tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post7801407289632914698..comments2024-03-07T15:25:26.971-05:00Comments on ICEUFT Blog: SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT FILED BY COUNSELOR FROM HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS HIGH SCHOOL Jeff Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11728874415155394751noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-45742563612322093712018-08-16T08:50:54.750-04:002018-08-16T08:50:54.750-04:00UFT Queens and downtown UFT knew about all of this...UFT Queens and downtown UFT knew about all of this intimidation and harassment and did nothing. Besides Ayetiwa and his foolish followers, they are the villians here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-79252735919255544732018-08-16T01:05:24.414-04:002018-08-16T01:05:24.414-04:00I don't believe it's a parent. Blowing sm...I don't believe it's a parent. Blowing smoke, pretending to be a parent who "pressured" the Principal into getting rid of all the teachers. The CL was a member of the SLT, and the PTA leader was a very good friend of hers. So she knew everything that was going on in those meetings. It's so ridiculous it's laughable. <br /><br />Nobody was terminated- (other than the counselor who was suspended). But if one is very close to retirement, and you are told that if you lose your hearing you will also lose your accrued vacation, or some other monies, you can be forced to retire. It's a gamble that not everyone is willing to take if they are close to retirement. Some people are still in limbo, and others have settled elsewhere. So there goes that argument that the teachers had to be guilty of something. No one is completely innocent, and neither is Ayetiwa, although apparently he's given a pass for his missteps. The teachers, and guidance counselor however, were all deserving of respect. The students weren't being mistreated. Nobody was being accused of anything egregious (not a teacher anyway). The harassment was unwarranted and anyone supporting it is simply not a good person and they are the ones filled with hate<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-12712787389845977122018-08-15T23:46:25.881-04:002018-08-15T23:46:25.881-04:00All of you must have nothing better to do than to ...All of you must have nothing better to do than to post blogs all day. Bickering back and forth like bitches.<br />Schools starts in a few weeks, enjoy your damn summer.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-4610084819086561102018-08-15T20:49:54.950-04:002018-08-15T20:49:54.950-04:00Now some parent says the teachers suck too. With a...Now some parent says the teachers suck too. With all due respect, what are this parent's qualifications to rate teachers? Principal's standards boil down to who kissed up the most. It had nothing to do with who was doing the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-20648661059941381282018-08-15T19:51:09.345-04:002018-08-15T19:51:09.345-04:00And many teachers of color too. And many teachers of color too. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-13318673966696363032018-08-15T19:48:38.390-04:002018-08-15T19:48:38.390-04:00Blame the teachers. Very misguided. Academic fraud...Blame the teachers. Very misguided. Academic fraud is the result with bogus diplomas. Take a look at college ready rate. Staff turned this place around and then were persecuted. They all became bad quickly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-3161603695380619622018-08-15T19:21:53.788-04:002018-08-15T19:21:53.788-04:00As a parent who also just found out about this blo...As a parent who also just found out about this blog, we used the forum of the SLT and PTA to pressure and urge the Principal that if he wanted to turn the school around he needed new staff. The school had become stagnant.Then we reviewed the student surveys of teachers.<br /><br />He listened to the parents! We support him. When I see him, I will tell him to late the hate fuel his fire. As a leader, someone will always try to knock you down.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-12465578747593197552018-08-15T18:44:52.250-04:002018-08-15T18:44:52.250-04:00You just figured that out. You obviously aren'...You just figured that out. You obviously aren't too knowledeable. Principals can terminate anyone without tenure. It gets rubber stamped by supt. Tenured people get a hearing in front of an arbitrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-62612885233765312502018-08-15T18:15:04.808-04:002018-08-15T18:15:04.808-04:00I always tell my students after they complain to m...I always tell my students after they complain to me about one of my fellow teachers, I ask now what did you do?<br /><br />From this post, all teachers and counselors are completely innocent? That's unlikely as well?<br /><br />So I looked up 3020a online and found out that Principals cannot terminate teachers. They can only recommend them for termination and an arbitrator will decide based on the argument of both sides. Which means the teachers terminated likely are guilty of something.<br /><br />Don't let me stop the fighting, its fun watching us all fight and argue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-72787265951499407882018-08-15T11:11:08.511-04:002018-08-15T11:11:08.511-04:00Thank you for your comment 8:10. Very well said.Thank you for your comment 8:10. Very well said.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-74811462825648488122018-08-15T08:10:15.329-04:002018-08-15T08:10:15.329-04:00James, that person you responded to is not simply ...James, that person you responded to is not simply an Ayetiwa supporter. She comes across as downright obsessed with defending Ayetiwa while gnashing of teeth. Good grief she's taken it very personal. She has gone out of her way to bash fellow teachers, going so far as to divulge the CL's specific medical diagnosis, in support of the Principal as if all those teachers personally offended her and her entire family. She acts like as if she is a victim even though it is they who were affected in one way or another. It's laughable that she claims that some of them are still her friends. What type of friend does any of that? <br /><br />Then she bellows that they trust "EACH OTHER" less than they trust administration. Well, of course. Ironically enough, it's HER they don't trust and with good reason. I would bet a month's pay who that person is, and I know for a fact that they are well known for befriending people, and then going into the A.P. and Principals office to rat out her co-teachers and other colleagues causing some of the predicaments that she's trying to defend. Which now makes sense that she defends it with such a fervor.