Weatherford Speech Pathologist terminated at WPS board hearing

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After seven hours of witness testimony and three hours in executive session, the Weatherford Board of Education unanimously voted, 5-0, to terminate speech Pathologist Jennifer Daniel.

Nearly 50 people were in attendance and 700 were watching live on the Weatherford Daily News Facebook page.

During the hearing, Daniel testified she had two parts to her job, the speech therapy side and the administration side which required Daniel to turn in documentation and keep record of her students. Daniel testified she was not fulfilling her administration side of the job,but she claims it was because of her disabilities and her many work duties.

Through several witness testimonies, including Superintendent Jill Henderson and Assistant Superintendent Steve Callen, it was made clear Daniel was not fulfilling all of her job duties. Although several witnesses and evidence showed she performed well at the speech therapy side of her job, Henderson and Callen said she was given multiple opportunities to turn in paperwork and fulfill her administrative job duties.

“I make a motion to terminate Mrs. Jennifer Daniel from employment with Weatherford Public Schools based upon the findings of facts and conclusions of documents,” board member Dennis Green said during the hearing.

Read the full story in the weekender edition of the Weatherford Daily News.