A Schoolteacher on Trial: Tweedie's Discipline Case Dismissed
County Superintendent Daisy Hard heard charges of incompetence and lost discipline against the Tweedie school mistress — then threw the case out.
County Superintendent Daisy Hard was at Tweedie Wednesday holding an investigation into charges made against the teacher of the Tweedie school. The school mistress was charged with incompetence and failure to maintain discipline, but after hearing the testimony the county superintendent dismissed the charges.
“The school mistress was charged with incompetence and failure to maintain discipline, but after hearing the testimony the county superintendent dismissed the charges.”
Then as now, rural school districts fought over teacher competence and classroom discipline; a single superintendent's ruling could end a career or clear a reputation.
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