Board Book - Batavia Public School District 101

politics. Dryden should not be disciplined. He is asking the Board to
that aside and to move on.
Scott Bayer – 724 Carlisle Road – Batavia: He has been a teacher for
8 years and lives in Batavia. If you know John Dryden, he can
abrasive and confrontational. However, he is able to break through
student apathy. He made a judgment about Dryden in 2005. Dryden
took several unpaid days. He solicited supplies and money….and
handed out envelopes to those affected by hurricane Katrina. He
feels that Dryden ‘walks the walk’. Bayer is not an unbiased source.
He has a strong affection for the man. Bayer thinks that a meeting
like this is unfortunate because it pits administration versus teachers,
both of which their life work is in the best interest of the students.
Teachers are put in situations to which they are forced to react.
Students had questions and were uncomfortable about the survey.
Dryden answered the questions as they were in the best interest of
the students. He is advocating for students, which is most important.
Please consider that everyone in his third block did take the survey.
Dryden asked administration if they would discipline other teachers
and the answer was no. If the Board is going to approve disciplinary
action against John Dryden, then every teacher should have the same
reprimand as well. Bayer would have said the exact same thing to his
students as Dryden did if his students took the survey.
Alexander Nerad – 921 Campbell Court –Batavia: The sanctions
against Dryden could have historical and theoretical implications. The
school system is set up to create citizens. To create citizens, they
must follow the Constitution. The 5 th Amendment is basically the
right to not implicate or incriminate themselves. To ask students to
incriminate themselves is a blatant attempt to violate the 5 th
Amendment.
Joe Bertalmio – 440 East Wilson – Batavia: He wanted to start off by
saying that he commends the Board of Education for the survey in an
attempt to try to reach out to students. It is the implication of the
survey which was irresponsible or at the very least, rushed. By
punishing John Dryden, it is a knee-jerk reaction to the survey. The
District should work with him and not against him. The survey should
still be in place, but not violate the students’ rights but to give the
survey within their rights. Thank you for your time. The survey was
well-intentioned, but could have been done better.
Nancy Christensen – 664 Blackhawk – Batavia: Christensen
questions the messenger that was sent to parents. She did not