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I wrote a post on July 16, 2006, entitled “SAUSD corruption coming out with Mijares gone,” and it blew up to over 2,000 posts. However, it exceeded the capacities of our server and has been truncated recently at about 1,529 posts. But one of our readers has stepped up to the plate and painstakingly copied all of the comments into four NEW posts:
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#48
The CAC is bullcrap. Where can parents with serious and legitimate concerns address these issues to?
Special Education has been terribly remiss in hearing out parents who have been mistreated because they want appropriate services for their children.
The system is broken. Don’t claim that CAC is anything more than just babysitting and placating of parents who know what is wrong in classrooms thoughout the distict.
WHO can they call? Who in the district is not cowardly and will actually help correct stunning problems?
#50 – Many of the former Willard staff will attend her departure festivities as she recruited some of the best and brightest Willard teachers to MCHS.
And some of us will not be attending the festivities!!
44 –
I stand by my original comment. You really don’t much and make absolutely no sense.
Apparently, you have selected reading as I stated in my original post that the sub in question is CREDENTIALED yet was without a contract. You must’ve missed that parenthetical note.
You make too many assumptions. What makes you think I’m a suck-up? I’m very well aware of Jones’s rants and abuse toward staff which is why I stayed out of her way. I, too, am an ex-SHS staff and it’s no secret that I left SHS with such disdain for the new principal. Must’ve missed my old posts about her unprofessional character. I still keep in contact with my former colleagues, and after hearing about the continued problems, I am glad I am no longer there. I am much happier at my current campus.
So number 44, you have demonstrated in at least 2 posts that you really know nothing except what you “heard” (your word). Don’t make any assumptions about me or any other staff member unless you have your facts in line.
Regarding my last comment, I just realized I made some errors.
It should read:
“You really don’t KNOW much and make no sense.”
and
“Apparently, you have SELECTIVE reading…”
Okay, I feel better now that I corrected myself.
#53-How many are you? Three?
Everything you want to know:
On a registration visit to a middle school, officials from Segerstrom talked about college constantly to the eighth graders who are going to enter Segerstrom’s ninth grade next fall.
On the same day and in the same situation, officials from Saddleback never, ever mentioned college.
When Century came to Willard for the initial orientation, the counselor spoke at length about the pathways to college that were available at CHS in additiom to the pathways into a teaching career. Kudos to Century.
#25
Bishop is clueless. Willard is truly a Blackboard Jungle.
Thursday morning the district began the day with a beautifully catered affair at Segerstrom HS for all administrators under the guise of the “State of the District”. Why was there a need for this? We all know the district is broke and on the verge of bankruptcy. Non-administrators who saw this going down are furious that the district, in the midst of a budget crisis, is having lavishly catered affairs for the administrators. The district is truly shameless.
Wonder when the teachers and classified will have their catered breakfast and be apprised of the “State of the District”. I forgot, they already know the “State of the District”. They’re getting riffed!
Where is the Register and the La Times when we need them?
# 61
It sort of brings to mind as to who is running the store. What do you mean by catered? Was it the usual food service fare or did they actually hire someone to bring in decent food? Food service does go out of the way to put on a pretty lavish spread for the district board and administrators during these events. I always have wondered what they prepared for the kids that day, hot dogs and hamburgers?
I wonder why on Thursday and at Segerstrom? Everyone knows any Friday before a holiday or semi-holiday not a lot gets done at the district office. Why not have this little affair at the district and not antagonize the teachers with pink slips? Perhaps it is because Noji lives very close to Segerstrom and saved a little gasoline. Or possibly it is just as simple as “In your face” staff!
What are you saying? That Noji would be vindictive against the teachers who would not back her last election run?
That’ll teach them who is in charge!
Henry Nicholas III pledges ten million to help SAUSD low income students
Art. It just gets better and better. Perhaps next the district will try and determine the Indian mix with the majority of Hispanics so they can claim a sovereign nation at one of the schools and open a casino. For the kids of course.
