Sask. principal found guilty of professional misconduct waiting to learn fate
Kimberly Sautner accused of fixing marks, offering money to help boost daughter's grade
The former principal of the high school in Wolseley, Sask., who's accused of changing student marks and inappropriately offering money to teachers, is waiting to learn her fate.
Kimberley Sautner was found guilty of professional misconduct following a disciplinary hearing earlier this year, and was attended a penalty hearing this week.
"I expect the decision inside of 30 days," said her lawyer Jay Watson.
The executive of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation will now decide whether she deserves a written reprimand or should get her teaching certificate pulled by the Ministry of Education.
"I argued for either a reprimand or a short suspension," Watson said.
"There were no questions from the panel. We were in and out in less than half an hour."
In the earlier hearing, Sautner was accused of changing at least three students' final marks and offering teachers money to help raise her daughter's English marks.
She denied changing the grades of the three students. As well, she admitted she offered $500 to two teachers, but insisted it was only in compensation for their time — not something inappropriate.
Sautner was the principal of the high school in Wolseley, about 100 kilometres east of Regina, for eight years before she and her family moved to Alberta.