In a legal claim, Ellen Dillon, a former teacher for the Oswego school district claimed that Dr. Kenneth Eastwood's wife, Suzanne, requested that she increase their daughters grades after learning she wasn't doing so well in gym class.
The document reads, "Petitioner [Dillon] claims that two board members and the wife of Superintendent Kenneth Eastwood (formerly the assistant superintendent) complained about the grades earned by their children in petitioner’s physical education classes and allegedly attempted to have petitioner change their grades."
Ellen Dillon was described as a phenomenal teacher who according to sources was the subject of a vindictive pay-back scheme.
The document also states, "Petitioner contends that two members of respondent board and the superintendent of schools were dissatisfied with the grades their children earned in her physical education classes. She alleges that, as a result of that dissatisfaction, respondent made a teaching assignment that, although still within her tenure area, precludes her from exercising sole responsibility for student grades."
To some within the Enlarged School District of Middletown, the idea that Dr. Kenneth Eastwood would retaliate against outspoken people is not unbelievable. What's the saying, "Some people never change".
The full document can be read here.
