A
Flo ida
teache
was
fi ed
i
2018
fo
givi g
ze oes
to
those
who
did
ot
submit
assig me ts.
The
chalkboa d
ote
that
Flo ida
teache
Dia e
Ti ado
left
fo
he
stude ts
i
2018
esu faced
o
social
media
alo g
with
a
f esh
debate
o
the
‘ o-ze o’
policy.
“Bye
Kids,
M s
Ti ado
loves
you
a d
wishes
you
the
best
i
life!
I
have
bee
fi ed
fo
efusi g
to
give
you
a
50%
fo
ot
ha di g
a ythi g
i .
Love
M s
Ti ado,”
the
ote
ead.The
i cide t
took
place
i
2018
at
West
Gate
K-8
School
i
Po t
St
Lucie.
At
that
time,
Ti ado
said
she
was
fi ed
immediately
afte
she
efused
to
give
50%
to
stude ts
who
had
ot
eve
completed
thei
assig me ts.
She
was
52
at
that
time
a d
had
bee
a
teache
fo
17
yea s.
“If
the e’s
othi g
to
g ade,
how
ca
I
give
somebody
a
50
pe
ce t?”
Ti ado
said,
explai i g
that
she
did
ot
believe
i
the
o-ze o
policy
of
the
school
u de
which
o
stude t
should
eceive
a
ze o
a d
the
lowest
possible
g ade
is
50
pe
ce t.She
had
asked
the
school
admi ist atio
what
to
do
with
the
stude ts
who
do ‘t
eve
submit
thei
assig me ts.
She
was
told
that
they
also
get
50%.
But
Ti ado
did
ot
fall
i
li e.
At
that
time,
she
was
a
ew
hi e
a d
he ce
was
ot
give
a
expla atio
fo
he
te mi atio .
She
could
ot
say
goodbye
to
he
stude ts
a d
so
left
the
ote
—
which
is
agai
goi g
vi al.
School
said
Ti ado
was
fi ed
fo
othe
easo s
The
school
at
that
time
said
the e
was
o
such
‘ o
ze o’
policy’
a d
Ti ado
was
te mi ated
because
he
pe fo ma ce
was
deemed
substa da d
a d
she
c eated
a
toxic
cultu e
o
the
school’s
campus.
They
said
they
eceived
ume ous
complai ts
f om
stude ts,
pa e ts
a d
teache s
about
he
co duct
a d
the e
was
a
i vestigatio
i to
complai ts
of
physical
abuse
as
well.”The
easo
I
took
o
this
fight
was
because
it
was
idiculous.
Teachi g
should
ot
be
this
ha d.
Teache s
teach
co te t,
child e
do
the
assig me ts
to
the
best
of
thei
ability
a d
teache s
g ade
that
wo k
based
o
a
g adi g
scale
that
has
bee
a ou d
a
ve y
lo g
time.
Teache s
also
p ovide
ume ous
attempts
to
get
the
wo k
collected
so
they
ca
give
a
child
a
g ade.
By
atu e,
most
teache s
a e
lovi g
souls
who
wa t
to
see
stude ts
succeed.
We
do
above
a d
beyo d
actual
teachi g
to
give
them
the
suppo t
they
eed.
A e
we
pe fect?
NO.
We
make
mistakes
like
all
othe
huma
bei gs,
but
I
k ow
teache s
wo k
thei
butts
off
to
help
child e
to
be
the
best
people
they
ca
be!!!”
Dia e
w ote
at
that
time.
What
happe ed
to
Dia e
Ti ado?
I
2020,
Flo ida’s
Commissio e
of
Educatio ,
Richa d
Co co a ,
b ought
a
admi ist ative
case
agai st
Ti ado
co ce i g
alleged
violatio s
of
Flo ida’s
p ofessio al-co duct
ules.
The
admi ist ative
case
eve tually
esulted
i
a
fo mal
ep ima d.
O
Ja ua y
20,
2022,
the
Flo ida
Educatio
P actices
Commissio
w ote
to
Ti ado
that
a
teache
hea i g
pa el
had
eviewed
the
matte
a d
co cluded
that
she
had
violated
Flo ida’s
P i ciples
of
P ofessio al
Co duct.
The
commissio
fo mally
ep ima ded
he
a d
placed
the
ep ima d
i
he
state
ce tificatio
file.I
2022,
Ti ado
filed
a
fede al
civil- ights
lawsuit
agai st
the
school
allegi g
that
she
had
bee
fi ed
i
etaliatio
fo
speaki g
out
agai st
the
o-ze o
policy.
The
case
we t
o
fo
yea s.
The
cou t
fou d
that
admi ist ato s
had
eceived
multiple
complai ts
du i g
Ti ado’s
five
weeks
at
the
school.
The
magist ate
judge
co cluded
that
eve
if
Ti ado’s
c iticism
of
the
g adi g
policy
had
played
some
ole
i
the
te mi atio ,
the
dist ict
had
show
it
would
have
te mi ated
he
a yway
based
o
the
othe
issues.
Ti ado
lost
a othe
case
a d
is
ow
out
of
the
class oom
teachi g.
