Headteacher Branded Rascist!

[Libby]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1139653/Headteacher-forced-resign-branded-racist-trying-axe-separate-assemblies-Muslims.html

A primary school headteacher has resigned after Muslim parents protested over plans to scrap separate faith assemblies for their children.
Soon after taking over at the school Julia Robinson told staff she wanted to hold assemblies for all pupils, which would encompass all faiths.
The practise is common in most schools and after taking advice from the local authority, Ms Robinson set up a working party to look at alternatives.
But their work was stopped after a number of parents at Meersbrook Bank Primary Community in Sheffield complained about the plans.
Mrs Robinson was accused of being racist and following the complaints she was away from her post for most of last year.
She was due to make a phased return to her duties this term. But again there were protests from some parents when they heard she would be coming back.
Mrs Robinson resigned from her job and the school's chair of governors Sarah Browton also quit in support.
A member of staff who asked not to be named said: 'The headteacher inherited the separate assemblies when she started the job and she took careful advice from the authority on what to do about them.
'But when she tried to stop them, feeling they did nothing to promote inclusiveness, she was accused of being a racist.
'She wanted to hold assemblies for all the pupils, which would include all faiths. That is what happens in most schools but some parents wanted things to stay as they were.

[Woolf]

Surely this is the parents being racist, not the Head Teacher.
Good for the Chair of Govenors that she quit in support, someone with a backbone.

However it will probably backfire, as the 'concerned' parents will elect a more 'understanding' replacement.

[ricklinc]

Enough. Stop listening to the divisive diversity fcukwits. It only encourages them to be even bigger cnuts.

[tarrant]

The decision of the head teacher to resign is regretable though.

But it seems rather strange that Muslims can complain about racism when Islam isn't a race.

Sadly, there is precident with Jews complaining of racism when Judasm isn't a race either.

This is another paper's take on the matter:

www.thestar.co.uk/news/Racism-storm-head-quits.4959524.jp

[sushimo]

Julia Robinsons resignation should never have been accepted, and she should have had full backing. If some don't like it - too bad, go elsewhaere if you can and try and find a school that pleases your choice.

This is nothing to do with being racist - just some being bluddy minded.

[flatandy]

SHeffield council, or the LEA, or whoever is responsible, should be completely and utterly ashamed of themselves for not sticking up for their teacher and sending her off on gardening leave when there were some apparently completely baseless accusations.

I mean, she even checked with her bloody local authority.

This lets the bigots win. Now they know that all they need to do to keep their bigoted faith assemblies is make a bit of a fuss, and the LEA will suspend the teacher. Idiotic and sad.

Political correctness would, of course, be for non-faith assemblies. Sadly, some moronic offshoot of compensation and litigation culture forces the LEA to allow the deeply un-PC mono-faith assembly to win, because some parents are arseholes.

[buzzy]

"When in Rome" springs to mind, but of course that is not allowed these days.

[Muz]

Its good to see muslims integrating.

[Libby]

Great to see the Chair of Governors sticking by the teacher!
Well played! ;D