Workplace Discrimination Legal Action

ADA Discrimination Claims/Harassment against DALLAS ISD Years of Employment *-* (9yrs) Table of Contents *.Personal Information *.Case Overview a.Brief Description of Claims b.Goals and Objectives c.Current Status of the Case *.Relevant Parties *.Key Documents *.Evidence and Supporting Documents *.Legal Questions and Concerns *.Notes and Observation *. Communication Log *. Additional Information *. **Personal Information** Roderick Whitley */*/* African-American, *’s Lifestyle/Relationship status: Gay/Partnered (White) Contact: * bbminor1983@gmail.com Employed by Dallas ISD from August *-* Distinguished Teacher Review Recognition, State Exemplary Distinction, African American Student Mentorship Mentor (Department of Racial Equity of DISD) Destination Imagination Coach, Drama Club Sponsor, United to Learn Fellow, TEI Expert, SBDM Committee Member, Interim PTA President *-*, Lone Star Coach, provided free guitar lessons to Andrea’s son (student) and free piano lessons to Stephanie Russo’s, (former teachers) kids and Department Grade Level Chair for Specials since *. Evaluated by Beverly Ford, principal, past the allotted time of 3 years and has excellent TEI evaluation records. No discipline or referral reports. *. **Case Overview** - Brief Description of the Case Throughout my employment at a school within the district, I have faced numerous traumatic experiences that have significantly impacted both my mental health and my career. These incidents have involved a variety of workplace violations, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, medical discrimination, invasion of privacy, emotional manipulation, defamation, and negligence. I endured sexual harassment through an inappropriate joke made by my principal, an action that clearly constitute civil violations of workplace conduct. Additionally, I encountered derogatory remarks related to my race and mental health, often accompanied by microaggressions from both my principal and the testing coordinator. This behavior fostered a hostile work environment that profoundly affected my well-being and forced me to resign. I believe the negative actions taken against me—specifically, being blackballed from a promotion when the position of Assistant Principal was available and threatened with relocation if I attempted to get my Principal’s License —amount to retaliation, which is illegal under various employment laws. Furthermore, my treatment regarding my medical conditions, particularly PTSD and anxiety, seemed to violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), especially given the assignments that could worsen my health issues. Concern grew as I suspected eavesdropping on my conversations by my principal’s supervisor, raising serious privacy concerns. During a vulnerable period surrounding my Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, I felt emotionally manipulated by leadership. While this behavior may not be criminal, it reflects a level of unethical conduct that could warrant legal action. Moreover, I believe that false information circulated by my principal about me has significantly harmed my professional reputation. The management's failure to address my grievances regarding bullying and harassment demonstrates their potential negligence in ensuring a safe workplace—a situation I brought to the attention of an assistant principal. A number of individuals contributed to the hostile environment I experienced. One individual (testing coordinator) frequently made microaggressive remarks and questioned my motives for pursuing leadership, while another (assistant principal) engaged in mocking behaviors that exploited my vulnerabilities all while the second (assistant principal) was sharing information about my concerns of mistreatment and disregarded my suspicions of wrongdoing. I have witnesses who can confirm the sexual harassment and bullying claims that have persisted since my arrival in *, issues that were documented by a therapist in *. I have sought help from multiple therapists, including my physician, discussing the bullying, with documented notes from my therapist and physician. Because of these instances I have reason to believe the principal, believing she would be retired and not able to be held accountable in *-* school year, used her her authority and position in the power dynamics of principal/teacher and supervisor/candidate to defame and control my future career path, abuse her power and authority for personal reasons and malign my name and credibility among staff and administration within the district. - Goals and Objectives I wish that these individuals who participated in the gaslighting, blackballing, harassment, emotional manipulation and retaliation are held accountable and face disciplinary actions taken by the district and/or termination from the district, a revocation of state Principal/Administrators and Teachers licenses due to unethical misconduct, and compensation for my emotional distress, defamed professional reputation,, having been forced to resign “constructive discharge” from my position and the on-going PTSD treatment I will need for the foreseeable future; the one that they intended to trigger unsuccessfully, while enwrapping themselves in past and present PTSD trauma and triggers, as well as damages for the career trajectory that was disrupted by their actions. - Current Status of the Case I have filed an inquiry with the EEOC. Inquiry number *-*-* I have filed an Ethics complaint with NAVEX Ethicspoint under DISD anonymously. As of */*/*, the report was closed. *. ******eline of Events** - Chronological List of Key Dates and Events Nov *: Freshman year at University of Southern Mississippi, mother moved out with my sister to live with my grandmother, while I stayed with my father after their separation. * - *: Lived intermittently with my father while attending Alcorn State University, experiencing various traumatic events and unsanitary conditions related to his end stage alcoholism. August *: Began first gay relationship with an abusive, cheating narcissist that would last, on and off, to *. *-*: Father came to live with me for a month. Too stressful for me so I asked him to leave my apartment and to return to the family home April *: Went with aunt to family home because when she called him at her residence in Dallas, she said, “He didn’t sound so good.” Went by earlier and took his keys from him. When aunt arrived, we entered the house and proceeded to take him to the emergency room. Doctor said he needed to be admitted or he’d likely die. April *, *: Witnessed my father die, unexpectedly from short staff and detox complications resulting in congestive heart failure in an ICU room. End of April *: began having debilitating panic attacks. Was diagnosed with anxiety disorder. Prescribed Lexapro Fall *: began therapy with Jane Funderburg/began work at Susie B. West Primary School as a music teacher. Fall *-May *: began and completed MFA at New York University. August *: Moved to Dallas and began working for Dallas ISD at Anne Frank Elementary as music teacher under Principal Heather Holland. August *: Former Coach (Nichols) points to a run-over Black and Mild cigar in the parking lot and says,” Hey Whitley! You dropped something!” witnessed by art teacher, Daniel Vaughan (racial microaggression) August *: Assistant Principal at the time, Beverly Ford, says to other administration, “Look at him. He thinks he’s something with that NYU bag.” March *: Now Head principal, Beverly Ford, harassment witness by Tonya Montoya, then-school counselor. Beverly Ford says in a mocking tone, “You know, one of my boys has anxiety. I walked away in disbelief at her rudeness and insult. Follows me to the front and says, “Whitley knows I’m just playing with him”. “Bullying-Principal” was documented in one of my therapy sessions Dr. Angela Lee, around this time. March *: Reported to the Ethics hotline for Dallas ISD, discussed with assistant principal at the time and friend, Dr. Avril El-Amin, and decided to pull the report a week later out of real fear of retaliation. Dec.