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Reinstated
teacher collects back pay from
Chesapeake schools
BY
MATTHEW BOWERS THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Reach Matthew Bowers at matthew.bowersLpilotonline.com or
222-5120.
CHESAPEAKE—
A teacher reinstated after being accused
of cheating on state SOL tests two years ago collected all of
the back pay he originally sued for in his settlement with the
school division.
Frederick P. Bisogno Jr. received
$13,307.77 in salary, plus $1,692.23 to reimburse him for health
insurance, according to records obtained from the school
division through Freedom of Information Act requests.
Bisogno sought $15,000 — plus
interest, unspecified damages and legal costs — when he sued
in September 2002. He now teaches social studies at Hickory High
School.
Bisogno and an Oscar F. Smith High
School colleague were suspended in June 2001 over allegations
that they violated Virginia Standards of Learning test-security
rules. They gave a practice test to their students that closely
mirrored an actual test given the previous fall.
The teachers called any violation
unintentional — Bisogno had not given or seen the earlier test
— and fought the recommendation of Superintendent W. Randolph
Nichols that they be fired. A grievance panel recommended that
the colleague be allowed to resign — she did — and that
Bisogno be reinstated but without back pay.
He returned to work in February 2002.
School administrators had told Bisogno that his back pay would
be held in escrow pending the outcome of his grievance but later
said no escrow account was created.
The parties announceda settlement in
February but said terms of the agreement prohibited them from
releasing details. The law typically requires that issues
involving public money or pay of public school employees be made
public. Both sides said in February that they were satisfied
with the agreement. School administrators declined to comment
Wednesday.
Frederick
P. Bisogno Jr. collected the back pay from his suspension in
June 2001. He was accused of violating Virginia SOL
test-security rules.
 
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