The Change of Tide

For some unknown reason the tide seem to have changed. The owner came to me, at first accusing me of being Anti-Semetic, then saying she wanted to, "open up a (forum) to allow for our kids to understnat (from whence she and her people come)." I knew this could be VERY good for my kids.

I am still a bit in shock over it. In three years this woman BARELY has said ten words to me, AND when I was spoken of she usually talked over me to others in the room and it was ABOUT me. Maybe she is just of the mind that she is above me, which will NEVER be the case. But, for some reason, I know I just used that phrase, she came to me for this supposed project. Believe me, you will all know what has transpired because it will be right here. Rock on my friends.

It's Been a While

I haven't written in a bit because I am trying to lay low. Well, that just ain't me. After a week, last, of riots, the girls this time, and two of my other favorite kids being railroaded out of here, I tried to keep my mouth shut. Now I want, even more, to rub in their faces the FACT that I proposed a unit in which I would work with no more then TEN kids having such difficulties and I wanted them to have a MUCH shorter day and be away from EVERYBODY. It would have worked you fucking idiots. But instead of thinking about what someone from the relative old guard might know, you retards put someone in charge that doesn't have enough background to know where the fucking toilet is.

This little imbecile only has about three years' classroom experience but thinks she really has the right to tell those of us having five times, and more, that how things should be done. Her biggest problem is that she really believes herself. Fucking insane. She can think what she wants and put IDEAS out there, but to think that I would do things as she says just because she says so is ludicrous. I feel very sorry for her soon to be born child, but maybe not. I guess when one grows up being spoiled and believing no one could ever have a decent thought other than yourself, makes thing easy, until you wake up and find there is a MUCH bigger and meaner world out there. Watch out little woman! You are not the big person you think you are.

One day you will learn that no one has any fear nor respect for you and that should be the opening of your eyes. Then, and only then, you will begin to grow and PERHAPS become one of the people trying to actually help our kids. Now all you are is a HUGE detriment. Go away from them and let them be. Let those of us who know them and really care, work with them and keep your idiotic nose the fuck out of it. You and you stupid ass dress code and going into classrooms to check on such drivel.

Leave the fucking kids alone once they get into a classroom. Don't any of you motherfuckers know anything about the integrity of a classroom environment? You NEVER enter a classroom and disrupt the learning process in anyway UNLESS it is an emergency. The second one of you dumb-fucks enters, you disturb something. One of you does it on purpose. I know you know no better, but do you? I doubt it. Power is a damned ugly thing and you epitomize that statement. Go start a school for automatons. They will do just as you ask and forgo their humanity, oh wait, they wouldn't be human, just like you want. Fuck off!

Next thing in this...

On Wednesday, November 28th, I was given an ultimatum. I have had them before but they had never been worth shit, to, "Get your license before Friday (mind you it was Wednesday and that only gave me two days!!!) or you will no longer be employed with us." Can you imagine being given such a directive with ONLY two days. The State of Ohio could NEVER be expected to give someone a license in such a short time. In fact, six months would be fast. As I have already told you, I have a license, but they say that an administrative license does not allow someone to go and work in a classroom. The fact that I no longer WANT to work in a classroom is immaterial, I guess. One would think that getting an administrative license would be due to the fact that such a person had wanted to work in, Oh, I don't know, maybe, ADMINISTRATION?????

I used to be quite good in a classroom, that is no longer the truth. Anyway, I was told, after a bit of a melt down, figuring you have read some of this already you know that is SOOOOOOOooooo far from the norm, I was told that I should maybe apply for a "sub" license. How asinine does that sound to you? To me it is ludicrous. How can a person be OK to be an administrator and not OK to work in a classroom?? Does that make sense to you?? I would think not. I am writing way too much about this particular time. I must move on, or back as the book will show.

The latest things number 3

I have already shown you the way things look for the, "more important," folk. Now let me show some of what it looks like for the majority of the kids. Show are a typical hallway, notice the glaring differences, and a typical classroom complete with its own open hole in the wall containing God knows what. The "company" be damned. Our kids deserve better than this and so the fuck do we. When the hammer comes down, I cannot believe that those who would do this to us could ever be deemed ,"the chosen people." This should in no way reflect on ANY of the kids, it should, though, make one see the differences that are painfully obvious.













Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this really something that is happening in 2007????????????????????????

Make sure to look at the previous three posts to understand this latest posting. We need to take this country back from the people that care nothing about humanity and care only about the fucking almighty dollar. The dollar will fall eventually, but those who care will always be in great demand.