*, * Beverly Ford, principal, asks to take a photo with me. An odd request because we were not close during this time. We had just left from taking pictures with Ms. Woodhouse, a teacher who had terminal pancreatic cancer and would die in a matter of months. Once the picture was taken, she took maybe one more to not look suspicious, but hurried back over to Miya Hooper, assistant principal at the time, to gossip and probably show her where she was sending the picture. As I and Romashyn, former teacher at the school, were leaving out early I said to Beverly, “Gotta get back to my puppy!” to which she replied, “I got TWO puppies at home”. Very odd. Again, I think she has made up some narrative in her head where I am in “competition with her sons?” or something completely of her own psychosis. February *, *: Accepted into Accelerated Master’s of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington in pursuit of Masters #* March *, *: Grandmother dies. Not in communication with mother much as she said a derogatory statement to me a few years earlier “At least what I’m doing is not going to send me to hell” referring to my gay lifestyle. March *: Discussed with Ford my reservations about traveling to Mississippi and also that I had started a self-guided Adult Children of Alcoholics- * step program. Discussed with my physician (Dr. Johnston) my fear of something not good occurring. Beverly Ford told me to not go and to “protect my peace”. I went and brought along my ESA. My mother revealed after my grandmother’s funeral that the man she had been dating was my father’s drinking buddy; a man who participated in the progression of my father’s disease and spoke at his funeral. March *, *: Woke up and realized the betrayal of my mother and proceeded to hug and say “I love you” to my mother, but refused her kiss as she cried at the door and I left to return to Dallas, without incident. March *-*, *: Dallas ISD Spring Break Mon, Mar *, *, *:* PM Reached out via Email to Life Works for counselor assistance Tues, March *: Exchanged messages with physician March *, *: Had a conversation where I revealed my history with my father, mother and anxiety and PTSD diagnosis as well as other personal and sensitive information with Beverly Ford. I suspected others were listening in on this conversation (Nick Hoover). Check their call log and records. Mines shows an incoming call around 7pm. March *, *: Began correspondence with current therapist. March-April *: PTSD triggered intense emotional reaction about my father’s death, proceeded to harass my mother in Mississippi through texts and phone calls, though * hours away in Dallas. April *, *: Submitted my request for FMLA to Lezandra Ortega at Life Works/ In contact with my physician. Nurse Smith at the school recorded my blood pressure at */* and sent me home. April *, *: Anniversary of my father’s passing./In contact with physician/ contacted Counselor name: William Lockhartt *:* PM through Employee Assistance Program April *, *: Correspondence with physician/Began correspondence with Ziks Health Services April *, *: 8am video visit with physician/ Teresa Diaz, Disability Case Manager for LifeWorks via Dallas ISD received via email confirmation for FMLA beginning April *, *. April *, *: Correspondence with Dr. April *, *: First visit with psychiatric NP Pauline George on */*/* at *:* am/Formally Diagnosed with PTSD, along with pre-diagnosed insomnia, severe anxiety, depression April *, *: Appointment with therapist April *: Teresa Diaz emailed Beverly Ford and benefit leaves in Dallas ISD, informing them of my approved leave, effective from April * to April *. Would later be extended. Emailed Teresa Diaz and said that my doctor would be returning on */* and I need an extension. April *, *: Received extension form from Teresa Diaz April *, *: Session with therapist April *, *: Shared Specials Schedule for the school to Beverly Ford April *, *: Session with psychiatric NP Pauline George Beginning of the manipulation and blackballing April-May *: Asked Beverly Ford to be my Site Supervisor for my Master’s and Principal licensure program and she agreed May *, * I sent Mercado my Facebook profile name. I believe he’d asked to send me something about student loans, which he could have sent through text message, but insisted that he use messenger. Early June *: Ford makes a joke about my penis size during summer school *, witnessed by Mr. Velasquez, office assistant, Berto Gilliaoti, Teachers assistant, Carla Ford, PE teacher, Miya Hooper, assistant principal at the time, was being transferred to another school. The four of us also made a joke about a misspelling in a mission statement on some other principals’ mission statement. Begins saying and having other employees, Katy Turck, Jenni Mitchell, saying, “you’ve got to be mentally, psychically and emotionally stable.” Said it so much, it became like a tagline. Beverly Ford mentioned that she discussed it with Assistant Principal Adolfo Olivares at their wedding reception and he agreed, “One has to be physically, mentally and emotionally stable to be a principal.” June *: Beverly Ford said in front of Mercado, “Whitley, I know what your strength is, your confidence. But you see, the thing about strengths is that they can be worked on too.” I could tell by her tone that she didn’t mean that in a good way. Also said, “I saw a guy and he was just like you. I said to myself, he reminds me of Whitley”, something I took to mean that the man she was referring to must have been gay. June *: It’s in my opinion that Beverly Ford wanted to enact this action of blackballing and defamation, because when I first set in her office with Moses Mercado, assistant principal at the time, I clearly stated that I did not want to be in administration or be a principal, that I merely wanted to be a fine arts coordinator, but she insisted. Between her and Mercado, they kept saying “oh no, you can do it.” And Mercado said, "It's not like you’ll be there by yourself” when I expressed concerns about me being a novice to the role, he said, “someone will always be with you to help you make decisions”. It is in this way that I feel Beverly Ford encouraged me so that she could take pleasure in defaming and blackballing me as it was not my initial objective in obtaining my administrative license and I’d clearly stated to them. June *: Ford says, “I’ve been waiting to work with you Whitley” witnessed by Mercado, assistant principal. “We’re gonna work on your confidence….running up to the cars, laughing and playing with the parents.” Mercado mentions AI to me to use. Says that I could just “copy” his work, which I did not. June * I gave Beverly Ford a warning about her sneaky behavior. I recounted an experience with a previous principal who engaged in unethical practices, indicating my awareness of professional boundaries and the importance of integrity in leadership. June *: Ford tells the story about the crow and the eagle, inferring that I was the crow because she did not confirm when I asked, “So we’re the eagles?” June *: While walking out of the door of Ford’s office, I say, “I can really help kids considering the trauma I’ve been through with my father”. She interjected and said, “No! The trauma with your MAMA!” and “Yes. Lead with that!” and “BUT I DON’T have any trauma”. June *: Told me the tale of the Eagle and the Crow, where the crow was jealous of the eagle. Nonsense, it was a thinly veiled attempt at an insult towards me. Make references to being “discerning”. “You have to know when to go, when to stay, move a little, move a lot…so much uncertainty”. Uncertainty had been mentioned to me earlier by Nick Hoover who said, “We know you don’t like uncertainty.” Ford says in