Dr. Dority is, in my opinion, one of the worst principals I've ever encountered! Tapp MS has gone downhill under her leadership. She was repeatedly unresponsive to serious parent complaints. She gave teachers full rein, with virtually no accountability, which created an atmosphere of chaos. Student performance dropped, morale was non-existant and what was best for the student was never made a priority. I say good riddance, and it's about time! It's too late to help my child, but if her absence will help future students get their needs met, and have all situations handled with the serious attention they deserve, then Tapp MS will be far better off.

I feel that as a leader, one must make decisions based upon what's best for all. In saying that Dr. Dority failed to do that when she didn't report the incident of abuse. Her job is to protect, educate, and make a safe & comfortable environment where students feel like they can talk, share and learn with their teachers, peers, and Administrators. By not reporting the abuse, she did what was best for herself abd not the child. She sent this child back home to where they felt unsafe and now this child may be leary or untrusting of Adults who are suppose to help in the future. She made a bad decision and has to live with that decision for the rest of her life. I am an Educator and I feel shame and sorrow for her and utter saddness for the child.

"she gave teachers full rein... which created an atmosphere of chaos" LOL HAHHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that is the funniest thing I have read on this website. Atmosphere is chaos because of the administration under her leadership. The admin team is a complete joke and the teachers can not do anything about it. They worked day to day afraid to speak up about anything wrong. She fired many teachers at Tapp who were wonderful teachers. You need to back up what you say with facts. Tapp has wonderful teachers and now that the tyrant is gone you will see the teacher begin to shine again and make great changes.

I'm glad the board had common sense and did the right thing! There was not another decision that could and should have been made! I believe she is very LUCKY to just get fired, and this is not the first bad rodeo she had rode in that school, she made many bad mistakes, and I do think there is great teachers at Tapp, and I KNOW SHE FIRED SOME WONDERFUL TEACHERS that SHOULD be re-instated. The only beef I had is this: when you have a horrible leader, the teachers should have banned together and took MANY FACTS to the board, OR they could have sent annoymous complaints over the last FIVE years to the board, and I'm confident they would have been an investigation way before this incident, when things are not reported by others' in charge over students, then it looks like the other leaders are in agreement with poor decisions the administration was making, its easy now to say, they have wonderful teachers, and I agree, but teachers have a responsibility to report wrong doing, this more than a job, you are responsible for minors and decisions for the hours that they are at a school. "she gave teachers full rein, is not an acceptable excuse. Teachers have degrees, they are smart, and we teach our kids to not be followers, be leaders, teachers have ways to speak out without "speaking out", teachers could have done PLENTY about it, and Tapp wouldn't be in the news again in a negative light. Hopefully a lesson taught through this-don't tolerate bad administrators no matter what!