3 high school educators on leave after students left behind on field trip [Video]

BARNSTABLE, Mass. (WBZ) – Three high school staff members from Massachusetts may lose their jobs after two students were left behind during a field trip.

The Barnstable School Committee is considering a recommendation to fire Alik and Hope Taylor and Raffaella Almeida. All three high school staff members have been on administrative leave since April, shortly after they took 22 students to a Belle of the Ball event in Boston. The non-profit provides free prom dresses and accessories to students in need.

When the bus left to head back to Barnstable, some 70 miles away, two students were left behind. Workers at the event ended up driving the students home.

After an investigation, the district’s superintendent recommended the Taylors and Almeida be fired.

However, community members have rallied around the educators and pushed to save their jobs, saying this is a teaching moment.

Arianna Roberts, the sister of one of …