her office. “You know, some people do it for the money. Some people do it for the power!” referring to my intentions for attempting to get my principal’s license. Katy Turck, 5th grade teacher and best friend to Beverly Ford said and continued saying up to June * in some form, “Yeah. I have my license but I didn't want to have to deal with the parents”. Clearly to say to me that I couldn’t handle the parents. Week of June *-* First Week of Summer Cool (School) I went for a break in Nick Hoover and Mercado’s office. Mercado was not present. I sat down on the couch and began a casual conversation with Nick about nothing of particular importance, in a normal tone when he interrupted and said, “Whoa! Calm down buddy!” with hands up in the air. It was an unsuccessful attempt at gaslighting. Once I’d dismissed his overreacting, he proceeded to ask me why I wanted to be an assistant principal, a question that he continued asking me throughout the school year whenever I would come and visit him. I believed he was trying to record me. I would insist that I would take an AP position to help out and was really more focused on becoming a fine arts coordinator, something Beverly Ford told me I didn’t need an administrative license to do, which was a lie. Summer *: I went into Ford’s office and cried to her about missing my mother. Immediately after I left out crying, Kimberly Price, former teacher at Anne Frank and now district employee in another capacity, ran in and began giggling, as if they had discussed something and she thought the plan was in motion.. July *, *: Called Mercado upset because I’d said the word “shit” in front of Ford in her office and felt this must have been the reason I was encountering “resistance” from her. He said to call her. I called Ford around *:55PM, where she immediately put me on hold, and if her records are checked, I believe called Educational Director Temesghen Asmerom, who eavesdropped on the call as Beverly Ford insinuated and tried bait me into saying I was emotionally unstable, using the phrase “You have to be mentally, physically and emotionally stable to be a principal, multiple times while also praising herself on how great of a principal she was. Said on the call, “It’s about the protection and safety of these babies” to which I replied, “What? Do you know why I became team-lead? To keep the peace!” She then relented and said I was, indeed, a leader. As she got off the phone, when I asked her to vet me, she replied, “Oh, we're gonna beat you down!” I also said in this call, as a signal to Asmerom, “I know what I’m doing. It’s just that you fill me with such ‘trepidation’”, a signal to Asmerom that I was intelligent and also “scared” of Beverly Ford. July *, *, *:* pm Texted Mercado earlier. Mercado mistakenly sent me a screenshot of our conversation where I asked for Carole Charlemont’s number, he gave me her email. I suspect this screenshot was meant for Beverly Ford. July *, *: Texted Mercado and said, “Still gonna switch to you” regarding his offer to be my Site Supervisor instead of Beverly Ford. July *, *: Began taking notes and sending to myself under the email subject titled, “Just In Case” where I disclosed my suspicions as Ford was not really helping me and was making fun of mistakes I made.” Also began conversing with Asst. Principal/ former peer group member, Moises Mercado, where he reassured me that I should “trust her” as she “had the biggest heart he knew.” August *, *: Texted Mercado *:00PM, “Dude I’ma share with you. I have cried at least * times today because I feel like I am having to defend myself against so many people right now in my life, my mother, my brother, my boss and my friends.” “I’m tired, I'm sad, I want to ask people for help but they’ve done me wrong.” “ I’ll level up with you even more. The fact that I feel like I can’t really trust anyone right now doesn’t make me feel good at this point in my life with all that’s going on”. I was referring to Beverly Ford as my site supervisor. August *: Beginning of the school year professional development We have a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy presenter, which, I found was odd as that is something that I do in my talk therapy. I turned to Beverly Ford and said, “I do that in therapy!” I was sitting beside Carla Ford. Beverly Ford looked down at me and said, “Uh-huh! I got one more surprise.” At the time I didn’t know what she was referring to, but as she was intending to retire at the end of *, I now surmise that it was the blackballing or relocation. Asmerom, educational director, was in attendance. He gave a speech to the school staff where he said things like, “My father pushed for my education” and “You don’t have to be scared of Beverly Ford.” This made me believe that my suspicions of him being on that phone that night and listening in were true, as he referenced his father (akin to my loyalty to my own father) and “not being scared of Beverly Ford” (a direct nod to when I said she “filled me with trepidation”. August *, * *:00am: Text to Beverly Ford who wanted me to come to a Principals meeting. I’d initially told Mercado, “ I’m not about to go into the lion’s den” but he convinced me to come. Beverly Ford seemed disappointed as we all were just sitting in the auditorium and when I mentioned the meeting she said “Don’t worry about it” Fall *: My field supervisor for the University of Texas at Arlington, Mr. Brian Devaux made the comment, “You see, there’s an eagle and you got the crow, you gotta fly high like that eagle.” in reference to my efforts in my degree. I’d later graduate with all A’s and one B. *Beverly Ford worked with Brian DeVeaux’s wife in some capacity. Beverly Ford started saying this in different ways, “Whitley and I are friends! We share music.” In a not genuine voice. I took her tone to mean, “He thinks we’re friends. Lol” and also an attempt by her to make me believe it by saying it all the time. But, I remember thinking to myself, “Thoust does protest too much.” Fall *: Beverly Ford and I were walking down the hall and she said, “You know, I don’t think you should quit” referring to the comment I made to Mercado about not pursuing the principal’s license. She also said to me, walking down the hall, “You know there are more and more people like you in Education Leadership positions.” “I had been teaching just about 13 years when I decided to become an assistant principal”. The thing about Beverly Ford is, as you will see, she placed me in competition with everyone and everything, Mr. German’s (former music teacher) University vs. Tisch, Her son vs. me because of something Ms. McKenzie’s daughter said. I think she thought I was cool or fun. Beverly Ford gets me inside her office and says, “You know MY son thought so-and-so was cute. They talk on the phone!” I don’t know how true it was but I didn’t really care and that she thought to bring that up after Ms. McKenzie said what her daughter thought about me was kind of jealous-hearted and insecure. She even mentioned a former assistant principal, Ms. Patrice Layne, and asked me if I wanted to go over to her school to be an assistant principal.” What do you think about going over there to Layne?” (She mentioned her because I told Mercado that Layne was the only reason I was able to get Distinguished teacher recognition because under Ford’s evaluations, I’d always come short by a point or so. I know because it was a day or so after I’d said that to him. Layne had said to me once, “You should have been DTR.” to which I replied, “I know”. January *, *: Harlem GlobeTrotters come to Anne Frank Campus as well as Asmerom, educational director and Beverly Ford’s supervisor. This time, he makes a point to make eye contact and roll his eyes at me, in disgust. He made it a point to do it, twice. Mercado mentions, “Nice outfit!” as he must have suspected that I suspected being announced as the new assistant principal that day. January *, * Skyline High School: Ms.Carol Charlemont, Early Childhood Coordinator for DISD (I believe the Anne Frank Early Childhood Campus) and was a year earlier in the UTA program, used Beverly Ford as a site supervisor as well, was at the Destination Imagination shirt pick up, when she avoided eye contact with me and began whispering out the side of her mouth to a man who was sitting beside her, I could tell it was about me by the glances she had given me. Prior, I had a meeting with her to help guide me on my action research project for my Master’s. It was apparent that Beverly Ford had said something derogatory about me for Ms. Charlemont’s behavior towards me to change. We had always been cordial. February *: I was requesting to do a presentation for a professional development on “Storytelling for Teachers”. I observed it written on the whiteboard in Nick and Mercado’s room. Beside it, in Mercado’s handwriting was written the question, “What?”, as if the idea was stupid. He never expressed this sentiment in words, but, this is when I started noticing that Mercado wasn’t the friend he claimed to be. I observed, while talking to Nick Hoover one day, Mercado gave Hoover a look as he packed his backpack to leave. The look indicated “Look at this guy.” They didn’t notice that I saw it. February *, *: I was dj-ing for the Valentine’s Day dance, a thing I would do for all the dances. I’d mentioned Mercado, since the dance was not until * or *, I’d grab a cocktail at the house. However, I didn’t get a chance to and returned to dj. Immediately, Beverly Ford approaches me and says, “I think I’m going to sit over here by Whitley”. To which I was like, “Sure!” I continued DJing the event and even helped clean in the end. At no time was I intoxicated, but it let me know that Mercado, who would partake in a beer before after-hours events at the school, went back to her and told her to check for alcohol or the smell of. I felt very degraded and subjected to their deceitfulness in plain sight. Melissa Martinez, one of Beverly Ford’s good friends and Parent Liaison at the school, offered me two hot-dogs, an attempt to keep a friendly facade. February *, *: Sponsored Fieldtrip for 4th graders; was responsible for taking them to the TBAAL; debunking her claims of “protection and safety of students” being in danger. She signed off on the trip. Winter *-Spring * Beverly Ford is recognized by the district as a “Master” principal, a recognition that comes with an increase in salary if she would remain on for the next school year, *-*. People, Mr. Patti, Mr. Craine, Ms. Valdez, Ms. Miramuhhamad began coming up to me asking if I was planning on being a principal? Here? And even, “You know, I’m thinking about getting my Masters’ “What do you think about that?” to which I would always encourage them as I knew Beverly Ford had sent them to minimize my accomplishment, to say to me, “you’re not special” “you're not doing anything anyone else can’t do”, an attack by proxy to my “confidence” by my “site-supervisor”. Also around this time, the assistant principal position that Miya Hooper’s relocation had left vacant was locked to only AP’s and principals needing to be placed, essentially, I could not apply. February *, *, Beverly Ford insisted I join a principal’s Zoom meeting at *:* am. Spring *: Sat down in her office, asking her for some resource or support towards my action research project. She says out of the blue before I could get a word out, “Ya know, I could have gone up in the district if I wanted to” and I remember thinking, “This isn’t about you”. Beverly Ford begins to say things like, “Now let me know as soon as you get that license!” and I know exactly where they should put you. Beverly Ford begins a new attempt, a new plan, “Encourage Whitley to take a position that we will have prepared for him to fail in.” Because the same people, like Mr. Patti, became incredibly supportive. “Oh, you’re the principal today”, he said when Mercado was out one day during summer school of *. She started saying things like, “Oh, you gonna have you a brand new bunch of friends” in a tone that was more “I’m gonna show you!” Around this time Nick Hoover would say, “Get that resume ready”. Spring *: Her niece, someone who works in the Central Administration Office, is introduced to me as such. “This is my niece. She works downtown, in the Central Office. She was thinking about getting her Masters”. To which I would reply,” Oh nice, well you should!” and began to tell her about classes and things. A conversation that Ford cut short. I realized now that she possibly could have been doing things for Beverly Ford downtown if some paperwork is uncovered or people are interviewed as Beverly Ford, during the summer of * would go on to introduce me to the new security guard as “He’s science!” a subject she herself had taught at one time.” I believe she was making reference to some position, possibly a coach, I was going to be “recruited” to and subjected to treatment that could possibly trigger my PTSD. Week of May *, *: On morning duty, Ford, Mercado and Hoover stood by the entrance door to the school, their normal spots. I walked past, said, “Good morning” and went to my post, which was just in earshot of them. Daniel Vaughn, Jonathan Walker were also on duty. I heard very clearly Beverly Ford turn to Mercado and Hoover and say, “Watch this!” then to me, “Whit! Everything okay? You looked a little down last week. Everything alright?” She was referring to the week after Mother’s Day in an attempt to ‘trigger’ my PTSD. To confirm my suspicions, Mercado immediately looked to the ground and shook his head in disbelief, as in “how could she?” or “that was wrong.” My former peer, now assistant principal, did not intervene or object to what she had done to my knowledge. May *: Melissa Martinez, parent liaison says, “You know they just pick you up and move you. You’ve got to be ready!” I had a feeling something was being planned. May-June *: Beverly Ford continues to make veiled threats by saying, “Let me know the moment you get that license now! Tell me as soon as you get it!” “I know exactly where they're gonna put you!” She would say this in front of people, when we were alone in the hallway and in front of her friends, Katie Turck and Melissa Martinez. This was in retaliation for me attempting to get the principal’s license she’d told me, years earlier I didn’t need to be a Fine Arts Coordinator, agreeing to be my site supervisor for a program that prepares the candidate for taking the principal’s license test. I believe her niece may have assisted in this matter I suspect in some way. June *: Summer school- Mercado asks if I want to sit in some interviews. I said okay. I receive a call from Olivares during Summer school and as I answer it, he’s giggling and I hear Ford in the background. He says, attempting to cover up the fact that he was just laughing, “Ms. Ford wants you to come on down for the interview”. When we get in the interview, Ford as she enters the room, sits beside me and says, “Let me sit over here so I can kick, Whitley!” and “Well, we like to promote our own.” giving me a glance. Bait for some plan she had. She asked the interviewee the question, “What would you do if someone was bothering you or you had a disagreement with another staff member?” To which the interviewee replied, “Well, I’d go to that person, face to face, and ask them if there was something wrong and etc”. Ford gave a confirming nod as if to say to me, “She wouldn’t come to me and complain about bullying like you’ve done.” Upon leaving the room, Olivares stopped Ford and said, “We have a few more interviews. The next one is for a teacher’s position.” She replied, in a smug tone, “Oh, I’m only doing the one’s for AP (assistant principal). All of this was meant to be a snub to my face, a tortured event where I had to sit and watch all the candidates and feel “upset” that I wasn’t