<br /><br />The comment about ends justifying the means reminds me of today's political climate and what we hear about the economy and 401K. Kids in cages, doesn't matter, just look at your 401K. You're turned off by the stance on Charlottesville, but at least your 401K is doing ok. The ends do not justify the means. How is it progress to tear down one generation for another and how does that help to instill respect for elders in our young people. They'll graduate without being college ready and knowing how to analyze complex text but at least Ayetiwa will look good with higher numbers for his #1 fan, and snitch, to wave in everyone's faces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-19348638148255762112018-08-15T03:15:34.777-04:002018-08-15T03:15:34.777-04:00I’m very curious to see Sandhya Thomas’ complaint....I’m very curious to see Sandhya Thomas’ complaint.<br /><br />And then, when the Corporation Counsel’s Office answers it, would like to see what the defendants have to say.<br /><br />www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/25284845/Thomas_v_The_New_York_City_Department_of_Education_et_alAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-81621595776305690712018-08-14T18:29:58.943-04:002018-08-14T18:29:58.943-04:00@6:40 said this: "Between one or two intervis...@6:40 said this: "Between one or two intervisitations that we have done over the past years and paid coverages for special education teachers in other teacher's rooms, it's actually possible to be in other teachers' classrooms once in a while".<br /><br />This is astounding. How is it appropriate to participate in intervisitations that are supposed to be confidential between two teachers and then use that information to falsely justify Ayetiwa's actions against those teachers, and blab about it on a public blog? It is a betrayal of trust, and should be a violation of school policy, and frankly they should not be trusted in anyone else's classroom. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-69437560664459472932018-08-14T16:17:31.352-04:002018-08-14T16:17:31.352-04:00Those who want him gone believe in union solidarit...Those who want him gone believe in union solidarity. Those who support him are fine with everything that is wrong with the UFT and the school system. The epilogue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-39186811925092870252018-08-14T15:51:02.983-04:002018-08-14T15:51:02.983-04:00At the end of the day, regardless of whether the P...At the end of the day, regardless of whether the Principal does good or not, it's clear that those who don't support the Principal will never budge from their position no matter what. And those who do support him will not budge either.<br /><br /><br />We will just have to agree to disagree.<br /><br />The end!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-74034296072417036102018-08-14T13:44:21.671-04:002018-08-14T13:44:21.671-04:00I would like to respond to the person who says I c...I would like to respond to the person who says I cherry-pick from an evaluation system I despise to make my points. <br /><br />I do not support Danielson observations or student test scores being used to rate teachers. Danielson is way too subjective and is weaponized at places like Humanities and the Arts. Student test results are not a valid way to rate teachers.<br /><br />On the other hand, I never stated that student test results could not ever be cited anywhere. For the record, I support the consortium based alternatives to testing being expanded and teacher ratings having a real peer review component in part as a check on principal power.<br /><br />As for my wife Camille's observations, an arbitrator and then even the DOE removed every last one Ayetiwa or Stergiopolous did from Camille's file. They also took out every assanine letter like the one described above by 8:56.<br /><br />Does that meet the objectivity standard or am I cherry-picking again? I would maintain that the internal UFT-DOE procedures are tilted against teachers but Camille prevailed anyway.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-9468191531542470862018-08-14T13:15:34.512-04:002018-08-14T13:15:34.512-04:00Get rid of close to half the staff and SBO vote pe...Get rid of close to half the staff and SBO vote percentages will rise as the remaining staff will be too afraid to oppose anything. This would have been a perfect opportunity for UFT Queens or central UFT to stand up to Ayetiwa by not signing off on SBOs until he cooled his anti-UFT actions.<br /><br />As someone said earlier, the ends do not justify the means so I would not celebrate any improved graduation rate achieved through means that may have included intimidation of teachers. Have you heard of grade inflation?<br /><br />It has just come to my attention that some students who got failing grades on Regents exams were given 504's so they only needed a 55% on the next Regents to pass. I have also been told teachers were pressured to pass everyone. We have heard more.<br /><br />I am not there so I cannot be sure of any of this but be careful Ayetiwa supporter. There is much more that might soon come out.James Eternohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13578647381229034792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-82205090459056294842018-08-14T12:09:26.558-04:002018-08-14T12:09:26.558-04:00I honestly can't speak about what happened in ...I honestly can't speak about what happened in the past nor can I speak about the allegations which have yet to be proven, but the school is in a much better state in the Principals second year than his first year. <br /><br />Most of the staff support now support him and see that while there is still a long ways to go, there has been signs of progress. When the Principal shared his revised vision for modifying the contract, 93% of the staff supported the SBO compared to 68% last year. The school will likely have its highest graduation rate in years. Not sure what the final number will be.