Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Bro Jack) wrote:
>>I've omitted a few, to be described in a later installment.
>
> Of course the lie is that probably not one of your list read "ANR".
> Most are reading the education newsgroups, which you subhuman racist
> slime continually troll into, apparently in order to acquire lists
> like the above.
>
> lojbab
Yet you condone the behavior of feral blacks.
A Brentwood Middle School teacher who was twice nominated for teacher of
the
year filed a complaint Wednesday saying the school principal has condoned
and tolerated a racially hostile environment.
Gail Auld, who heads the school's social studies department, said
Principal
Cassandra Jennings knew students hit, threatened, stole from and racially
cursed her and did little, if anything, in response, according to her
filing with the state Human Affairs Commission, the precursor to a
lawsuit.
Hers is the fourth complaint filed by a Brentwood teacher alleging racial
harassment or discrimination at the North Charleston school, which has
been
the focus of reform efforts that included a new administration this year.
Jennings, a principal specialist who took over in July to help straighten
out the school, has faced problems with students attacking teachers
earlier
this year. In September, a 13-year-old student who tried to leave class
hit
her teacher and pulled her hair after being told she needed permission to
leave the classroom.
In October, a substitute gym teacher was attacked and beaten by four
eighth-grade boys and two seventh-grade girls, according to a police
re****t. 'It hasn't changed,' s
aid Auld, who worked at Stall High School for three years before going to
Brentwood this year. 'Teachers can't teach, and students can't learn.'
Auld said that Jennings tried to intimidate her and other teachers into
silence and to accept the racially hostile environment. Jennings told
school staff, 'We don't want Brentwood Middle in the news,' Auld said.
'She's more concerned with the public persona than what's going on in the
building,' Auld said.
Jerry Adams, spokesman for the Charleston County School District, said
Jennings was surprised, hurt and upset by the accusations. 'It's really
emotional for her, and she can't do an interview,' Adams said.
Auld, who has 28 years of experience, two master's degrees and was a
two-time finalist for teacher of the year in Berkeley and Horry counties,
is the first teacher to speak publicly about the problems at Brentwood
Middle. The school district closed Brentwood and Burke middle schools last
year and reconstituted them separately under a reform model meant to boost
student achievement.
Former teachers from Burke Middle have been outspoken this year about the
school's problems, such as too-small facilities, poor student behavior and
a chaotic learning environment.
Auld, who is on medical leave from Brentwood, said she doesn't want money,
seniority or benefits as a settlement. She wants the school district and
Jennings to publicly acknowledge there is a racially hostile environment,
apologize to the students, parents and staff for allowing it and publicly
commit to end it.
She said she also wants school leaders to apologize to teachers for trying
to intimidate them to not talk publicly about the problems at Brentwood.
'I
want the school district to give these kids a chance,' she said. 'The
school district needs to do something about the environment at Brentwood.'
The district's chief academic officer, Nancy McGinley, said she would
investigate Auld's allegations by talking with Jennings and the associate
superintendent. McGinley cautioned against using one person's *****sment
as
an indictment that the school is out of control. The school is making good
progress, she said, as evidenced by feedback from other teachers and state
specialists.
'I'd encourage you to not draw conclusions from one person's perspective,'
McGinley said. 'They gave very high marks to the new administration, and
the environment there is light years ahead of what it was last year.'
McGinley said she hadn't seen proof the school has a racially hostile
environment. 'Cassandra is a very experienced and a very well-regarded
principal, and I think she uses good judgment,' she said.
Auld described the school using the words 'intimidating,' 'demoralizing,'
'unsafe' and 'scary.' She recounted an incident from the first day of
school when a student screamed at her, saying it was her job to get rid of
all the (expletive) white teachers. Auld went through the motions for the
student to be disciplined, but the girl received no punishment, she said.
'Kids got so empowered that first day that they can say anything and do
anything,' Auld said.
Auld said in her complaint that black teachers were treated differently
than
white teachers. She described an incident in which an unfamiliar student
hit her twice on the arm, causing her to drop her papers, and ran away.
She
re****ted the incident to the school resource officer and administrators
and
followed up, but the student never was punished, she said.
'If that had been a black teacher (hit), they would have found the kid and
had him arrested,' she said.
Three other former Brentwood teachers and a former Rivers Middle School
teacher have filed racial harassment or discrimination lawsuits. One case
was settled out of court by a school district payment of $50,000.
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