Teacher caught shoplifting can't get her $95K job back

After the fourth grade teacher was dismissed from shoplifting, he lost his legal application

In the ruling on page 11, the High Court ruled that the Woodbridge Board of Education, the State Arbitrator, and the Middle Sex High Court Judge dismissed Michele Schawb and had reasons to maintain dismissal. A lifelong teacher with 16 years of practical experience at Robert Mascenik School in Woodbridge

The district submitted a document to dismiss Schwab in April 2016 and the state arbitrator canceled his term in January 2017.

In March 2015, when an administrator was purchased from Sears in February 2015 on suspicion of stealing two NY jet sweats and a hat (equivalent to $ 225), Schwab paused at an elementary school teacher's annual salary of $ 95,250 did. Woodbridge Mall

Even if the witness failed to appear in the court and Schwab was sent back to the classroom, even if she did not report the case to the area within the requested 14th day, the accusation was later canceled It was.

"This is a one-off event, I hope that I will sympathize with Mr. Schwab," Robert Zega testified at the arbitration hearing.

But after 13 months, Schwab was arrested again after posting a photo of a woman taken by a owner of Beach Haven's Ocean Songs Gift Shop with a security camera in the shop, posting a $ 60 photo frame and posting it. Enter her wallet and leave the store without paying any money

Posts in March 2016 were browsed over 47,000 times, including at least one elementary school fourth grader and another teacher in that district.

Schwab acknowledges guilty on allegations of shoplifting under the agreement in May 2016 and she will be dismissed if she completes 1 year probationary observation

A psychiatrist who testified at a hearing of arbitration said that Schwab's prescription drug was changed, and that she received great pressure on her life, which led to her outstanding achievement.

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But my recent inspiration came from the police officers I saw in Florida. She caught a woman from a grocery store and stepped into the store. A woman without a criminal record bankrupted and found that she did not provide food to children. Therefore, the policeman did not send pickpocket to the prison but bought a shop equivalent to 100 dollars to condemn the woman with a minor misdemeanor.

Yes, I encountered shoplifting at Walmart. I know stupid things, but I need to take desperate measures. I lost a bit and I found a shoplifter product with a total price of less than $ 25. I was taken to the back room, the LP woman took my license, phone number and SSN. I made sure she obeyed everything she asked me. She repeated the question, I said no. After she filled in the document, she told me that I could not sue as the price of the item was less than $ 25, but once I was caught again, no matter how much I spent Will do so. Then she told me that I could go for free

Shoplifting, the economy will be adversely affected. According to the National Learning and Resource Center, perpetrators acknowledge that they were captured only once per 48 times of stealing and handed over to police at a rate of 50%. Shoplifting affects the economy through loss of profits, declining consumption expenditure, unemployment and tax increases. When the company raises the price to cope with the loss of shoplifting and adds additional security measures, the consumer will pay the final price to compensate for the loss associated with shoplifting. If the company is forced to close due to continued losses, shoplifting will have a negative impact on the economy. Consumers can pay higher tax burdens to recover lost local taxes and state taxes