Former Philly School District HR Administrator Speaks

Philadelphia School District officials announced that Estelle G. Matthews, the now former human resources official, was able to resign. Matthews released an email stating how sad she was about being misrepresented about the services that she offered and about her resignation from the Philadelphia School District. It is a disappointment to her, for sure. She also states that she has no problem cooperating with the school district during their investigation because she knows she was not in the wrong and she knows the investigation will come up clean, proving that she did not doing anything inappropriate or wrong, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Matthews was basically forced to resign due to the allegations she was facing. Such allegations made said that Matthews was playing favoritism against certain employees and was also giving pay raises to some employees while laying of certain employees that she apparently did not favor. It is also believed that she hired her son and had him working for the school district even though his qualification were not up to standards with the qualifications that an individual must have to work for the school district. She had to be escorted from the school administration building in which she worked. This all took place last Wednesday. Since Wednesday, Matthews has claimed that she is completely innocent and that the allegations made against her are completely false.

Matthews says that she has been working hard for the Philadelphia School District since 2008 and that she has directed the personnel in an effective and efficient manner since she has started working for the district. She says that she has enabled many staff members and employees to find better opportunities and has helped them become more successful and widely recognized for all of the effort they have put into their jobs.

Matthews also believes that media in Philadelphia is simply putting her down and forgetting to mention all of the positive things she has done for the school district. While she is deeply saddened and disappointed by the allegations and accusations that have been made against her, she believes the best thing to do is to simply cooperate with the ongoing investigation in hopes that it will provide the district with the truth, that she is not guilty of such accusations and is being completely honest.

Matthews also says, since she started with the Philadelphia School District in 2008, it has always been her goal to help take the district to a higher level of success than it had ever been at before. She says her focus was always on what the children in this school district needed. While she is sad to go, she plans to continue working elsewhere and hopes to enjoy the new experiences that she will come across.