Superintendent is charged with using her son's insurance to help sick student

[Shemp Howard]

7. She is not a hero.

I'm guessing that Superintendent Smitherman makes well over $100,000 per year. I applaud her for her concern. But she is no hero. She could have paid for that student's care out of her own pocket. She could have referred that student to a public health agency. But instead she chose to lie. This is not a good thing.

I am a veteran public school teacher. I have bought many students lunch. And I have paid for many students who couldn't afford field trips. This is not bragging. My fellow teachers have done much, much more. But none of us have lied, or tried to game the system.