I would like to find closure. I have yet to find someone to help.
To make a VERRRYYY long story short:
I was targetted , at a time when I was most vulnerable. I was tittering on depression due to family illness . I was dedicated and creative. The school had a clique that was politically connected and were particulary vicious. They seemed to enjoy hurting people, weilding power. One of the gang leaders was actually the union rep. She was the science teacher . The science room was fille with old dusty tanks and other dusty materials. She had a business that she ran after school so she would come to work tired and actuallu nod off in class. Her sister was the librarian. They were the pack leaders. The school population were poor minority children and these two women and their sycophants would get away with verbal abuse and very little teaching.
I will not get into all of details but each day became so I was afraid to go to work. The principal would dislike and go after anyone the clique did not like. He would remove the severe behavior problems of the favored teachers and palce them in my room. I was naive and wanted to actually help these children but there were too many with major issues.
I began to see the pattern of loading up my classroom with really difficult children and all throughout the year. The better behaved students would be removed.
One odd thing that was ongoing is that my bulletin boards would be sliced as if with a razor or knife. I liked changing the board each month and showing the projects we had completed. I had a hands on classroom, theme based and always culminated in a project.
My boards would be ripped each week and I would do them all over. The principal NEVER made and announcement and never looked for the culprit. I began to wonder whether he was involved.
The custodian was sexually harassing me and I told the principal ( after MANY months), nothing was one. I FEARED bringing it up but finally did after MONTHS. I discovered that the custodian had a habit of being fresh and at lease 2 teachers brought in their husbands to talk to him. The principal and he were friendly.
I think it is possible that the custodian was slicing my bulletin boards.
There were so many things happening. It seems that when the SHARKS in a school building see that you are targetted they join in. The "nice" people pull away.
I am an empathetic person . I am also reserved but when ever I saw an fellow teacher in trouble I woudl at least treat her with kindess and let her know she was not looseing her mind.
I myself had NO help. I became so depressed that I was absent often and I was written up given a U rating the dismissed.
EACH day going to work, my stomach hurt. I suffer migraines and I would get more.
On one occasion I left parent teachers conferences due to a migraine. It was afternoon conferences and I waited until the principal came back from dinner ( 3:00-6:00). I was nauseous and grey .
The nest day I had a letter in my file stating that my leaving because of a migraine was UNPROFESSIONAL. One of his crony teacher mocked me say, " oh I have a migraine but I stayed to work"..
This person can't fight it except to try and hire a lawyer who will take the case. It's an uphill battle, however.
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