A Junction City High School personnel matter spilled into the public Board of Education Tuesday night.

Longtime JCHS Accounting and Tax teacher Roxanne Whaley was initially due to be assigned to teach entry level business classes at both Junction City and Fort RIley Middle Schools, and the high school advanced accounting classes were to be taught by Cloud County Community College personnel as part of changes in the Business, Information, Technology Academy at the senior high.

Current and former students spoke to the board on behalf of Whaley, who wants to continue teaching the advanced accounting classes.

Whaley referred to a petition prepared by her supporters. “Over 1,600 have found me and reached out to save my job because they know I have a passion for accounting, tax, JCHS and mostly my students. ” Whaley said four of the classes she had taught for more than 20 years had been taken away ranging from finance and accounting two and three classes together and could do it for Cloud County but was never asked.  She said has now been assigned to classes such as marketing and law, which she has never taught.

Whaley told the Board would you move a student to a new class without talking to them. “This was all done without any talk, a phone call is all that was done.” Whaley noted after the matter began to surface publicly the entire department was cut in half for the teachers. There would now be eight people teaching what four people used to do and those people do not have any experience either.

The Board of Education discussed the matter in executive session following the public session at the Devin Center. BOE President Tom Brungardt made it clear there would be no final action taken by the Board Tuesday night. Responding to a question he said, “Did we talk about it. We talked about it for a very long time, yes. ” When asked where the issue was heading Brungardt stated, “It’s back in the lap of the superintendent.”