Parents stand up to school owner after beloved teacher gets fired without warning, owner refuses to supply reasonable explanation: ‘There were no toys on the shelves’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Dec 21, 2024 1:00 PM EST

Good teachers are extremely hard to come by, so when a school gets a hold of a teacher who is loved by the students, the parents, and other teachers, you'd think the school would do everything to hold on to that gem of a teacher. However, a school is no different from other places of work, which means that the people in power often make stupid decisions. Decisions that make absolutely no sense to anyone involved, like firing extremely good employees. 

The teacher in this Reddit story was sure she was doing everything right. She was loved by her students, getting positive feedback from her director, as well as from parents, she didn't think anything could go wrong. That was until last weekend, when she got a call from the school owner, telling her she was fired effective immediately. His reasoning? 'Poor leadership skills' and 'lack of toys on the shelves'. 

When parents heard of this unjust termination, they rushed to contact the school and demand answers, but that might not be enough to get this beloved teacher her job back…

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    A B C "They had no reason to fire you"
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    Got fired on my day off
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    So I was fired today, Sunday, at 4pm via telephone, by the owner of the company after just receiving my schedule the previous day, from my director. I was scheduled to
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    previous day, from my director. I was scheduled to work 37.5 hours this week. And just received my schedule yesterday.
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    The owner called me and told me he would be terminating my employment immediately and not to come back in for the following reasons. 1. poor leadership skills
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    I am a colead teacher at a daycare. My other colead is still employed with the company. Mind you, I've never received a written write up ever and
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    have been employed at the company for almost 4 months. I've never received a verbal warning either and was just told two weeks ago that my hours would be increased, and
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    I had a heart to heart conversation with my director and she told me she wanted to keep me on the team and thought I was a good worker.
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    Now I am fired? With no notice after just receiving my schedule? Again I've never received any written or verbal warnings ever. And this decision was solely the owners. What can I do?
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    berriesnbball 17 • 2d ago • Did they just not like you? Daycares and childcare in general is extremely short staffed all across the country with very few people wanting to do the job, so I can't imagine one letting a loyal
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    and good employee go unless you sc wed up somewhere, or they just really did not like you and were looking for an excuse to have you go. Either way I'm sorry that happened. on your weekend and hope you bounce back
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    Suitable-Guar... OP 2d ago I'm not really sure if there is more to the story. This completely caught me by surprise. 2 weeks prior, my director complimented me and had a personal sit down with me to tell me that the
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    parents, staff and kids loved me and they loved having me apart of the team. They had recently cut my hours a week prior to this. It was the owners call and he said it was because during the week I used too many bathroom breaks, I was
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    on my period but do not believe they were excessive, maybe 3 times within a 9 hour period. After that he cut my hours, and my director gave them back. She also told me as a friend and as a parent herself she would love to have
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    her child in my classroom. 1 week later I was fired. I've never received any write ups, any verbal warnings, or any documentation regarding my behavior prior to termination. His reason for terminating me was also because "there were
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    not toys on the shelves" which is not my job, that's the directors job, and because of "poor leadership” despite me being the co lead in the classroom. The parents have even reached out to the center asking what happened as this comes as a shock.
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    Jissy01 2d ago • Is there a way to confirm the Caller is legit?
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    WidePerception2767 • 2d ago ⚫ I was just thinking the same thing, so I re-read the whole post... it sounds like it was the owner who called?
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    OP, are you 100% certain that that's who called? I'm so sorry you're going through this!
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    Suitable-Guard-9198 OP Yes
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    pizzaloversa • 2d ago • you are sadly just a number to jobs. try unemployment and keep looking for other jobs
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    RamblnGamblinMan • 2d ago • Can probably file and get unemployment, but you're done there. Just move on.
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    seriousbusines • 2d ago Let the director and colead know and file for unemployment, maybe they can make enough of a fuss for it to be reversed? That way you at least have a job while you find a different job. At-will employment in most of the US so they can fire whenever they want to.
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    winter83 2d ago Apply for unemployment. You'll get it since they had no actual reason to fire you and you've had no write ups.
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