Tiaras Tucker

It just didn't make sense.

She was a strong force, fierce advocate for children, loved them dearly, and everyone was going to succeed in her classroom.

She always wanted to do the next best thing.

In her free time, she was always checking out what she could do differently to meet the kids' needs, what programs there were out there.

She'd bust into my office, hey, I need you to come to my classroom today.

I've got some magic going on and you need to come and see it.

The kids were learning and she cared about each one of them and whatever they needed, she gave that to them.

She was always checking out what she could do differently to meet the kids' needs.

I brought her in and interviewed her.

And about 15, 20 minutes in, I said, could you please step in the hallway while we talk about you?

So I brought her back in and I offered her the job in that moment.

15 minutes in?

She was a bright light.

She always has been.

She talked about...

how she wanted to be invested in care for children, and she wanted to teach them.

She was awarded the Pettus Excellence Award for the district.

It's recognizing excellence in the classroom.

We were very proud of her.

To hear that somebody I knew, especially a fellow principal, could take advantage of children like that, it's disgusting.