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Carrollton: Farmers Branch
independent School District
October 6, 2010
VIA: Hand Delivered to Ms. Kathleen Nosek at Sheffield Intermediate on October 6,
2010
Dear Ms. Nosck;
Lam placing you on administrative leave with pay effective immediately pending an
investigation of an incident that occured on October 5, 2010 in your classroom at
Sheffield Intermediate School, Until further notice, you are prohibited from being on
‘campus or participating in any other required employee activities.
Itis my understanding that at 9:10 am. Ms. Amy Miller discovered a Dallas Morning
‘News reporter, Mz. Avi SelK, in your Special Education Content Mastory/Resource
classroom observing you with students. T also understand Mr. Selk was in your
classroom without the principal's approval. J understand that he told the office staff that
you were expecting him. I firther understand that you confirmed that you were
expecting him. T understand that you told Ms. Miller thet Mr. Selk was there to gather
information for an article he is writing about you. This incident may have violated
various procedures, policies and legal requirements. Irescrve the right, depending on
what facts are established, to take any and all appropriate disciplinary action.
Please provide me with 2 written response to the allegations in the preceding paragraph
by 4:00 p.m. Thursday, October 7, 2010. Your response should include, but not be
Timited to, responding to the following questions:
1. What were the circumstances leading up to Mr. Sclk’s visit to your classroom?
2. Please describe the conmmmication (both verbal and non-verbal) you had with the
secretary and/or the clerk pertaining to Mr. Selk’s arxival.
3. What educational purpose, if any, was being served by Mr. Selk’s visit to your
classroom?
4A, What was Mr. Selk doing while he was in your classroom?
5. Please desoribe what you were doing during Mz, Sclk’s visit to your classroom.
6 Please describe what the students were doing during Mr. Selk’s visit to your
classroom.
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classroom,
8. Please describe what, if any, interaction occumred between Mr. Selk, yourself, and
the students during his visit to your classroom.
Sincerely,
Apa
Dr. Bobby(Bdms
Superintendent of Schools
cc: Mr. Thomas Brandt and Mr. Josh Skinnez via fax. mi
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Ms. Kristine Skoopol-Salch via fax 877
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