The Education Wars II

I wish I had known about filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against Washoe County School District when one of my principals wanted me to illegally put all of my students on alternate testing, regardless of their eligibility, so as to not drag down the schoolwide test scores. I probably would have prevailed in court, as this woman ultimately did:

A California special education teacher has won a suit for retaliation because she spoke out about the limited services provided to her special education students.

According to an article in Disability Scoop, Susan Barker was a resource specialist in Riverside, Calif. in 2005 when she raised red flags about the limited services provided to students with disabilities in the school district and that the school district was "non-compliant to federal and state laws".

She made a formal complaint to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. At that time, she says, her superiors in the school district began to retaliate and made the work environment "intolerable".

Instead, my union and its attorneys, both of which KNEW about this principal's violations, decided to cover up for the son of a bitch and not advise me to seek legal help when I could have filed a lawsuit.