I have the new blog up and running on

whatswrongwealreadyknowletschangeit.blogspot.com

The lates things number 2.

There are many safety issues that I have been writing about for some time, as well as those that just prove where people think, or don't. Here I have have shown you the safety issues regarding possible asbestos and/or lead paint, etc., which is above people who actually occupy this office on a daily basis. Some of them even pregnant. I cannot imagine this could be construed in any manner as healthy. But, it has been blown off many a time.

The next is a railing on the front portico of the school on which the kids lean EVERY day. The possibility of kids falling and getting hurt is immense, but I, a nobody in their eyes, had to be the one to tell them of the problem. AND, when I did, it was treated as, "just one more thing." Again I saved these idiots from a sure lawsuit, though that was surely not my plan. I fear for the safety of our kids and could care no less than I do about what is good for the "company."

The latest things.

Today I decided to take photos to show some of the things of which I had been speaking. The most ridiculous, for the ikds at least, is the bathroom situation. Girls and Boys in high school sharing the same bathroom since August is incomprehensible to me, but this is the proof.

Really, can you even believe this??????

The shit never stops.

I am beginning, at the behest of un grande cohort, a new book that is far from fiction. This sense of I don't know what that is pervasive throughout our society, and most importantly in my profession of education in the city of Cleveland is awful. I may not be only the city, and I am quite sure it is not, but here is where I am and these are some of the thing I have seen, and continue to see.

I have been making the attempt to put some very disquieting things here-on for about a week. I received some paperwork from our administration outlining the, "requirements," from the Ohio Department of Education regarding Breakfast and Lunch. At the bottom of each, "guideline," paper is a quote, "Note: Students must take a reimbursable meal, even if they do not plan on eating it!" First off, this a grammatical nightmare. Secondly, I cannot begin to imagine that this is what the state means. Are we REALLY supposed to teach our kids to, "go through the motions," just so someone whom cares for them naught can get her reimbursement. "Just throw the stuff away if you don't want it," I was told to say to them.

You guys, meaning the government, really want us to waste food like this and you will pay for it. I find that wholly wrong. Shit, my taxes are paying for this and there is enough pork in our electorate. Why in any one's sake would we teach our kids that waste is good. I hope this was a misprint or that the idiotic administration from my school took things upon themselves and just read part of a directive without taking it in its entirety. I will continue to attempt the download because you must see it to believe it, but I do have it on my email.


Be prepared for something else, soon. I have witnessed, FIRST HAND, for the first time in my life, what it must have been like in the fifties and sixties. Within this organization we mistakenly call a public school, there is BLATANT segregation going on. In fact, the Orthodox Jewish kids, who are being educated in the very same building, are getting perks such as carpeted rooms, etc, as show in an earlier blog, never have any contact with the rest of us. My students are of much darker complexion than they and are, as it would seem by the way we are treated, of a lower social standing. We don't even have a separate girls' and boys' restroom in some areas. Another thing that brings things to light is this quote from one of the teachers who works with my kids in the AM then "his kids" in the afternoon. I had made mention that since they had so many more computers and such plush carpeted room, maybe his morning kids should follow him to his afternoon gig. (Mind you it is in the same building and same floor just in the front rather than in the rear.) He said, "I bet they would like that. They are curious." I was speechless. What are my kids, specimens for the Jewish kids to study? I can only hope he mis-spoke, but I highly doubt it as he has made many such statements that I had never put together until that point. If you can't handle those for whom you work, get away.

My kids need no pity, but they do need understanding. I do not wish to coddle them. On the other hand, I do not, and never will, believe there is no hope and that each and every one of them has some niche. Rock on my children and FUCK those who put you down.

More photos will follow. One of the door showing the boy/girl bathroom as well as the disgusting shape of same. AND one of the ceiling in one of the offices housing up to six people of whom two or more are pregnant. This is an old building remember!!! Until then......

One more fucking thing!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do I even fucking try to help these idiots? (Honestly, I believe that word is not far from the truth regarding their collective intelligence so the word "idiot" is used clinically as well as figuratively.) There can be no people nearly as lacking in sense as those running this fucking place. I have, and will again, attempted to post a portion of the law from the Ohio Revised Code but am currently having some difficulty. Once you see it you will understand, but I digress.