going to even be considered. June *, *: While working summer school, I took a break, as I’d normally done before in Nick and Mercado’s office. It is then that Nick Hoover said in reference to the assistant principal job being locked, “It’s all for the best. Ya know, considering that thing you have against White people and, ya know, that whole mental illness thing. We wouldn't want you taking it out on anyone.” I was immediately offended and said, “It’s not that I would take it out on anyone, Nick. It’s that I don’t trust anyone.” to which he looked away as I continued to talk about my partner Nathan, a white man, and how I loved him because he was trusting and patient. June *: While providing a water break to Katy Turk, I sat with the students and assisted them with their schoolwork. While I did so, Nick Hoover walked past Turck’s door, turned his head and gave a quick, sneaky smirk towards Katy Turk, who was preparing to leave the room for her break. I observed him, but he didn’t notice me looking back. As a child who grew up in an alcoholic household, I am very on guard, discerning and hyperalerted. I listen and observe many things in my surroundings very closely as they once determined my safety or alerted me to upcoming chaos as a child. June *: Kim Price and Beverly Ford are standing at the entrance doors of the office and Kim Price is looking at the ground trying not to laugh, but failing, and Beverly Ford is trying to keep a serious face, but failing as well. I knew it was something about her plans for me, but pretended not to notice.I called Kim Prince, saying I was just calling because I saw her number and said I never call Kim. She immediately went into how she stays to herself and she was being a good friend because she was on her way to her friend who was crying. She persisted to make it known to me to the point it seemed she was trying to say, “I don’t know nothing about what’s going on. I mind my business, (which is untrue because she stays in Beverly’s office) Her tone and the things she said referenced her not being a part of something and it was very suspicious. June *: The day before Assistant Principal, Adolfo Olivares left to go on vacation, I was walking through the office, looking for Mercado as he had insisted that he’d put me down as an “administrator” for summer school (but had me doing teacher’s assistant work like laminating and moving boxes) to offer my help with any work that he needed done. Beverly Ford was going into the copier room across from her office and she said, “You looking for something to do?” I said, “Yeah” she said, “Here. Find the grammatical errors in the CIP (Campus Improvement Plan). An odd request and definitely not one of administrative tasks, I spent the next several hours finding the spelling errors. I returned the CIP plan to her as she was sitting in her office with AP Olivares standing in front of her. She says to him, “Look at him! He’s so disciplined! He read the whole thing.” I walked away but out of the corner of my eye, I saw Beverly Ford give him a look of disgust. Moments later, Adolfo Olivares, found me on the stage and began mocking me, saying,” You see what I did? I moved the books over here and over here. Like I did. See, it’s how I did it. Like me. How I did it.” emphasizing the “I” as if to mock me. I’m assured that this bullying and harassment was encouraged by Beverly Ford and the lies she has said about me. June *: I came into her room to ask her something and she was on the phone with her son, someone that I don’t really know and never really spoke to outside of her forcing situations in which this would have to happen. She turned the phone to face me, on Facetime, and I was thrown into a conversation with her son, for no reason, other than for her to exert control and be humiliating in front of her son. It was a sad display. I believe Melissa Martinez was standing behind me in Beverly’s doorway. June *: In the copier room, one day, with Mr. Crain, we were talking and he, at that time, said, “You know I’m thinking about getting my Masters” to which by this time, I’d become well aware of Beverly’s attempts to damage my confidence and reduce my successes, encouraged him to do so as ‘it strengthens your skill set’. Immediately Beverly Ford walks in, while playing on her phone, ‘To Be Real’ and she sits beside me and she says, “Got to be real!” and to which I replied, “I just applied for my doctorate.” Her mouth dropped open. She didn’t congratulate me as Mr. DeVeaux had done. Just looked at me in disbelief. I left the room. June *,*: I called Mercado and told him that I would be resigning. He asked why and I said, “Why would I want to work for someone who would actively try to trigger my PTSD?” To which he replied, “I don’t remember that!” to which I said, “Yes, you do. Because you looked down at the ground and shook your head like you couldn’t believe she had just done that. And, the same way you kept your mouth shut then and didn’t say anything about it is the same way I need you to keep your mouth shut now.” I then went on to tell him he was the only one I could even half-trust in the administration by this point and that I need him to be a reference as my former supervisor. He agreed and added, “You can learn from bad leadership just as much as you can learn from good leadership.” The only time he ever showed any glimpse of his “former friend-self" that was genuine. I thanked him and ended the call. June *, *: Beverly Ford calls me and says someone told her I gathered my things in a rush and left and it was about something she had said? I took a long, pregnant pause as I was trying to think of a way to address this question. I decided to ask her, “Well, who was it?” She replies, “It was just someone.” Mercado. I took another pause and said, "Well, what did they say?” She says, “Well they said it was about me and if I said something, I’d like to try and fix “it”. I said,”That’s nice”. She then told me of her availability before her break began. I knew it was just a ploy to keep control and power over me and that she must have realized I was a bigger threat not under her supervision. I’m certain Mercado told her to apologize. June *,*: I officially resigned from my position at Dallas ISD. I stated the reason for leaving: ‘Personal and Professional’ as I was not quite sure what actions I would be taking in the future. I left under duress and from the hostile work environment that she had created and intended on intensifying until she retired, the threat of ‘relocation’ disguised as a reward, her spreading rumors and lies about me among district supervisors and other principals and to my understanding, this constitutes ‘constructive discharge’-having being made to resign due to the hostile work environment. August *,*: Filed a report with the Ethics service used by DISD. August *, *: Filed an Inquiry with the EEOC/waiting on availability August *, *: Call from Cylla Dupre, computer lab teacher, informing me that Jenni Mitchell, gifted and talented teacher and close friend to Beverly Ford and now grade level chair for the Specials department went to both the PE teacher, Phillip Pacheco and Cylla Dupree to try and obtain information about the potential lawsuit against Beverly Ford. August *, *: Copied report that stated that the report had been closed. *. **Relevant Parties** *.Please confirm the full names, and job titles of the following people: The very first person to interview is Mr. Asmerom. Let him know that I know he was on the phone July 2nd and that Beverly Ford’s and his phone records will sync with the time that I was on the phone with Beverly Ford, *:* pm. a.Beverly Mullins Ford (Principal)-Main perpetrator, blackballed me. Cruelly manipulated me during spring * during FMLA. Started a campaign in * of blackballing destroying my reputation in the district until she feared I had figured out what happened. The school year of *-*, approximately