Mr. Trigg’s replacement.
http://www.sausd.us/sausd/cwp/view.asp?A=3&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&Q=302599&C=53680
Santa Ana Unified Appoints New Associate Superintendent
For Business Services
Ronald Murrey Assumes Position Replacing Retiree Don Trigg
SANTA ANA
SAUSD Bond Measure ballot statement – a collection of lies
#62 They used an outside caterer.
#68
No kidding? Gee I guess those peanut butter cookies and the rest of the usual fare from food service didn’t quite make the grade. Anyone know what this little shindig cost?
I see that Trigg bailed out and replaced with a gentlemen named Ron Murrey. Murrey seems to have the credentials unlike the last hire from CUSD, but he comes from a district, Covina Valley unified. A district half the size of SAUSD. He resigned just last March 18 when he got the nod from SAUSD.
Prior to that he spent 25 years with a district even half yet as small, Los Alamitos unified working his way up the chain.
Maybe I’m just a pesimest but when you spend 25 years at one district, then jump to another one for 8 years and “where he began a reorganization of business support services based on responsiveness and quality for that district”, I have to wonder why he left before he finished the reorganization.
A quick look at Covina-Valley shows they are in the midst of just a mess as SAUSD with cutbacks. They are closing schools and cutting teachers to the percentage that the size of their district would do just as SAUSD.
Do we need another administrator that walks in lockstep with the SAUSD? Another business service administrator who thinks dollars over kids? I guess we do.
By the way this joker was the Chief Business Official of both his last districts and not an assistant superintendent. Who bails out after 25 years with a district? Who bails out after 8 years with another district? Someone who wants to upgrade his retirement. It is as simple as that.
In the midst of a severe budget crisis and cutbacks in consultants, was wondering if anyone had heard this (and please tell me it’s not true): Don Trigg’s wife working as a consultant in Research and Development @ $150.00 an hour?
Outrageous bully behavior at certain notorious sites continues in this district.
An anti-bully policy should be adopted. It would save this district literally hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in cases of lost productivity, workmens’ compensatioin claims, stress and sick leave, unnecessary employee turnover and the costs of attorneys needed in litigation for injured students and staff.
The New York Times featured an article on workplace bullying and it had a record number of posts following that story. I think the staff at Saddleback, Willard and Valley would benefit, in particular, from viewing this quick video clip on workplace bullying and what it means:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/have-you-been-bullied-at-work/
It should never hurt to go to work. Bully behavior and harassment is ILLEGAL.
#71
Of course you are totally right! The district has even begun to flaunt the law with the hiring of inept administrators while laying off teachers and classified.
There is only one answer. The same answer your parents gave you when you were a kid. That advice was to stand up to them. Sure you will get bloody, but you will feel better about yourself. It is the same with your job too. Either stand up to the bully or not. You could lose your job and the district is counting on that fear. In fact they thrive on it.
Only you can decide what to do. When I decided to push back I lost my job but I won my lawsuit. It is not a fun process I would want to repeat, but I feel better about myself even if I do make less money today.
Dear #72,
God bless you!
Sincerely,
A “bullied” SAUSD teacher
Being bullied and harassed actually has more negative impact on overall health than sexual harasssment, according to recent research.
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN0622290520080310?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt
If you are being harassed, call the union and ask them to put you in touch with other targets. The system will have to change if there are enough complaints filed and enough information given to this backwards school district.
Teachers with as much as 7 years experience are getting RIF notices. This is the perfect time for us veterans to expect supportive, productive work environments.
Stalkers, Huggers, Screamers,Intimidators, Lousy Decision Makers and Bullies are outdated styles that should be weeded out.
Greetings
I am an educator in California. In an effort to discover more about
what might be an unaddressed problem in the school workplace, I am
conducting a research study on the presence of workplace incivility
in K-12 school workplaces in California. Workplace incivility is
harmful behavior such as, but is not limited to, gossiping,
undermining, sabotaging, demeaning language, and misrepresenting the
facts…Instigators could be superintendents, principals, VPs,
parents, other teachers, and staff…
I’m seeking participants who have either been a witness or a target
of workplace incivility in K-12 schools.
The link to the online questionnaire is
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e28zfrscfd42vd62/start…
or http://www.theeducationworkplace.org
If your entry is selected, then I will send you a $25 stipend in the
mail…
Thank you…until Rhea.
