Sunday, April 01, 2007

Linda Cawley: Guilty, until proven Guilty

From The Columbian:

Battle Ground police have concluded their investigation into the allegation that a Maple Grove Primary School teacher assaulted a 10-year-old girl and recommended that no charges be filed, according to Battle Ground Public Schools officials.

That does not mean the teacher, Linda Cawley, is headed back to the classroom, said Kelly O'Brien, the district's public information officer. O'Brien said the district must wait for Battle Ground Prosecuting Attorney Chris Sundstrom to make a decision based on the police investigation.

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When news got out that the police decided not to recommend charges to the prosecutor's office, O'Brien fielded a flurry of e-mails and phone calls from Cawley's friends and family.

Some wrote both O'Brien and The Columbian that Cawley had been "exonerated." They asked the development receive the same amount of coverage as when the allegations were first made two weeks ago.

I'm glad that Linda has the support system she has, because it sounds like the administration and the local newspaper both threw her under the bus.

She can't go back to work until the attorneys clear her? That's garbage. The investigation is over, the police have said not to press charges, there's no evidence of anything else in her history that would raise flags--if she's out of the classroom one minute more, it's an injustice.

Asking that her being cleared receive the same amount of coverage as the initial allegation? That's golden. Good news walks, bad news runs, and those who have stood by her have every right to ask that this development receive just as much attention as the initial slur.

Good to see her local spoke up for her, though!

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Linda Cawley is guilty, she threw a bell across the room and struck the chalk board. That alone was proven by the police department. Do you want your child in a class room where items are tossed around with no regard for the students safety. You are only protecting her because she is one of you own. Pull your heads out and protect our children.

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