Two Dayton government school indoctrinators lose licenses after drug use and coverup

Two area teachers were stripped of their certification Tuesday by the Ohio Department of Education.

Roseda Goff was convicted last December of attempting to block teachers at City Day from reporting child abuse and neglect to law officers as required by Ohio law. The former superintendent of the charter school has fulfilled the terms of her sentence - paying a $500 fine, performing community service, and meeting with probation officers - but failed to surrender her license as ordered by a Montgomery County judge.

Former Dayton schools elementary teacher Lynda R. Quick also lost her license Tuesday for allegedly teaching while under the influence of cocaine. Quick had taught in Dayton schools for five years until June of 2006, when she failed a state-ordered drug test.

Quick held certifications to teach both elementary and handicapped students. According to district records, the 49-year-old failed to comply with an order to seek treatment, did not respond to charges filed against her, and declined a hearing before the state board. Both women could appeal the ruling.

Goff was convicted last December of trying to block teachers at City Day from reporting child abuse and neglect to law officers as required by Ohio law. While Goff fulfilled other terms of her sentence — paying her $500 fine, performing community service and meeting with probation officers — she refused Montgomery County Juvenile Court Judge Tony Capizzi's order to surrender her license.

Goff also came under state scrutiny last year in connection with allegations that students at City Day practiced for state achievement tests by drilling on questions that appeared on the actual exams.

The Dayton Daily News in February last year reported that 44 questions on City Day's practice tests were identical or substantially the same as questions that appeared on the achievement tests.