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*Batavia teacher in 5th Amendment debate ordered to curb remarks*
Chicago
Tribune<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/batavia_geneva_st_charles/ct-tl-batavia-dryden-letter-20130611,0,4078513.story>:
The Batavia High School <http://bhs.bps101.net/>teacher at the center of a
recent controversy *over his recommendation to students about a school
survey was warned to keep his opinions about all future district
initiatives to himself or risk losing his job*.
Calling his actions "inappropriate and unprofessional," the school board
officially reprimanded John
Dryden<http://www.ratemyteachers.com/john-dryden/450930-t>,
a 20-year teacher at the high school, at a recent school board meeting
after dozens turned out to support him.
In its recent "notice to remedy" letter to Dryden, the board also
stipulated that *Dryden must now refrain from using "flippant" or sarcastic
remarks, providing "legal advice," and must not "mischaracterize" or
"discredit" any district initiative*.
Dryden, a social studies teacher at Batavia High School, was hailed by some
as a protector of constitutional rights after *he told students that the Fifth
Amendment
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution>gave
them the right not to fill out a school survey that asked questions about
drug and alcohol use*. The survey had students' names printed on top.
Dryden served a one-day suspension without pay as punishment for the
incident.
District officials said that *Dryden misrepresented the survey*, which they
said was meant to *target* students in need of social or emotional help and
*wasn't intended to penalize students who admitted to drug or alcohol use*.
"As a result of your misconduct, it is unknown how many students who may be
in need of emotional and social interventions will go without available
assistance or interventions *because they heeded your advice to refuse to
answer, or provide false answers to survey questions*," the letter read.
Dryden stands by his original concerns. "*This un-vetted survey was and is
a massive invasion of privacy and students do have a Fifth Amendment right
not to give to a state institution any information that might incriminate
them regardless of the intentions of that institution*," he wrote in an
emailed response to the board's letter. "The administration has argued that
they intended to do the right thing and that we should have simply trusted
them to act responsibly with the information provided by students."
The two sides also have differing takes on the timing. Dryden said he
didn't see the survey until a few minutes before his class and didn't have
time to take his concerns to an administrator, while district officials say
they notified teachers in advance.
The board also said in the disciplinary letter that this isn't the first
time administrators have called out Dryden for remarks to students. In
2011, he received a letter of reprimand for telling a student to "put those
coins away or I'm going to shove them up your [expletive]." Dryden said
that while he regretted the remark, which he called unfortunate, the
student did as he asked and "we all got back to business."
He also was reprimanded in 2012 for what district officials called
"hurtful" comments he made to students.
Other requirements in the letter include that *when Dryden is given a
directive in a meeting, he must now repeat the directive back at the end of
the meeting and agree to comply*.
Dryden wrote that that the new requirements are "demeaning, vague, overly
broad and constructed to entrap me in a future infraction for the purpose
of termination."
Good little commies <http://rense.com/general32/americ.htm>at Batavia High
School.
Reason to *∞* home school.
DCG
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