#75
Lots of luck. One of the reasons people post anonymously is because some of the information they provide fits the description of incivility you outline. Your description also is nearly a word for word outline of SAUSD board rules on grounds for discipline. Since you posted anonymously and didn’t mention your district, I for one would not even click on your link suspecting you might be an SAUSD administrator attempting to locate staff members to target.
#76
I did some internet research and Ms. Settles seems legitimate. Check here:
http://www.bullyfreeworkplace.org/id3.html
and here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2211244883274911625&hl=en
#75
Fascinating study. There’s plenty of fodder at Valley HS. The principal Freddy Gomeztrejo apparently grabbed a counselor by the collar in an attempt to shake some sense into her.
The district was repeatedly warned about the physical antics of this person, yet Janey girl moved forward with awarding him the principalship at Valley.
Good luck!
#73
Sorry about the inflicted bullying on you.
Which brings me to the lastest crap SAUD is peddling. Richardson is touting that the passage of Measure G is for the teachers! It’s plain as the nose on his face that this Bruin inhaled.
The district failed to adequatley manage the last bond, yet they have their hand out for another cool $200 million.
Measure C yielded taxation without representation. No on Measure G!
Did anyone else watch the last board meeting, when the female student complaint to the board about Trejo’s use of “Thats’ bullshit” when the students did not know their credits?
#78. That principal, if that is what one wants to call him, is a piece of work. Why didn’t he get a pink notice?
#81
A better question is why wasn’t he arrested? While this is 3rd hand information at best, if a witness existed no reason in the world for the counselor not to have called SAPD (forget the school cops, they wouldn’t do anything against a principal anyway).
Penal Code 242 Battery. A battery is any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another.
Penal Code 71. Every person who, with intent to cause, attempts to cause, or causes, any officer or employee of any public or private educational institution or any public officer or employee to do, or refrain from doing, any act in the performance of his duties, by means of a threat, directly communicated to such person, to inflict an unlawful injury upon any person or property, and it reasonably appears to the recipient of the threat that such threat could be carried out, is guilty of a public offense.
Oh. My. God.
If someone showed up at your home and grabbed you by the collar, would you just take it? Of course not! You
#75
I apparently owe you an apology for suspecting your motives. After viewing the video every staff member at SAUSD should watch it. Staff members need to know both when they are being targets and when they are legally victims with rights for both criminal or civil redress when it happens against them.
Who is minding the store over at HSI? Management by intimidation and threats never works well and that’s why good districts don’t put up with the likes of Freddy.
The new guy, Ayalya is in charge of the principals at the high schools and junior high schools. He
Here are a list of ten signs that you are the target of workplace abuse and bullying:
http://prairie-kittin.livejournal.com/399073.html
Ms. Settles has suggestions on successful strategies for teachers who are dealing with inappropriate, abusive administrators. Give her an email. She’s legitimate.
I hope all the staff at Valley is documenting the resident petty tyrant. Get it all down. Know how to use your cell phone cameras. Bring small recording devices and leave them on during the day, especially if he likes to stalk you in your room. It might not hold up in a court of law, but the police will be interested in it. Tell all your colleagues and friends about what is happening to you. You are not alone – you can be assured that this guy probably has 10 other people he is actively abusing and harassing.
Read the book, Bully In Sight, by Tim Field. Go to the site, Bullyoffline and read up on what to expect. How to detect abuse, how to resist and fight it. Support any colleague that is being harassed. Don’t be a bystander. Do the right thing. Stand up for yourselves and your colleagues.
Tell on him. Tell on him. Tell on him. Tell on him. Tell on him. Tell on him. Tell on him. Tell on him. Tell on him. Tell on him.
Use this blog. We already know who reads this thing. Make sure that incidents are recorded here off work hours. Call the union. Know your contract and file grievances. The guy is a complete coward and dreads confrontation and being outted. That is what makes him such a physical danger. He has nothing to lose except his job. Again.