the length of my Master’s degree journey, was supposed to be her last year as she had told everyone that it was her last year. However, after being awarded “Master Principal” title, a title that gave her an increase in pay if she were to stay the next year, she decided to stay on for an additional year for the pay. That is where her blackballing plan met a snag, as for what was supposed to be her final exit, her “tour de France”, had been extended because of her intentions to stay on an extra year. Oh no! This plan was supposed to work if I did it and retired! Then I wouldn’t be held accountable by the district!, I’m assuming it was her plan, hence the call to “try and fix IT” obviously referring to the blackballing. She accepted the role of Site Supervisor for my Master’s in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at UTA at Arlington. I addressed a letter to the program’s head person and sent it to myself at the beginning of the program under the email chain, “Just In Case” as I felt that she was up to something and working against my efforts. I confided in the Assistant Principal (Mercado) and told him that I did not trust her. I have a witness to this conversation in June *. Had me join a principals meeting to have my face shown, invited me to a principal’s meeting so that she can show me to other principals to never hire, said, “No the TRAUMA with your MAMA!”, has brought her niece down from Central Office to she what I looked like and when she saw me she gave Beverly a confirming nod. Has told me to let her know as soon as I get my principal certification and that she “knew exactly where I needed to go!” (I feel that she somehow manipulated the system and was getting ready to encourage me to take a position or relocate to a position where I would face PTSD triggering. Had her supervisor on the phone ( check her records) to infer that I was emotionally unstable and not fit to be considered for the principal license. Blurted out, “It’s about the protection and safety of these babies!” To which I replied, “What? Do you know why I wanted to be team lead? To keep the peace.” Then she said I was indeed a leader. Said after the CBT training at the beginning of the year, that she had “one more surprise” One I expect she thought she would give me on her way out of the door, being blackballed. Defamation because I don’t have a discipline record at that school. Told me at the beginning “You better be careful of what you sign” Indicating that she had the power to confirm or deny my degree. Mercado was steering me the entire time to “trust her” and other things. “Ms Ford’s the most loving caring being!” I mentioned that I’d only gotten DTR because of Ms. Layne and not long after, Beverly Ford came to me saying, “What did I think about working at Layne’s school?” just to confirm in her ego that she had made sure it wouldn’t happen or had heard Layne say it wouldn’t happen because of something Beverly Ford told her about my PTSD or past traumas in an attempt to blackball me. Called and said to Mercado telling her I was leaving and that she had intentionally tried to trigger my PTSD, urged her to apologize I suspect, because she called and said, “She’d like to try and fix it”. I know that she was referring to the blackball thing because not very long after Hoover had revealed the reasons he thought it was for the best that the position wasn't open to me said, “You know that whole hating white people thing, and that whole mental illness thing” sat with Nick in her office and when I walked past and spoke to Nick, saying “Hey, Nick!” in a tone that was indicative of “you were wrong for what you said the other day” both replied with a very quick and soft, “Hey!” Neither made eye contact with me as they both pretended to be engrossed in what they were doing. They thought I’d pieced together the black ball part at that time, but I hadn’t. Introduced me to the new security guard as “He’s in Science” when she knows that I’m fine arts. Ford, Melissa Martinez and Adolfo Olivares all hearted my goodbye letter to the school in an attempt to look innocent and well meaning. At the beginning, I said in her office, in front of Mercado, that I had no intention of being a principal, that at best I might be an AP. I’d always insisted to anyone who asked that I would really prefer to be a fine arts coordinator. Said, “Nah, nah” and proceeded to encourage me to attempt it. Enwrapped herself in my PTSD trauma by emotionally manipulating me before, during and after my FMLA leave and defaming my professional reputation with no professional cause by asking me to, “Whit! You gotta let people in!” and “You can trust us.” and “Oh, we're gonna talk about ‘cha, but we care.” I felt that if I had revealed the sensitive matter of my adolescence and young adulthood, she would understand me as a person. She instead used it as ammunition, spreading it among district employees if her communications are checked or if people in her circle are interviewed, especially Asmeron, the educational director on the phone on July 2nd. I am currently participating in EMDR therapy to lessen the intensity of the trauma when thinking about her actions. It goes Beverly Ford blackballing me because of my being trigger by my mother, my mother for unintentionally, though selfishly, triggering my PTSD trauma, and the PTSD trauma origins, living with my father during the end stages of his alcoholism, being his sole care-taker, and witnessing his death on April *, *. Of note I do not have any recorded instances or altercations at work that I have been made aware of, no disciplinary record, well liked by staff, students and parents, Distinguished District Recognition and Exemplary TEA Recognition, leader in several different roles on campus, {TEI Expert, Destination Imagination Sponsor, Drama Club Sponsor, African American Mentorship Mentor, Grade level chair for several years, SBDM committee member, Mentor to novice teacher, United to Learn Fellow, Carpool Duty Worker, Interim PTA President during COVID year, Sponsor of many field trips of *+ students, often allowed Mercado and other teacher’s to use my space for redirection and recess detention) intentionally tried to inflict emotional harm as she turned to Nick Hoover and Moises Mercado and say, (to Mercado and Hoover) “Watch this! (to me) Hey Whit! You looked a little sad last week. Everything ok?” To which I replied I was fine. It had been Mother’s Day weekend the weekend before that week she was referring to.” I observed Mercado immediately drop his head and shake it, as if to say, “That was wrong of her.” But never coming to my defense. She was trying to intentionally provoke my PTSD by inferring Mother’s Day had made me depressed because my mother and I are estranged as of mid- March following having been triggered by her revelation of dating my father’s friend for three years at my Grandmother’s funeral. Unfortunately, she did not realize that my mother is not my trigger, my father’s death is. Fortunately for me. She has said to me in her office, “ You have to be discerning to be a principal, you have to know when to go, stay, do a little, do more. Lots of uncertainty!” Recently in the Summer, June *, while in her office, she put her son on Facetime and turned her phone to see me, some sort of display of control and power. Of note, I will be pursuing litigation of personal injury as well. In the early part of June *, I sat down with Beverly Ford in her office and gave her a warning about being sneaky. I told her of a bad principal I’d had in Mississippi who wrote me a check as reimbursement for buying the PTA some candy. She responded to me that “Now, I could go and buy some chicken”. (Cindy Idom) I told her this to let her know that I was well aware of my rights and what was illegal. She dismissed this warning. Two of Beverly Ford’s previous assistant principals were my references for my application to pursue my