<br /><br />I believe James, that is what you would want to see, overall improvement at the school from top to bottom. I'm going to chuck it up to rough growing pains as a first year principal. Now he has to continue to improve. Time will tell.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-91770413409465337642018-08-14T10:43:09.769-04:002018-08-14T10:43:09.769-04:00@9:40. Speak for yourself. Nobody sounds worse t...@9:40. Speak for yourself. Nobody sounds worse than an AP accused of the types of things contained in the lawsuit, nor worse than a Principal accused of looking the other way and then retaliating in the manner described in the federal suit. The allegations are not proven yet but saying that the posters sound worse and crazier than the topic, and that the Principal sounds like the sane one makes you sound very disingenuous and the nutty one. Is your post your idea of civil discourse?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-26804834301675279432018-08-14T10:04:35.900-04:002018-08-14T10:04:35.900-04:00@9:40, how special. The Principal didn't wait...@9:40, how special. The Principal didn't wait for the allegations to be proven before he went and had the A.P. escorted out by Security. He didn't wait for the allegations to be proven before he had tenured teachers taken out of the classroom. He was a new Principal so he didn't know anything about any of the teachers except what accusations his A.P. put in his ear. People like you, and the one making false accusations against the teachers, should be shunned. In fact, you may be the same personAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-63009107664326893082018-08-14T09:40:11.291-04:002018-08-14T09:40:11.291-04:00This post is overkill. People are insulting each o...This post is overkill. People are insulting each other, and there is bias, bigotry, and hate. This is a public post and we as teachers are embarrassing ourselves publicly. We sound worst and crazier than the topic of discussion.<br /><br />How can we claim to be better than them and resort to this level of civility or lack thereof?<br /><br />The allegations are just that, allegations! Innocent until proven guilty. I am more afraid of you guys than what the Principal did, which from what I've read mostly, is 3020a three or four teachers. If they are tenured they can't be removed like in the corporate world, there would have to be just cause.<br /><br />Either way, this unnecessary hate and bigotry for each other in these posts actually makes the Principal seem sane and if this is how you guys really are, I would be nervous if you were my colleague.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-81605354003184131262018-08-14T09:04:53.763-04:002018-08-14T09:04:53.763-04:001:33 should be the chapter leader except Ayetiwa w...1:33 should be the chapter leader except Ayetiwa would run you out of town too. A major part of the blame here lies with the central UFT which did little, if anything, to stop the principal's reign of terror. All of those teachers couldn't possibly have sucked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-216000951588409572018-08-14T08:56:16.292-04:002018-08-14T08:56:16.292-04:00@8:04 - I agree. In his ignorant post the person ...@8:04 - I agree. In his ignorant post the person also said that new leaders often bring in new people, and that doesn't make them a bad or evil person. Actually IT DOES - if they lie, harass, and make mountains out of molehills in order to push a person out. How does that not make one a bad or evil person. One of the complaints against one of the teachers was that he went out for his lunch during his prep period instead of his official lunch period. Since the periods were back to back and he was only going to pick up lunch and bring it back he didn't think it made a difference. They had seem him do it before and not said anything, and then used it as a "gotcha" moment. Gotcha moment, after gotcha moment. Only a bad or evil person does that, and only a bad or evil person would defend it. It was a white teacher who took it upon himself to approach the Principal to implore not to further humiliate the veteran teacher by having him sit by himself in full view of the students. It was at his request that the teacher was allowed to sit downstairs in privacy. He argued that regardless of how he was viewed as a teacher, he was a good man, had tried very hard to improve his practice and didn't deserve the humiliating treatment for no other reason than they wanted him to go. Some of these posters seem to want to make the argument that the ends justifies the means. As long as they are not the target of course. May it happen to them and theirs because that is the only way some people will learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-14242535791812584242018-08-14T08:04:49.179-04:002018-08-14T08:04:49.179-04:00@9:32 - your comment is an example of what is wron...@9:32 - your comment is an example of what is wrong. You are the bully by making such a comment: "I will 3020a her ass". The ignorance of people that work in the DOE is astonishing because they are playing right into politicians/ed reformers hands by going against each other. It does not matter what title you hold in the DOE. The pyblic education system is under attack and then you've got insiders that attack each other. Wake up and defend each other (all titles) because the PROFESSION is sinking. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15921757.post-36195859115709098382018-08-14T01:33:53.482-04:002018-08-14T01:33:53.482-04:00@7:49 - It has nothing to do with having a differe...@7:49 - It has nothing to do with having a different set of ideas or changing each other's minds. It's a bald-faced slanderous lie that all of the teachers who are no longer there were ineffective and that everyone would agree, including an independent UFT evaluator. When called out on it you say that the CL was spreading misinformation, which is another lie. You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts. You have absolutely no regard or consideration for the impact to individuals and their families, especially the CL who commanded the respect of students and parents and whose absence was a real loss to the students with disabilities. Shame on you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com