Today, 11/09/2007, the IDIOTS made another arbitrary decision based upon something that made no sense except to them. I will get in to it in a moment, but now I must take a break. I just want to say that they asked for it and now they really need to accept things as they asking for them to be. I am going to try everything in my power to do just as they wish and that means:
No more IEPs (PERIOD).
No more discipline.
No more parental contact.
No more meetings.
No more assistance toward the other staff.
No more students coming to my room asking for help.
No more using my pencil sharpener.
No more asking me for pencils and pens.
No more paper.
No more use of my microwave or fridge.

The above list is not exhaustive but is all I can think of specifically at the moment. Just wait, you will get yours and don't come crying to me when you need some help.

Some of the things in print from other sources.

This is something that has come from the Ohio Revised Code in recent months, which has a direct affiliation with everything I have written.

ORC Section 3314.35
Ohio's Value-Added System and Community School Closures due toPoor Academic Performance
Background:
Expected gains has been replaced by the value-added system.
Language and Impact: Valued-added performance measures and state designations (ratings) will be used to determine which community schools will be required to permanently close and applies to any community school that meets ONE of the following sets of criteria after July 1, 2008.
A school will permanently close at the end of the school year during which the school first becomes subject to 3314.35 as a result of meeting ONE of the following sets of criteria:
SET ONE

• The school meets ALL of the following conditions:
» Offers any grade level between 4 and 8 but not higher than 9.
» The school has been rated in Academic Emergency for 3 consecutive sdhool years.
» For 2 of the 3 consecutive school years that the school was rated in Academic Emergency, the school made less than one standard year of academic growth in either reading or
,
math under the state of Ohio's Value-added system.
OR

SET TWO
• The school meets ALL of the following conditions:
;, Offers any grade level between 10 and 12.
;, The school has been rated in Academic Emergency for 3 consecutive school years.
;, For 2 of the 3 consecutive school years that the school was rated in Academic Emergency, the school made less than two standard years of academic growth in either reading or math under the state of Ohio's Value-added system.
Or
• The school does not offer any of grades 4 through 12 and has been rated in Academic Emergency for four consecutive school years.
The sponsor and governing authority will be required to comply with the community school closing procedures. Additionally, the governing authority will not be allowed to enter into a contract with any other sponsor.
Caveat:
The Ohio Department of Education is tasked with determining the feasibility of using the valued-added performance measure in assessing the academic performance of schools meeting the second set of criteria, i.e. offering any grade level between 10 and 12. If ODE determines that it is not feasible to use the value-added performance measure in this manner, such a school will be required to permanently close only if it has been rated in Academic Emergency for four consecutive school years. Drop-out/prevention and recovery program waiver from valueadded/ school closure
ORC Section 3314.36
This new section defines community schools which serve a majority of students who are enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program and may be granted a "waiver" from permanent closure conditions described in Section 3314.35
Background: New legislative requirements describe conditions under which poor-performing community schools are closed. New Section 3314.36 clarifies conditions specific to drop-out recovery schools. Language and Impact: Section 3314.35 defines conditions under which community schools shall be permanently closed and cites schools which qualify for a waiver by the department under Section 3314.36
as the exception to these conditions. Section 3314.36 specifies the conditions under which such a waiver may be granted:
D Firstl the majority of students in the school must be enrolled in a dropout prevention and recovery program.
D SecondlYI the program must serve students not younger than sixteen years of age and not older than twenty-one years of age.
D The program must also enroll students who are (either or
both): at least one grade level behind their cohort age groups or; experience crises that significantly interfere with their academic progress such that they are prevented from continuing their traditional programs.
o The school's educational program requires students to attain
at least the applicable score designated for each of the tests prescribed under division (B) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code.
D The program develops an individual career plan for the
student that specifies the student's 90a1s to either enter a two-year degree programl acquire a business and industry credential or to enter an apprenticeship.
D The program provides counseling and support for the student related to the plan developed above during the remainder of the student's high school experience.
D Prior to receiving the waiverl the program must submit an instructional plan that demonstrates how the academic content standards will be taught and assessed.
If the school meets all of the above conditionsl the department must grant the waiver within sixty days after the school applies for the waiver. If the department does not aC( to either grant or deny the waiver within sixty daysl the waiver shall be considered granted. The department shall not grant a waiver to any community school that did not qualify for such a waiver when it initially began operationsl unless the state board of education approves the waiver.

