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Posted: Mar 23, 2013 5:10 PM by katc

Carencro High School’s principal is revealing the real reason he says he asked a student-teacher to leave. As you recall, the student teacher, Derrick Comeaux, spoke at the Lafayette Parish School Board meeting Thursday, on the discipline problems at Carencro High. Today, the principal, Ken Roebuck, sent a letter to Superintendent Dr. Pat Cooper and Assistant Superintendent Sandra Billeaudeau on why he chose to remove Comeaux from his student-teaching position at Carencro High. Here’s the letter:

Ms. Billeaudeau and Dr. Cooper,

I would like to say that I am emboldened by your leadership. It is comforting to know that when
you do the right thing for your school and your students that the people who run our school system recognize and support what’s right.

I will always support the students, faculty and staff of Carencro High School. I think that it is important that they know this so I would like you to be aware of the reasons that I took the actions I did with a student teacher at our school on Thursday, March 21, 2013. I realize that Mr. Tehmi Chaisson and Mr. Mark Babineaux, two of our school board members have chosen to go on television and question my decision. Neither of these gentlemen have ever spoken to me about the situation. While I realize a young man with “over 300 hours” in the classroom has vast more knowledge about education and running a school than a veteran with 25 years of dealing with young people, I believe there is something wrong with that scenario.

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In Mr. Comeaux’s speech to the public, he declared that it was his intention, “that if any student on my campus laid a hand on him, then he would have to take matters into his own hands”. This is an implied threat as to his course of action. It is a matter of public record.

Whether or not he would actually do it is not pertinent. If I allowed him to stay and an incident occurred between he and a student, both myself and the school system would be liable for previous intent. That, with his statement that he did not feel safe on my campus, left we with but one choice to ensure both his and my students safety. That and that alone is the reason Mr. Comeaux was asked to leave.

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