The Palm Beach County School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to reinstate a teacher who was arrested last year for trafficking pain pills.
The state’s Division of Administrative Hearings recommended that the board give Jill Shadoff her job back after she appealed her termination. Shadoff, who is on a three-year probation, returned to her job at the beginning of the school year and will receive about $40,000 in back pay, according to district staff.
She is a special education teacher at Tradewinds Middle School.
Board members also voted to suspend without pay and fire Albert Thomas, a bus driver who failed to stop at a railroad crossing. Thomas, whose bus was hit by the railroad crossing gate, was cited by a police officer who witnessed the incident.
His firing is effective Oct. 15.
The School Board also:
Fired language facilitator Jean Cineus, 36. A board report notes that Cineus, who worked at Glades Central High, took a drug test on June 2. The test results were positive for an illegal controlled substance. It was a second offense and violation for Cineus.
Suspended cafeteria worker Sheron Brown, 43, for five days without pay. According to an employee relations investigation, Brown faced misconduct allegations, including the misuse of district funds.
Officials conducted a two-day surveillance of Brown’s cash register transactions and found a high number of purchases in which the student pin number was entered but the transaction was voided “as if the purchase never occurred,” a report showed.
An exact amount of money involved could not be determined, district Police Chief Jim Kelly told the board.
Brown, who had a prior incident reported to police in 2005, must improve or face more discipline.
“The behavior needs to be corrected,” said Kelly, “and if it isn’t it will be acted on.”
The Sun-Sentinel contributed to this report.
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