Let us re-visit September

Look back, my friends, at September 18th of this year. There was a post regarding the negotiations I was going through. I asked them fro extra money to run this program more correctly but they refused. Well... as I thought would happen, I have two kids now to tutor which will in truth allow me to make more moeny from them than I had originally asked. Good going you fucking idiots. It is so easy.... You all do this to yourselves at each and verey turn but think no one is watching. Guess what??????????????????????????

The letter to the owner

Here is my proposal from last November. It seems as though, shockingly enough, they weren't really listening were they???


I would like it known from the outset that I am writing from a personal professional level regarding the current state of the Center-Based High School. I cannot assume that I speak for anyone else. I understand that (this) is both a business and an educational facility and would like to present a tidy, quiet, respectful area allowing for the program to be more easily sold to prospective parents and/or investors, however I feel we are missing an integral part of the special education student body.

All of the students in the high school, and I have had dealings with each and every student since the beginning of this year, are decent kids. In my opinion, this has been the best group of kids I have EVER had the pleasure of helping. The decision has been made to remove these children, and I do not want to make any waves about that. However, I would like to try to show people what can be done with these particular students that have been “removed” from the center-based program. (Regardless of our perspective, each student feels as though he/she has been “kicked out.”)

I have worked with kids since I was just a kid myself. In fact, I was part of a tutoring program with 1st graders when I was in 6th grade. I was also an unidentified, by school processes, Emotionally Disturbed child from about eleven onward. I can hope that the previous gives you an understanding as to why I feel I can make some things work that others cannot. I not only understand these students, I WAS one of them. I grew up in a single parent household on public assistance. I share a similar experience as well as having the educational background for 31 years. (I was also more or less a parent from about the age of 12 after Mom had to work). I have two adult sons who have gone through the teenage years and one 19 year-old godson who is actually from this very area, Glenville. Clearly, my qualifications are evident.

Being a matriculated educator and having been in the field since 1988, I have more educational experience than anyone else in the high school and most of the school as a whole. Special Education is not only my forte, but my passion as a born advocate for the, “less fortunate.” Let us sit down and talk so we can come up with something that will serve the, “bad kids,” as well as the supposed good ones. After all, we know that once the bad kids are gone, one or more of the good kids has to become the bad kid(s).

I have a general idea as to what is needed but require space, a budget, at least two other teachers to start, and supplies. I figure we would probably start with about 15 students, as that is the approximate number moved from the center-based program, which should be the cap for the time being. I would need support staff, a “quiet room,” the ability to be within the area most of the time, a schedule that is set but flexible, and a certain amount of autonomy to create and update the program as is needed.
11/29/2006

NEXT>>>>>>>

I told you all about the asinine riot on Thursday last, but did not say anything, I don't think, about the killing of a 15 year old girl who used to be one of ours and has many siblings that still go here. When asked, by a former student, if there was something that was to be done to memorialize this student whom had been killed over the weekend, in fact just one day after the riot, the owner of this company, in one of her usual, "What? The kids? Who the fuck are they and why should it matter to me," mannerisms, told that requesting woman, "NO! She isn't one of ours anymore."

The unfeeling and absolute self-serving nature of this incredible BITCH is incomprehensible to me.

Next this is we have been smelling the adhesive needed to put down tiles in the 1st floor west area of the school for the past three days. I have read the labels which call for "proper ventilation." Well, guess what, NOTHING was open. This is making me feel as though it is time to pass out. I do not want myself nor the kids to have to deal with this shit.

COME ON, NOW soon there will be no one left that knows how to deal with my kids. Therefore they will no longer have an advocate. BUT, I must get the hell out of here.

OH, by the way, I got an email,... you know what, I think I might just start posting them here to see what you all think about them. Wait a minute, let me try this.

John,
Y requested for you to know exactly where you are on your paperwork to ODE and your masters work. We need this information by this Friday. If we don't have that answer we will assume you are not conforming to the VSH standards for a teacher status and cannot have you employed here. I would really hate to see that happen. Please communicate with us so we know all is in order.

There it is!!!! Now mind you, if you look back you will know, I have been dealing with the Y person for some time now regarding pay, etc. AND you might know I am one of only about six people within the high and middle schools actually having a license. Plus, the Y woman only asked last week while I had to wait for her more than three months to get a decent answer. Hmmmm?? Is it about what is good for the kids???? Fuck no!!! It is about what is good for the owner and her cadre of "community members."

I am going to make the attempt to paste all of the emails I have received, hopefully in the correct order and with my responses, here in the next weeks or so. Please keep up with me. Thanks.

Let us try another:

The fucking riot!!

