Review suggests more teacher misconduct at poorer schools in Pinellas and Hillsborough
by Ron Matus
When Stephanie Ragusa allegedly began having sex with a student, she was teaching in a school where half the students were low-income. When Debra Lafave was arrested for the same thing, she was teaching in a school where more than 60 percent were low-income. Coincidence? Maybe. But Pinellas and Hillsborough teachers punished by the state for serious misconduct appear more likely to have been working in high-poverty schools, a St. Petersburg Times review shows.
St. Petersburg Times, 9/29/2008