doctorate in Curriculum, Instruction and Supervision, Dr. Avril El-Amin and Dr. Josue Berrago. Also on December *, *, she approached me at a school/staff Christmas Party and took a photo with me. This was unusual as we weren’t particularly close and she had not been asked to be my Site Supervisor. She returned to her seat next to then Assistant Principal, Miya Hooper, after taking my photo and as I made my excuses for leaving the event at Blue Mesa early with a former co-worker, Shafarion Romashyn, I said, “I have to get home to my puppy.” She then replied in a snarky tone, “I got two puppies at home!” Which made no sense but was unusual to me for her to refer to her children as puppies. I’m convinced that Miya Hooper knows where that photo was sent that day. I have never slighted, said disparaging things, or spoken to her sons outside of her invitation.. She has created a narrative in her narcissistic mind that has allowed her to justify her mistreatment of me, a narrative that is completely false. Additionally, the manner in which she manipulated and exposed sensitive FMLA information, spread lies and misinformation, and created a narrative of me being unfit or not up to par for an assistant principal position left me without any opportunity to defend my name, reputation and professionalism. It was as if she kept me in the dark about what she was truly doing as she continued to be my Site Supervisor, which was highly unethical, while defaming me and my credibility. Said in her office, in front of Mercado in the early part of June *, “We're gonna work on your confidence”.I replied, “What’s wrong with my confidence?” as I chuckled and turned to Mercado who instantly looked away as if not to connect with me. She said, “You know. Running up to the parents. Laughing with them at their cars” which I again turned to Mercado and said, “That’s customer service. I thought I was supposed to do that?”. It was apparent to me that she had a problem with my popularity. Has said, “You know, Katie Turck has her license and she doesn’t use it. She doesn’t want to deal with the parents.” Has said, “He thinks he’s somebody with that NYU bag” during my first year at Anne Frank Elementary. Since then, I have always known of her jealousy of me but never suspected she would stoop to the things she has done. I thought when I shared with her the struggles and traumas that I had overcome in my life, she would see I was deserving of respect and was a resilient survivor. She did not, however. Has said, “Oh, you gonna be making you some new friends!” An indication that she believed I’d be moving somewhere in the district. b.Nick Hoover (Testing Coordinator) - Friends with Mercado and Ford, shares an office with Mercado. Nick has left the school and come back many times over, which is evidence of his closeness with Ford. When I mentioned the conversation that Ford and I had on March *, *, he immediately looked to the ground and gave himself away that either he had been listening in or on the phone during our initial conversation where I told Ford my life story. Nick has consistently questioned my motives for wanting to be an AP from the summer of * at summer school until I left. Nick first tried gaslighting me during summer school of *, as I came to his office and sat, like I had done time and time before, and began talking to him. He immediately threw up his hands and said, “Calm down, buddy.” Nick has also said, “I know you see Ms. Ford and think it’s easy, but it’s stressful; she just wears it well,” and “You’ll make a great AP, just not here.” He also said on June *, * in his office, “It’s for the best considering your thing against white people, and you know, that whole mental illness thing. We wouldn’t want you taking it out on anyone.” To which I replied, “ It’s not that I would take it out on anybody, Nick. It’s that I don’t trust people. Nick has said before that I expect too much from people as it concerns being respectful and professional. Oddly enough, Nick is white. Nick knows many of my friends are white. Nick knows my partner is white, so that comment was odd and misinformed. I sent him a text message that I will share in the documents that he didn’t respond to because he realized if he did, he would be implicating himself. I take huge offense to this as my partner is white, and so are some of my closest friends, coworkers, students, and parents I’ve worked with and grown to love and who have grown to love me. If anything, he’s speaking of the microaggressive acts committed by former coworkers I vented to him about as a friend. I stand by my statement and accusation that these were microaggressions (being called ‘lazy,’ having a run-over black and mild cigar pointed out to me, and being told, “Hey, Whitley. Does that belong to you?”). I would also vent about Beverly Ford’s sons staring me down whenever they were on campus (which he dismissed as “They’re teenagers. That’s what they do. They stare at me.”) and Beverly Ford’s sister rolling her eyes at me anytime she came to the campus. If I were what he inferred—problematic with white people—I would not have the great reputation I have among my former coworkers. I would not have impacted my white student population so much that some ask for me to “be their dad.” I would not have a white partner. So on and so forth, the fact that he said this let me know which “straws” they had tried to grab at as far as using against me from being considered for the assistant principal position. Secondly and most importantly, why would I vent about microaggressions to a white man unless I trusted that he would see my side? Nick has offered advice like, “Say something back to them.” When he tried to get his jabs in after the position was locked to current APs and principals is when I realized what had to have been said about me behind my back. I’m well-liked by my white coworkers, and Nick and I have had casual conversations on the phone, friendly text banter, as well as a pleasant work relationship, up until the point that I went to graduate school and started pursuing my principal’s license and the opening of the AP position. It shows the depths he was willing to go to keep me out of that position when it was open and how he flagrantly thought he’d get in a few insults once the position no longer was available due to district overflow and internal movement of assistant principals in the district that no longer had schools, so they would have to be placed as first priority. This did not, however, stop Beverly Ford from saying, “Now, let me know as soon as you get that license!” in a tone that was obviously indicative of some plan she had waiting upon my certification. Nick has told me to “get my resume together. Put all the stuff you’ve done on there!” When there was no position to be had. Nick has also walked by during Summer school of *, while working with students in Katie Turck’s class ( Beverly Ford’s best friend) and has given a sly smirk as if to say to her, “We’re gonna show him”. Told me on multiple occasions to get my resume on it. For me to put down all that I had done and to use a nice CR code”. Has said to Ford, during the fall of * during early morning carpool duty, “ Look at him. He’a faking”, in an attempt to discredit some attribute she had given me. Has said to me “We all know that you can’t deal with uncertainty” as it is related to being anxious. C. Kimberly Price (former teacher at Anne Frank, works for the district in another capacity but often does her work on our campus and visits with Beverly Ford in her office often). She was working in the conference room one day in * and ran in directly after I came running out, crying to Ford about missing my mother. Later, in the summer of *, the two of them stood at opposite sides of the office entry way door, she and Beverly Ford, and couldn’t look up at me because she was trying not to laugh as Beverly Ford tried to keep a straight face