A retired Madison teacher claims district officials threw away more than $10,000 worth of classroom items she had purchased over her 35-year career and intended to share with her successor.
Kathy Viner, who retired from teaching 4-year-old kindergarten at Franklin Elementary School after the 2022-23 school year, filed a notice of claim against the Madison Metropolitan School District in October seeking $11,922 to replace the items she bought with her own money throughout her career.
Viner said she left the items, many of which were organized in boxes at the school, for the classroom’s new teacher to use, with that new teacher expecting to have the items at the ready this fall.
According to the claim, however, many of those materials were removed over the summer.
In an interview, Viner told the Cap Times said she no longer wants to substitute teach given the disrespect she felt over the incident.