A SPECIAL EDUCATION AIDE…FIRED BY THE BURLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR CALLING POLICE ABOUT ASSAULTS IN HER CLASSROOM…HAS BEEN REHIRED WITH BACK PAY & BENEFITS, INTEREST ON BOTH, AND HER ATTORNEY’S FEES.
A REPORT IN THE HAWK EYE…A LOCAL NEWSPAPER…SAYS NEVA HOOVER WAS RE-INSTATED TO HER ASSOCIATE’S POSITION AT CORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AFTER WINNING A SO-CALLED “WHISTLEBLOWER” SUIT IN DES MOINES COUNTY COURT. SHE HAD ALSO FILED A GRIEVANCE WITH THE TEACHERS UNION FOLLOWING HER DISMISSAL, WHICH CAME AFTER SHE REPORTED THE ATTACKS TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND THEN NOTIFIED BURLINGTON POLICE WHEN HER SUPERIORS DIDN’T RESPOND.
