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Who knows how much longer "seniority" survives in Oakland.
Criticism against this ignores the reality principals have far more power over teachers and without any supervision to speak of over their actions than any other supervisory personnel in the economy. Without this recognition and the (current) fact teaching is a profession and not a fast food job, critics sound like total morons.
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A rare victory for a terminated teacher, but I wouldn't be surprised if the award is overturned:
Leardini and his lawyers argued that Kay Cunningham, an employee relations specialist for CMS, misled and intimidated Leardini into resigning on the spot after five students at Community House Middle School accused him of improperly touching them. The resignation, which he tried to rescind within minutes of signing the form, made him look guilty, Leardini testified.
"After six years of having to wake up and deal with this, it was nice to have a jury of my peers appreciate what I've been through," Leardini said afterward. Even if he had lost, he said, it would have been worth it to have the community hear his side of the story.
After a four-day trial in federal court, the eight-person jury ruled that the CMS school board is responsible for the coerced resignation and ordered CMS to pay Leardini $1,121,560. The jury also found Cunningham, who no longer works for CMS, personally negligent and awarded Leardini $52,156 from her.
Leardini has a blog, by the way, although I don't see any discussion for obvious reasons about his case.
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