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Police arrest woman for overdue library book
Independence :: MO :: USA | 10 months ago
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An Independence woman who police say failed to return a library book has been arrested. Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested Thursday night on a fifth-degree theft charge. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary," which she checked...
Tags: freedom writers diary, library book, independence woman, degree theft, writers diary, Shelly Koontz, freedom writers, theft charged, overdue library, Jesup Public Library
Suspended teacher's husband, Tom Heermann, running for school board.
Tom Heermann, the husband of suspended 27-year veteran English teacher Connie Heermann, has announced his candidacy for Center Grove Community School Board. Board elections will be held with the Presidential elections, November 4. Heermann's wife Connie...
Tags: Connie Heermann, Tom Heermann, Perry Township School Board, Center Grove School Board, suspended teacher, Freedom Writers Diary, Ivy Tech Community College
Suspended teacher Heermann asked to give speech on censorship.
Twenty-seven year veteran english teacher Connie Heermann, who was suspended for a unprecedented 18 months for using the Freedom Writers Diary in her classroom, was asked to host a seminar on censorship on Thursday, August 21st at 6 p.m., at the Indianapolis...
Tags: Connie Heermann, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IMA, Erin Gruwell, Freedom Writers Diary, Freedom Writers, Perry Township School Board
Residents gasp at Board President's sarcasm about Freedom Writers.
On August 11th, Perry Township residents got a little sarcastic wit thrown in with their regular school board meeting -- and they didn't like it. While interrupting Assistant Superintendent Dr. Debra Barnes who was announcing the new "book adoption"...
Tags: Connie Heermann, Steve Maple, Erin Gruwell, Perry Township School Board, Freedom Writers Diary, CNN, Newsweek, Anna Quindlen
Gruwell backs Heermann; testifies at Hearing.
Famous Freedom Writers Teacher Erin Gruwell, of Long Beach California, took the "red-eye" in from Seattle to personally testify on behalf of 27-year veteran English teacher, Connie Heermann, at her Board hearing, on March 10th and 11th. The...
Tags: Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell, Connie Heermann, 18-month unpaid suspension, Freedom Writers Foundation, Freedom Writers Diary
Freedom Writers Foundation features suspended teacher Heermann on website.
The Freedom Writers Foundation, founded by Erin Gruwell, now features suspended English teacher Connie Heermann on it's web-site. The site, through links to other stories in Newsweek, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, L.A. Times and The Indy Channel,chronicles...
Tags: Freedom Writers Foundation, Freedom Writers Diary, Connie Heermann, Erin Gruwell, WISH TV, Leslie Olsen
Suspended teacher continues education; board president complains of media bias.
Includes opinion by Proteacher Those of you who have been following the plight of suspended high school english teacher Connie Heermann, are urged to view the latest WISH TV report by Leslie Olsen! Ms. Olsen catches Ms. Heermann on her way to attend...
Tags: Connie Heermann, Erin Gruwell, Steve Maple, Perry Township School Board, WISH-TV, Freedom Writers Diary, Freedom Writers Foundation
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