On May 23, 2016, the Arizona State Board of Education voted to revoke the license of Gregory Faulk, a former teacher at Don Mensendick School in the Glendale Elementary School District. Faulk taught in the district from July 23, 2007 through May 26, 2011.
Faulk was an 8th grade Reading and Language Arts teacher as well as Athletic Director for the school and coach for various sports.
According to the State Board of Education documents:
On the evening of November 3, 2011, Mr. Faulk took a male, minor student to a restaurant for dinner and to watch a football game. After leaving the restaurant, he asked the student if he (the student) wanted to spend the night at Mr. Faulk’s residence, to find scholarships and grants using Mr. Faulk’s computer. The student contacted his mother, and she gave him permission to spend the night at Respondent’s residence.
Before arriving at Mr. Faulk’s residence, Mr. Faulk stopped at a store and bought alcohol and frozen pizza to take back to his residence.
After arriving at Mr. Faulk’s residence, the following incidents occurred between Between Mr. Faulk and the minor student, the evening of November 3, 2011, and the morning of November 4, 2011:
- Mr. Faulk provided alcohol to and drank alcohol with the minor student while sitting on a sofa playing video games together.
- Mr. Faulk repeatedly asked the student to engage in sex acts with him. He also offered to pay the student to have sex with him (Mr. Faulk). The student declined each request.
- During the course of the evening, Mr. Faulk took off various articles of clothing.
- Eventually, he was standing in front of the student while completely naked. While Mr. Faulk was completely naked, he reached down and put his hand inside the student’s pants, and fondled the student’s penis.
- When the student demanded to be taken home, Mr. Faulk drove the student to a friend’s house while intoxicated.
On November 13, 2011, the minor student and his mother reported Mr. Faulk’s conduct toward the student on November 3 and 4, 2011, to the Glendale Police Department.
The Glendale Police Department then conducted an investigation into the matter.
The Professional Practices Advisory Committee Meeting, at its April 24, 2016 meeting, recommended, by a vote of 4 to 0, that the State Board of Education revoke any and all certificates held by Gregory Faulk, and that all states and territories be so notified.
In a separate matter, the Board revoked the teaching certificate of Eva Schnitzler, formerly with the Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District.
According to the State Board of Education documents:
During the 2014/2015 school year, Ms. Schnitzler was employed as a teacher at the Pena Blanca Elementary School in the Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District (“SCVUSD”), Rio Rico Arizona.
On or about May 11, 2015, Ms. Schnitzler was outside of a classroom at Pena Blanca with Student A, a student with autism. Ms. Schnitzler struck Student A in the head with her hand, causing Student A’s head to strike the classroom wall.
The parent of another Pena Blanca student, witnessed the incident described in paragraph three, above. On May 13, 2015, the parent notified the Pena Blanca administration that she had seen Ms. Schnitzler hit Student A in the head.
On May 14, 2015, Ms. Schnitzler was placed on paid administrative leave by SCVUSD pending investigation into the incident regarding Student A. On June 3, 2015, Ms. Schnitzler submitted a letter of resignation to SCVUSD.
The Professional Practices Advisory Committee Meeting, at its April 12, 2016 meeting, recommended, by a vote of 4 to 0, that the State Board of Education revoke any and all certificates held by Eva Schnitzler, and that all states and territories be so notified.