An Ohio high school teacher has reportedly been suspended from her duties and now faces losing her job for using two sick days last February to go to a concert in Tennessee.
“During her predisciplinary meeting, she refused to answer questions regarding her whereabouts or the details of her alleged need for sick leave,” the school board, led by interim Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli, reportedly complained. according to New York Post Friday.
On Tuesday, the school board reportedly voted unanimously to begin firing English teacher Eileen Washburn of Lakota West High School in Ohio for allegedly “falsifying sick leave” in February. last to go to a show in Nashville, Tennessee, according to the American media.
However, the teacher would have confided her intention to colleagues, when she would have taken the two days off under the pretext of being sick at home.
It’s unclear which show she would have attended, as Nashville hosted several artists on February 8 and 9, including Drake and J. Cole at the Bridgestone Arena.
The teacher also allegedly refused to answer questions or offer her side of the story when confronted about it by superiors, and was accused of violating the school’s professional code of conduct for educators. Ohio, according to NY Post.
Pending the decision on April 22, the woman was suspended without pay, continued the American media.
