Petitioner: PAM STEWART, AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: EUNICE JOHNSON
Judges: J. LAWRENCE JOHNSTON
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Aug. 31, 2017
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Friday, September 29, 2017.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO. 134-2723
EUNICE LUCILLE JOHNSON,
Respondent.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against EUNICE LUCILLE JOHNSON. 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
is The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 537463, covering the-areas
of Elementary Education, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Reading and
Varying Exceptionalities, which is valid through June 30, 2020.
2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Sixth Grade
Teacher at Lake Trafford Elementary School in the Collier County School District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3. During the 2013/2014 school year, Respondent inappropriately disciplined
students. Examples of Respondent’s inappropriate discipline include but are not limited to:
a) Respondent required D.S. and J.V., two male, sixth grade students, to write
apology letters to the assistant principal for what Respondent perceived as ati
incorrect statement one of the students had made to the assistant principal.
Respondent required D.S. and J.V. to work on the apologies for approximately
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Administrative Complaint
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one week, during class time. Respondent excluded D.S. and J.V. from class
lessons during the time they were required to write the letters and gave them zeros
as grades for the missed work. .
b) Respondent did not allow students to keep checked-out library books in their
desks over-night. When several students left books in their desks, Respondent
confiscated the books without informing the students or retuming them upon’
request, leaving the students financially responsible for the books.
c) Respondent secluded, in an unsupervised.area, multiple students from class on a
regular basis, denying them participation in class lessons.
4, During the 2013/2014 school year, Respondent failed to properly utilize class
time and resources to the best advantage of her students, Respondent’s conduct included but was
not limited to:
d) During benchmark testing, Respondent failed to properly monitor students and
instead spent the time on her computer, contrary to school instructions and
Respondent’s signed agreement.
e) Respondent refused to directly address student questions and instead required that
they seek the answer from others prior to asking questions of Respondent.
f) Respondent spent class time on her computer without interacting with students.
g) Respondent assigned student grades that were not supported by the work done e by
the students.
The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT I: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(g), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has been found guilty of personal conduct which seriously reduces
effectiveness as an employee of the school board.
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
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Administrative Complaint
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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-
10.081(3\e), Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has intentionally exposed a
student fo unnecessary embarrassment or disparagement.
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 Respondent 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 the Recovery Network Program; suspending the Respondents 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 time up to 10 years or permanently. :
EXECUTED on this 9% day of September 2015,
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PAM STEWART, as
Commissioner of Education
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 17-004947PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Sep. 29, 2017 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Sep. 28, 2017 |
Motion to Cancel Hearing and to Relinquish Jurisdiction to EPC filed.
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Sep. 14, 2017 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Sep. 14, 2017 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for October 13, 2017; 9:30 a.m.; Tallahassee, FL).
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Sep. 01, 2017 |
Initial Order.
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Aug. 31, 2017 |
Notice of Appearance (Branden Vicari).
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Aug. 31, 2017 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Aug. 31, 2017 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Aug. 31, 2017 |
Agency referral filed.
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