Woodruff School

OLEAN, N.Y. (WIVB) - She says she just wanted to pick up her children, but school officials brought in the police instead.

Marvelle Woodruff claims she's being bullied and singled out by police and school officials in Olean. She provided News 4 with cell phone video of a recent confrontation inside the school.

In the video, you can hear Woodruff say, "Stop grabbing me. I haven't done anything wrong. Let go of me, I haven't done anything wrong. Let go of me. [Your kids are in the office.] You don't have to grab me. You don't have to grab me. I know how to walk."

Woodruff says she was just trying to pick up her two children at Washington West Elementary School.

"I never knew that they would take is as far as using the police department to hurt me now. I entered through the back doors where other parents enter also," argued Woodruff.

That's when she was spotted in the hallway and arrested by Olean Police for trespass.

Woodruff said, "I was grabbed a hold of on the right shoulder, where the officer was pinching me. He yanked me and I turned around an I said, 'What crime have I committed?'"

Olean Police Chief Terry Schnell commented, "I have to question why she had someone videoing her in the first place. To me it seems like it was premeditated on her part. That she knew what was going to happen."

The school sent Woodruff a letter earlier this month directing her to pick up the children at the office and to use the main entrance. Olean Police say Woodruff was not allowed in the hallway, and that she violated school procedure.

"That is when he took her by the arm, escorted her back to the office, and she was placed under arrest for trespass," explained Chief Schnell.

Superintendent of Schools Colleen Taggerty tell News 4 that police were at the school because teachers were feeling nervous, and that Woodruff was making threats. Chief Schnell says this isn't the first incident at the school involving Woodruff.

Marsha L. Lewis, associate professor and associate dean for education in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, has been named dean of the University at Buffalo School of Nursing.

The announcement was made today by Michael E. Cain, vice president for health sciences and dean of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

Lewis’ appointment follows a nationwide search. She will join UB in February 2012.

“Dr. Lewis is that rare individual who has the research, educational, clinical and administrative skills required to move the School of Nursing forward, including expanding its funded research programs, enriching the school’s educational curriculum, developing inter-professional learning programs with the other four health science schools and fulfilling UB 2020′s strategic goals,” Cain said in announcing her appointment. “She is a nationally recognized investigator and leader in academic nursing. We are most pleased and fortunate to have her in Buffalo.”

Lewis is a specialist in psychiatric-mental health and nursing education, with expertise in curriculum and instructional systems, and a research program for caregivers of persons with dementia.

“I am excited to join the UB team and to have the privilege of leading the School of Nursing,” Lewis said. “My enthusiasm for this position stems from the opportunity to help shape a stellar future for the school. The vital elements are in place, with academic programs responding to the changes in health care; a research-rich environment; an excellent, collegial faculty and staff; and inter-professional collaboration. I am looking forward to a close working relationship with UB’s strong, supportive leadership,” she said.

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