time; restricting the Respondent’s
authorized scope of practice; assessing the Respondent an administrative fine; directing the
Respondent to enroll in
he Recovery Network Program; suspending the Respondent’s educator’s
certificate for a period of time not to exceed. five years; revoking the Respondent’s educator’s
certificate for a period of time up to 10 years or permanently; determining the Respondent to be
ineligible for certification; or barring the Respondent from reapplying for an educator's
certificate for a period of
EXECUTED on
‘time up to 10 years-or permanently.
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this ZA day of Wer , 2014,
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 15-005403PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Oct. 19, 2015 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Oct. 16, 2015 |
Motion to Cancel Hearing and to Relinquish Jurisdiction to EPC filed.
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Oct. 09, 2015 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Oct. 09, 2015 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for October 29, 2015; 9:00 a.m.; Miami, FL).
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Sep. 28, 2015 |
Initial Order.
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Sep. 25, 2015 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Sep. 25, 2015 |
Revised Election of Rights filed.
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Sep. 25, 2015 |
Agency referral filed.
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