BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 18-011 DR. HEIDI MAIER, Superintendent of Schools, Petitioner, vs. PATRICIA STAHL, an employee of the School Board of Marion County, Respondent ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, Dr. Heidi Maier, Superintendent of Schools (“Petitioner”), files this Administrative Complaint against Patricia Stahl (“Respondent”), an employee of the School Board of Marion County (hereinafter referred to as SBMC), and alleges as follows: Is Respondent is an employee and is currently employed as Head Custodian at Madison Street Elementary School. 2: Petitioner was notified of complaints regarding Respondent on November 6 and November 30, 2017. Petitioner received a complaint alleging that Respondent took extended breaks and lunch breaks on multiple occasions. Petitioner also received a second complaint that Respondent permitted one of the employees that she supervised to bring her children to work. 35 Petitioner undertook video surveillance related to allegations that Respondent took extended breaks and lunch breaks on multiple occasions and an investigation was conducted by Rose Cohen, Director of Equity Assurance. 4. In the course of its investigation and review of the video footage obtained, Petitioner learned that on all but three days during the period of video surveillance, Respondent had taken breaks which exceeded her allotted lunch and other breaks. 5 Respondent also failed to clock in and out as directed. Moreover, in her position as a Head Custodian, Respondent failed to direct her subordinate employees to properly clock in and out. Respondent admitted during the investigation that although she had been instructed to do so, she did not clock in and out for lunch nor had she directed her subordinate employees to do so. 6. As a result of her failure to clock in and out or to otherwise accurately reflect her working time, Respondent was paid by SBMC for time that she did not work. ‘Te Respondent was also found to be dishonest during the investigation related to her statement that she had never taken longer than 30 minutes for her lunch break. 8. Respondent’s actions described above, constitute a violation of School Board Policy 6.270, Principles of Ethics and School Board Policy 6.15 Anti-Fraud. 9. Respondent’s conduct constitutes misconduct in office, gross insubordination, willful neglect of duty and just cause for discipline. 10. Asa result of Respondent’s serious breaches of School Board policies, Petitioner recommends that the School Board terminate Respondent’s employment. WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the undersigned Superintendent recommends that the Respondent be given the discipline outlined above, effective on the date the recommendation is acted upon by the SBMC. hod: Woe Heidi Maier, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools Dated: Cau - lo, 2018 Copies furnished to: Patricia Stahl 3950 SE 17" Ct. Apt. A Ocala, FL 34480 Mark Levitt, Esquire Attorney for Superintendent Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A. 1477 W. Fairbanks Avenue, Suite 100 Winter Park, FL 32789 mlevitt@andlaw.com Paul D. Gibbs, School Board Attorney The School Board of Marion County, Florida 512 SE 3" Street Ocala, FL 34471 paul.gibbs@marion.k12.fl.us

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