Jamie's House Charter School

Jamie's House Charter School is a 6-12 state charter school in unincorporated northern Harris County, Texas.[1][2]


2010 Beating

In May 2010, a video of a teacher attacking a student was released to the public.[3] A video captured on a cellular phone shows the teacher dragging a 13-year-old male student across the floor before hitting the student.[2] The teacher in the video, Sheri Lynn Davis, was fired and arrested.[4] The teacher did not have a teaching certificate.[2] Gabriel Hahn Moseley, a teacher who witnessed the event but did not intervene, was also fired.[5] The mother of the child filed a lawsuit against the teacher. The Texas Education Agency sent investigators to the school to conduct an investigation.[6] The superintendent and the principal of the school, Ollie Hilliard and David Jones, were charged with failure to report child abuse, a misdemeanor. Davis was charged with felony injury, and Moseley was given misdemeanor charges.[5] Davis pleaded "no contest." She received a five year probation sentence and an order that she cannot work at a school during her probationary period. In June 2011, Jones and Hilliard were acquitted of the charges against them.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jamie's House Charter School." Greatschools.net. Retrieved on May 12, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Mellon, Ericka. "Texas law on charter schools has big loophole." Houston Chronicle. May 12, 2010. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
  3. ↑ MacDonald, Sally. "More Charter School Fight Video Released." KRIV. Tuesday May 11, 2010. Retrieved on May 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ Keith, Damali. "Teacher Fired Over Student Beating Video." KRIV. Monday May 10, 2010. Retrieved on May 12, 2010.
  5. 1 2 Radcliffe, Jennifer. "Charges in Jamie's House case criticized." Houston Chronicle. June 24, 2010. Retrieved on June 24, 2010.
  6. ↑ Mellon, Ericka. "Lawsuit filed over student's beating." Houston Chronicle. May 14, 2010. Retrieved on May 14, 2010.
  7. ↑ Tolson, Mike. "Houston charter principal acquitted in beating incident." Houston Chronicle. June 24, 2011. Retrieved on July 17, 2011.

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