California Superintendent Fired After Allegedly Bullying Daughter's Softball Team
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Marian Kim Phelps was accused of threatening players for not clapping loudly enough for her daughter at an awards ceremony.
A Southern California school district has fired a superintendent who was accused of bullying members of her daughter’s high school softball team.
The Poway Unified School District board on Tuesday voted unanimously to terminate Marian Kim Phelps after an investigation of the harassment claims.
“Based on her conduct, as revealed to the Board through the investigation, the Board has lost all confidence and trust in Dr. Phelps’ ability to continue to serve as Superintendent, as well as in her ability to continue to work collaboratively with the Board as part of Poway Unified’s governance team,” Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff, the board’s president, said in a statement.
The scandal ― which some have dubbed “Clappergate” ― came to public attention in November after members of the softball team accused Phelps of threatening their graduation privileges because they didn’t cheer loudly enough for her daughter at an awards banquet.
“I think that sometimes maybe lines got blurred as to her role as superintendent and her role as a parent,” Michael Roberts, a local parent, told San Diego’s NBC 7 at the time.
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