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“I always thought you’re innocent until proven guilty,” Charles said. “That’s a core belief of our system. I haven’t been able to comment on anything. I was told to wait until the outcome. Well here’s the outcome.”
Oh, you're naive if you believe that. In administrative law, you are guilty until you are proven innocent.
On June 15, Charles received a four-sentence letter from Vesco informing him of her decision to terminate and that the school’s baseball program would be going in a different direction. After 17 years of loyal service to a school, in which he ran highly competitive programs, Charles deserved more than a four-sentence letter. He deserved the decency of a face-to-face meeting and some reasoning for her decision.
To use a sports cliche, that’s Bush League.
Additionally, Reed administrators pulled in the Raiders’ varsity baseball team and informed players of Charles’ original suspension in early May. That meant that Charles’ son Web, who played in the Raiders JV program, had to hear of his father’s suspension from other teenagers and not his father or a Reed administrator.
The hits just kept on coming. Vesco sent the termination letter so Charles would receive it, two days before Father’s Day. What happened to professional courtesy? Charles deserved some.
Of course nothing will happen to Principal Mary Vesco or Principal Scott Grange.
This is a classic case of gossip traveling very fast from one site to another. Pure retaliation.
How much did Charles make as a teacher?
He made $62,713.16 in 2011 as a resource teacher with a total compensation of $88,489.92 according to this site.
Charles was in the "danger zone" for being "investigated" and railroaded out of his job. It was a "danger zone" because he "makes too much money."
He "won" his case, but he ain't out of the woods. Not by a longshot.
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