Ms. Olsky, Mr. Lopez and Ms. Russo were already warned about this guy at the beginning of this school year. They continue to accumulate huge liability as time passes. Make sure that they are kept in the loop. At some point he’s going to do something so scary and over the top that they will have to take off their cement shoes and actually do something.
Good luck!
An external organization that carries out investigations, “The National Bullying Helpline” ‘s opionion below is based on anecdotal evidence gleaned from reading hundreds of candid accounts by employees who believed they had been bullied at work, and on information collated by the late Tim Field. The experiences
are strikingly similar.
When faced with a legitimate grievance about bullying, bully tolerant employers are apparently motivated by two objectives. The first is based on the belief that the complainant is a liability that needs to be eliminated.
The second is a perceived need to be seen to be behaving reasonably, in case they ever have to account for their actions before a tribunal or court. The objectives contrive to create an unsavoury but predictable pattern of
events.
Typically, and in summary, the employer engages in a piece of theatre that involves apparent observance of proper procedure. The greivance is responded
to with an investigation and a hearing, where it is revealed that the employer has found no evidence of bullying. Some employers leave it at that, offering the employee limited options, none of which are deirable.
Redeployment, ill health retirement and compromise agreements figure highly,
but sometimes the employee is expected to accept the result and return to work. I say “return to work” because in almost all cases I have known, the employee has been absent throughout suffering from stress induced ill health. The return to work option is sometimes followed by resignation. If not, the return to work is unsatisfactory and the process repeats.
Sometimes, during the course of the investigation, which often takes several months, the employer discovers evidence of misconduct by the complainant. It might be the complaint itself, but it can be (and often is) misconduct that
is completely unrelated to the bullying, and sometimes pre-dates it. The aim here is to concoct a reason for dismissing the employee but for a reason unrelated to the employee’s complaint. I faced this situation myself, and I know of one person who was initially fired for disclosing information about
his manager’s malpractice, only to be reinstated and then fired for another supposedly unrelated reason.
The bottom line is that if an employer relies on bullying, or if the HR manager has been taken in by a bully’s charisma, (or is frightened of being the next target), then a person who complains about bullying has no chance of returning to the role as it was described to them at the interview. They become ‘persona non grata’, and the bully-tolerant employer’s actions are conducted without reference to any moral code. Any apparently reasonable
conduct is motivated by the perceived need to be seen to be reasonable when held accountable.
http://www.sausd.us/sausd/cwp/view.asp?A=3&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&Q=303348&C=53680
SAUSD Statement Regarding Campus Security
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 2, 2008
SAUSD Statement Regarding Weapon Discovered in Classroom Supply Drawer
(SANTA ANA, CA) — At 11:15 a.m. today the principal at Diamond Elementary School was informed that a student had discovered a handgun in a classroom supply drawer. School Police immediately were called and responded within minutes. The weapon was confiscated and after interviewing individuals at the campus, a school employee was taken into custody and arrested. State laws and district policies strictly prohibit the presence of any type of weapon on school grounds.
The school district administration is cooperating with law enforcement agencies as they continue to investigate this incident. Maintaining a safe environment for our students is a very high priority in Santa Ana Unified School District. In this situation, the school
#88
“In this situation, the school
SAUSD finds handgun in drawer
Safety… aha, yes… safety…
Towards the end of the 2006-2007 school year Willard Intermediate was experiencing a rash of false fire alarms.
During June of 2007 it seemed as if students where pulling the fire alarms almost daily.
This year it is not a problem… at all…
The Bishop decided to just disable the fire alarm system.
The fire alarm system was disabled last June and was never turned back on… no fire alarm system… no false alarms… problem solved.
Wow! PBIS must be working!!
#91
Yes, this is true!
February’s fire drill came with no alarms at all. It also came with an unsatisfactory report because half the teachers didn’t leave the building because they were waiting for the alarm that never rang. March’s fire alarm came…late. It was overheard that they couldn’t get the alarms turned back on in time to sound for the drill. If I were the Fire Authority I would be doing some random checks regularly around Ross Street!@
Before the district or some enthusiastic supporter bothers to post that SAUSD just had 2 schools designated as distinguished schools this year, keep the following in mind.
