Chapter 20 - The DecisionThe district terminated Mrs. Whitmore.
Effective immediately.
Reasons included:
physical misconduct.
retaliatory discipline.
intentional circumvention of security monitoring.
misuse of confidential student information.
undisclosed financial conflicts.
dishonesty during investigation.
The state licensing board opened proceedings to revoke her teaching license.
The Franklin Trust banned the Whitmore family company from its programs.
Jordan kept his scholarship.
Not because adults wanted to compensate him.
Because an independent review confirmed he had been the highest legitimate candidate.
When Rebecca Hayes called him, Jordan asked:
“Are you sure?”
She answered:
“We checked twice.”
Jordan smiled for the first time when discussing the scholarship.
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“Okay.”
He finally allowed himself to believe it belonged to him.
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