SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a controversial move, a popular sixth-grade teacher has been assigned to a new school after she ripped up carpeting in her classroom.
It happened during a flea infestation at the school last year, and just this week—parents learned, as a result, she will not be returning to teach.
“Our school is heartbroken, and I think it will break the Phoebe spirit,” said Caitlin Beckett, a mom who currently has two kids at Phoebe Hearst Elementary School, in the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD). Altogether, her family has spent 11 years at Phoebe Hearst, with two older kids who have already passed through…