1. SAUSD is the largest district in the county with only 2 schools distinguished while Saddleback district had 9 schools. Even Placentia and Tustin had more schools with 3 each.
2. Both distinguished SAUSD schools are located North of 17th Street right along where roads get fixed.
While SAUSD couldn’t wait to put out a press release and big spin, the question is why?
#91
If your knowledge and ability in teaching….~
are as good as your ability to “attain” accurate information……~
No wonder…..~
you are still lingering 2 years in the past!
“Wow! PBIS must be working!!”
Thats the problem…
Teachers/Classified staff stuck in the old ways……
refusing to collaborate for the benefit of the students…
Teachers are like doctors…
“Educational standards are more likely to
#94
I have no idea what you are smoking but if you have any extra, let me know. What are you talking about? #91 and #92 are talking about a purposely disabled fire alarm system, not about teacher tenure or a two year old proposition that failed. Where did you come up with teachers or classified stuck in the old ways?
I might be wrong but as far as I can determine, two staff members were reporting that the principal, being unable to handle students causing false fire alarms, disabled the entire system. That is called negligence by the administration not the teachers or classified staff.
New LAUSD deputy superintendent could have helped SAUSD
Something happened this last week concerning bully styled bosses.
One was successfully sued and was affirmed by the appeals process. Basically what this means is that the underling sued the boss directly and the ruling stuck, even on appeals. Greater and greater evidence indicates that keeping around bully bosses (you know, the ones that shortcut safety, yell and scream, blame others, don’t know how to do their jobs competently -so they use fear and intimidation tactics) is very expensive and a waste of resources. SAUSD is faced with huge budget cuts and it just is a shame that the same old do-nothings-except-cause-chaos-and-abuse guys are still left to prey on good staff. The judgement was $325,000. Of course that really doesn’t cover all the costs of the abuse, but it does send a clear legal message that abuse in the workplace is against the law:
http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/210643-ind.-sc-tells-cardiac-
surgeon-to-pay-up
INDIANAPOLIS – A $325,000 judgment was appropriate compensation for
an argument between a so-called “workplace bully” and a co-worker,
the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The Court affirmed the figure, based on the trial court’s finding
that Dr. Daniel Raess, a cardiovascular surgeon, assaulted co-worker
Joseph Doescher at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove.
Raess believed that not enough evidence existed from the incident to
support the finding of assault and claimed the award was excessive.
“To the contrary, there is substantial evidence or reasonable
inferences to support the jury’s conclusions that an assault
occurred, that the defendant acted with the requisite intent, and
that the plaintiff’s reaction was reasonable,” Justice Brent Dickson
wrote.
Doescher worked as an operating room perfusionist, operating a
heart/lung machine during open heart surgeries, and reported Raess to
the hospital administration about his treatment of other
perfusionists.
Raess claimed that Doescher advanced on him “with clenched fists,
piercing eyes, beet-red face, popping veins, and screaming and
swearing at him,” the opinion says.
“The plaintiff backed up against a wall and put his hands up,
believing that the defendant was going to hit him… Then the
defendant suddenly stopped, turned and stormed past the plaintiff and
left the room, momentarily stopping to declare to the
plaintiff, ‘You’re finished. You’re history.'”
That testimony, the Court said, satisfied the burden of proof needed
to support the assault claim. Doescher was denied on claims of
intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference
with employment and punitive damages.
As for the award, the Court did not agree that the Doescher should
have been denied any compensatory damages because his infliction of
emotional distress claim failed.
Doescher claimed the incident detrimentally affected his career and
earning capacity, as well as his ability to interact with his wife.
“Evidence was presented that, as of the time of the trial, the
plaintiff could not return to his work as a perfusionist because of
the resulting emotional response, lack of focus, lack of confidence
and inability to make split-second decisions,” Dickson wrote.
Both sides used psychiatrists to make their points, but the Court
quoted case law that stated, “(I)f there is any evidence in the
record which supports the amount of the award, even if it is variable
or conflicting, the award will not be disturbed.”
Only Justice Theodore Boehm disssented. He believed the testimony of
Dr. Gary Namie was inadmissible.
