Metro Schools not following own policy on employee background checks

The City Paper - Smart, Fast, Free: "Following the arrest and subsequent dismissal of a Metro high school teacher, school district officials want to take a closer look at their current policy on employee background checks.

Although Hunters Lane French teacher Ronald Huff had no arrests prior to being charged with disorderly conduct in February, the case alerted district officials to the fact that no background checks were being performed on existing employees, contrary to district policy.

Currently, the district policy regarding information on current employees states “the [School] Board assigns to the Director [of Schools] an ongoing duty to periodically implement background checks on existing employees.”"