Blackhole in the Blueprint

The Story Of Teacher Abuse In San Diego City Schools

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS


Dedication................................................................................................... i
About The Author...................................................................................... iii
Preface ...................................................................................................... v
Introduction............................................................................................... vii
1. The Harassment Begins....................................................................... 1
2. Malicious Things.................................................................................... 7
3. The Best Of Times― The Worst Of Times....................................... 13
4. My First Formal Observation.............................................................. 17
5. Remediation Plan Should Have Been Invalid................................... 21
6. So What Is Legal?............................................................................... 25
7. The Demand For Jury Duty Papers .................................................. 33
8. Feedback Delayed ............................................................................. 39
9. Enter: VAPA......................................................................................... 43
10. Procedure Agreement Broken........................................................ 47
11. Living With High Stress ................................................................... 49
12. Notification Not Provided................................................................. 51
13. Criticism Of The Hot Dog ................................................................ 55
14. More Lies And Harassment............................................................. 59
15. Bogus Evaluation ............................................................................. 63
16. The Fire Inspection Lie .................................................................... 67
17. Locked In The Chamber Of Horrors ............................................... 73
18. Guidelines Not Kept ......................................................................... 75
19. Aggressive Harassment................................................................... 81
20. My Letter To Alan Bersin ................................................................. 87
21. Vacation Interruptions ...................................................................... 91
22. Why Another Observation?.............................................................. 93
23. More False Accusations.................................................................. 97
24. Darkness That Could Be Felt.......................................................... 99
25. Confused Or Deliberate? .............................................................. 105
26. Knocked Down, But Not Knocked Out.......................................... 109
27. A Rude Awakening ........................................................................ 113
28. A Nothing Meeting ......................................................................... 115
29. Voice And Viewpoint ..................................................................... 119
30. Out Of The Woodwork ................................................................... 121
31. A Challenge To Honesty................................................................. 123
32. Notice Of Intention To Dismiss ...................................................... 125
33. Other Agencies ............................................................................... 127
34. Did The District Act In Good Faith? .............................................. 131
35. Preparing For Trial........................................................................... 137
36. The Lack Of Credibility Of Jessica McCreary ............................. 139
37. More About Jessica McCreary...................................................... 157
38. Witnesses Testified About Ms. McCreary And Other Things..... 169
39. Howes Testified About Principal Jessica McCreary: ................. 181
40. Witnesses Testified About Janice Howes.................................... 183
41. Howes Testified About Herself ..................................................... 205
42. McCreary Testified About Howes:................................................. 207
43. The Tone Of The CPC Decision ................................................... 209
44. Errors In The CPC Decision........................................................... 213
45. Guilty In Five Incidents Incident #1 ................................................ 241
46. Guilty In Five Incidents Incident #2 ................................................ 249
47. Guilty In Five Incidents Incident #3 ................................................ 253
48. Guilty In Five Incidents Incident #4 ................................................ 261
49. Guilty In Five Incidents Incident #5 ................................................ 269
50. Not Found Guilty In Four Incidents ................................................ 277
51. Unfair Order Of The CPC Hearing ............................................... 283
52. Questions That Were Not Allowed To Be Answered ................. 287
53. An Agenda? ................................................................................... 301
54. My License To Teach .................................................................... 307
55. An Appeal To The CPC Decision. Betrayed By My Attorney ... 311
56. Horror Stories Of Other Tenured Teachers................................. 333
57. A Collusion Of Powerful Forces ................................................... 367
58. Is A New Day Dawning? ............................................................... 371
59. Proposed Policy Regarding Abusive Work Environments ....... 373
60. Conclusion...................................................................................... 381

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