Namie referred to Raess as a “workplace bully,” which the defense had
moved to have him barred from doing. The motion was denied in part
and granted in part.
Boehm said the trial court allowed questioning related to “workplace
bullying” even though it had warned Namie not to talk about it. His
testimony, therefore, was prejudicial, Boehm said.
“Nowhere… does Dr. Namie explain what a workplace bully is,” Boehm
wrote. “Dr. Namie by his own testimony is not a clinical psychologist
and is not qualified to testify as to how workplace bullying affected
the plaintiff, and he did not testify on that subject.
“This is testimony characterizing an event, but offering no
assistance to interpret or understand it. Without any context,
the ‘workplace bullying’ label is nothing more than highly
prejudicial name-calling of no help to the jury.”
#90, #91 and #94 seem to have spot on information about Willard’s disabled fire alarm. As of the week before spring break anyway.
I cannot get any straight information from Willard’s admin saying that the fire alarm system has been reactivated as yet.
There are always several ways to look at any situation.
One interpretation of neither a conformation nor a denial of the accusations could mean the fire alarm system has been quietly reactivated.
Another interpretation could be the fire alarm system has not been reactivated and avoiding a direct answer is not exactly a misrepresentation of the facts.
Lots of very important and powerful people have been able keep the flames at bay (as it were) by carefully crafting quasi honest responses to embarrassing questions.
There was the famous “I never had sex with that woman” response. It worked.
Going back a few years there was the “ketchup is a vegetable” explanation.
Going back even further was the “People with HIV don’t qualify for medical benefits and/or assistance from the government because people with HIV don’t live long enough to qualify as having a long term illness.”
A recent example of a misrepresentation of the facts is the one regarding torture as an acceptable way to extract useful information from high level combatants… torture is simply a legal term, nothing more. So says CIA director Michael Hayden.
Please don’t interpret these comparisons in a negative light. Far from it. President Clinton, President Reagan and CIA director Michael Hayden were masters of misdirection. No way is Principal Bishop nor any member of his administrative staff at their level of expertise.
I do have a few suggestions for Willard’s elite team. Either turn the fire alarm system back on so that it can function properly and do what it is there for (especially considering it was paid for by our taxes to help ensure our children’s safety and the safety of the staff) or hire some professional speech writers who will eloquently describe and thus minimize the need for an actual working fire alarm system in any school.
Correction…
#91 and #92 seem to have spot on information about Willard’s disabled fire alarm.
Willard Admin, now it’t time to correct your mistake.
“One interpretation of neither a conformation nor a denial of the accusations could mean the fire alarm system has been quietly reactivated.”
That’s pretty funny.
If the problem was really taken care of, then the response would be forthcoming.
I have a suggestion: Fill out a Williams’ compliance complaint form and submit it to your school site. It doesn’t even have to have your name on it. BY LAW (of course this doesn’t really carry much weight with the district, however at some point repeated law breakers will be called into account)your school has to notify the district of the complaint and it has to be addressed by the BoE at their public meeting.
Knowing what a clown show Willard is at the administrative level, I would also send copies of the complaint to Ayalya, Russo and Olsky.
Make it official. Make it public. We know district officials are not going to do the right thing on their own. Safety is a public issue. What is their excuse for not taking questions about the students’ safety seriously?
If ever their was a reason to keep this thread alive and active, todays Register provided it with a story about releasing the names of teachers being RIF’d. In this story Capo,Saddleback,and Irvine districts released the names of all teachers that might be RIF’d under a request by the Register for the freedom of informations act.
ONLY SAUSD refused to release all of the names. Instead they only would release those names of teachers who have requested a hearing to provide just cause for their layoffs. The names not included came to just under 200 teachers. You can read the story for yourself at:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/education/article_2016687.php
To me this is just more district paranoia. They have no problem releasing the names of those who dare to challenge them, while uttering some BS about a right to privacy for the rest of the teachers who did not.
Board member John Palacio stated that this district has a problem being transparent.
That is the understatement of the year. This district has a lot more problems than that and as long as they continue to operate in a cloak of deep secrecy along with the city council, then the stories related here need to keep being reported.