Validated

There were several rumors circulating about the superintendent in my former district: "he is an asshole" was at the top of the list, followed by vague notions about short-lived stints in a number of districts, sexual harassment, and a dislike of anything having to do with special ed departments. I can vouch for the being an asshole thing, and as it turns out, I'm not the only one.

As it turns out, one of the other special ed teachers in my new school used to work in a district where the same supt worked. She had had coworkers who experienced the sexual harassment, and she actually had issues very similar to mine-- he had it out for her, and just before tenure, she was not renewed. She had never gotten a bad observation, yet when she asked for a reason in writing (so she could collect unemployment), he cited poor performance. She ended up getting a lawyer to handle it all.

I'm not glad all this happened to her, but I am glad that it didn't only happen to me! And if she and I randomly ended up in the same school and both have had problems with this guy... imagine how many others there must be out there!