A blind teacher fired by D.C. Public Schools must be reinstated and offered back pay because she was improperly terminated in the “sad and troubling” case, an arbitrator ruled.
Denise Hamilton was hired in 2002 to teach visually impaired and blind children before she was terminated from Sharpe Health Center in 2008. DCPS said in a July 11 letter that Hamilton had not submitted proof of a valid teaching certificate and would be dismissed on Aug. 1.
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