as I passed in between the two. Kim Price has also asked if my hair was weave, which was meant to be insulting. Has said that she “stays to herself (lie)” “she was on her way to help a friend when I called. Her friend was crying, attempting to show me that she wasn’t along with what they had been doing. Was adamant when saying, “I stay out of the way, I stay to myself. When I walk in, I walk in the back so nobody can say they saw me. Yep. I mind my business, and stay to myself.” D. Moises Mercado (assistant principal) - Once a part of my peer group at Anne Frank, believed by the school to become Beverly Ford’s replacement upon her retirement. Shares an office with Nick Hoover. As a former friend, I told him about my suspicions of Ford at the very beginning, to which he replied, “Why didn’t you just pick me?” to which I replied, “Well, I didn’t want to seem disrespectful.” I discussed my distrust for Ford with him, not realizing that he was going back to Ford and Hoover and obviously sharing. I asked him once, “How am I supposed to trust someone who has burnt me in the past? I’m tired of people hurting me—my dad, my mom. Now my boss is?” “This is supposed to be a celebration of achievement, and it feels like she’s working against me.” He even offered to be my site supervisor but told me to not change my field supervisor. Once, when he saw my idea for a professional development on “Storytelling for Teachers” written on his and Nick’s whiteboard, he wrote beside it, “What?” He has witnessed Ford trying to trigger my PTSD after Mother’s Day weekend. Although he was once a part of my peer group before he became AP, he said nothing, looked at the concrete, and shook his head as if to say, “That was wrong of her.” When I called Mercado to tell him that I had decided to leave, I told him, “I half-trusted him, and that was more trust than I had for anyone else in the administration, and that I needed him to be a reference. I told him I should have been considered for the AP job and that they were wrong for saying I would take it out on someone,” to which he immediately replied, “No one said that!” and I replied, “Oh, yes. Nick did.” I continued and said that I didn't know where this “I want to be Beverly Ford” crap came from and that I was already better than her because of my ability to separate personal feelings and professional behavior. He then went on to say, “Well, the thing is you can learn from bad leadership just like you can learn from good leadership. If you need any help on interview questions, give me a call.” I said thank you, and we hung up. Encouraged me to trust Ford. Encouraged me to come to the principal’s meeting. Told Ford my resignation and obviously to her to apologize which led to her call because he realized I was piecing it together. Gave Nick a look over my head with a look of disgust on his face. In the earlier part of June *, asked me to sit in some ARD’s in the upcoming school year and had inquired if I’d ever sat in an ARD. I said, “I think I might have once with a teacher” .The truth is I don’t really remember, but he says “That's illegal!” in a tone that was indicative of “Caught You!”. Sent me a screenshot of our own conversation, which was possibly later sent to its intended receiver, Beverly Ford or Nick Hoover. On the day of the school Valentine’s day dance * at Anne Frank, one of the events I normally serve as DJ, told Ford I had been drinking, when I had not, and had Ford come over to me and say, “I think I’ll sit by Whitley!” Many witnesses can testify to the fact that I wasn’t drunk because I did not have a drink, dj-ed the entire event, and stayed behind to help clean up. (Mercado himself as a teacher has had a beer before an event with me in attendance) Mercado also served as a reference for my Master’s application. E. Tonya Montoya (former counselor at Anne Frank and former friend to Beverly Ford) witnessed bullying about anxiety on Beverly Ford’s birthday and the day I was covering for three different teachers in the auditorium (four classes for six periods); days after my wisdom tooth removal. Beverly Ford ran to use us as we were talking, interrupted, and said, “You know, one of my boys has ANXIETY,” stressing the word “anxiety.” Montoya looked at her with a disappointed look, and moments later, when I was hooking up the PC system to play celebratory music for Ford’s birthday in the lobby, she must have made her feelings known, and Ford ran back to me and said, “Whitley, you know I’m just playing with him.” This was the time I placed a complaint through the district’s anonymous hotline but pulled it a week later, fearing her retaliation as she’s well known and has family members working in the district’s administrative office. Montoya and Ford stopped their friendship a year or so later, as I was told that Montoya and the other counselor said to Ford, “They didn’t know what to say to relate to Black boys.” I’ve always had a good relationship with Montoya and never thought she herself was racist, just ignorant and asking for guidance. Beverly Ford stopped associating and speaking to them after this, and they didn’t return the following year. Encouraged me to use AI to write my papers, to use his paper and copy it, however, I did not participate in any of these suggestion as I pride myself with being a somewhat decent writer and enjoy it, (MFA-Tisch) F. Orlando Velasquez (office assistant) witnessed the sexual harassment joke during the beginning of summer school *. G. Miya Hooper (former assistant Principal) witness to sexual harassment joke during the beginning of summer school *. In December of *, at the staff christmas gathering at Blue Mesa Restaurant, witnessed Ford and I pose for a picture, Ford had oddly requested I take with her. She knows where that picture was sent. H. Alberto Giglianni (teacher’s assistant, witnessed sexual harassment joke at summer school *). I. Carla Ford (P.E. teacher at the time, witnessed the sexual harassment joke at summer school *). J. Temesghen Asmerom (educational director for Anne Frank during this time) was the one on the phone July *, * at *:55pm as she tried, after adding him to the line, to infer or get me to say I was emotionally unstable. I know this because she would flatter herself about how she had “30 years to perfect the art of principalship” and other bragging that she would only do it if she were trying to impress someone and it was not her typical tone of voice. But, when I brought up the bullying said, “Whit! You know you’re a leader” and got off the phone after I asked her to vet me and make me a great principal by saying, “Oh, we're gonna beat you down!” ; I know Asmerom was the one on the phone that night because his beginning of the year speech was focused heavily on his relationship with his father and his father pushing for his education, followed by the statement “You don’t have to be scared of Beverly Ford”—something I had inserted into the conversation with her on the phone once I realized that she had someone listening in. Also, the reason why she found a presenter on CBT techniques for our beginning of the year PD, which was odd and totally out of place. Many heard Mr. Asmerom’s speech.) On the day that the Harlem GlobeTrotters came to our school, January * *, Asmerom was there with Beverly Ford and he gave me an angry look and rolled his eyes at me in the gymnasium. I had figured at this time that Beverly Ford had finally convinced him of some lie she had told about me as his behavior was entirely different from the beginning of the year, “My father pushed for my education, you don’t have to be scared of Beverly Ford” speech after the CBT presenter in August *. K. Melissa Martinez (parent liaison at Anne Frank, Beverly Ford’s good friend, is in her office and works closely with her). She said to me, “You got to be ready when they pull you” (referring to the distri

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