On the 18th of October, the most strange thing I have ever seen, happened while I was right in the middle of it. Our school, if you want to call it that, was the very proud owner of a damned RIOT. There had to have been somewhere near 40 kids, 90% of them ours, fighting each other for some reason or another.

the next thing

have I told you lately that i hate you....??? have i told you there's something sucky below you? is there some thing that makes no sense to anyone in the real world that makes you want to scream???? I know there should be. I want you all to be aware. The latest bunch of bullshit is that a friend of mine has recently left. Shockingly enough, it has to do with the fact that she was dealing with the money, SATAN, and was fucked with to the point of, "LATER." At one point I gave the scummy bitch the proverbial finger. She is so ensconsed in her own world that she didn't even know she was being slammed. Such is the life of a self important bitch.

Anyway, I was running the show in a unit no-where near of my ideal, as you all should have already known. I had an idea and it was bastardized to something beyond all recognition. Well, the bastardization took full force yesterday, though it was already coming last week. I am the person to whom all calls have come for the last seven weeks, but now, because those who know all and think they ARE all, have come up with a solution, which should scare anyone with some German background, that is sure to work. They have decided, in their ultimate wisdom, to change everything yet again.

Old R, no need to go any further with the name because everyone knowing alrady knows, came donw and started yelling at the kids. His purpose, supposedly, was to get everything organized. The fact was this, as has already been stated: I could have EASILY gotten thing organized had I been given the roper tools. Those tools would have included such minor things as: Staff, (It usually works much better whe you have SOMEONE to work in the rooms with the kids)Computers (we are a computer based school after all), Paper ( Who would think you would need that?), Pencils (Do I need to say it?), Chairs(I won't even try), Tables (???), etc. SO>>> he decided that putting klids, arbitrari;y in rooms would work. I had already done so but they changed the hours on us AGAIN, so I was wrong.

I was more than willing to admit they were right, because there was no other way to do anything, BUT not about everything. AGAIN, as I have stated and can unequivocally prove, I have more Special Education background and knowledge than ANYONE in the ENTIRE organization, but these fuckheads continue to "tell" me that I need to talk to. "Special Ed,"before I make certain changes. I know what needs to be done, legally. They say stupid shit such as:, "All we need is a change of placement form and everything is fine." NO!!!!!!!!!!! That is fucking wrong. If there is any chaneg of placement, there needs to, LEGALLY, be a new IEP and, of course, meeting with the parents. It does not necessarily have to be a, "Sit down, face to face," meeting, but it does have to be done and signed, again as an update. Fucking shit like this is only common sense. You don't make changes to a LEGAL document without the consent of ALL patries. VSH thinks that is not them because they do it all the time. In fact, I have been asked, on more than one occassion to "post-date" a document. I have refused and told them in no uncertain terms the reason. The "Owner, NS, told me, "you will do so or you will not get your check at the end of the year." To which I replied that I could not give her a specific time frame, as an IEP stands for INDIVIDUAL, which, by definition, does not stand for any specified length of time. She needs to be told that she does not know the ins and outs of the process just because she has gone through a couple of classes. I do not know everything and would never act as though, BUT I HAVE been writing these since the early 90s. Fuck you and your idiototic psuedo knowledge.

My understanding, as of earlier today, is that the State has released funding that they had, "put on hold," for this entity. I made the inquiry, not to the queen cunt, that why should the kid suffer, not that they have not already, just because the state was investigating the cunt. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that it was because of our Attorney General Marc Dann. That, to me, made no sense. I thought that senor Dann was out to protect the Ohio consumer, and stiil do believe so. In fact, Governor Strickland is also about the regulation of these schools that are STEALING taxpayer money and doing things that are hidden. I heard that NS was being bitched at about having kids in a building on Monticello in Cleveland Hieghts up until 10-09-2007. I heard her say that such a thing was not true..

Guess what??? She fucking lied. Those kids were hurriedly brought to 736 Lakeside in Cleveland on 10-10-2007. They had never been ther prior to that. Also, you might want to check on the building called, MOSDOS on Taylor Road across from Severance Center in Cleveland Heights. That's fucking hers as well. I do not want to see my kids suffer, any more, but thay will continue to do so under some scum like this. Her little pet kids get things that my kids could never dream of, although they have a "cheerleader," that atempts to state what is right with her status. She needs to burn in hell, which will happen according to my belief in divine retribution.

This latest post has been a ramble, but I hope you all understand>>>> My kids need some one giving a SHIT about them. No one would negate others' needs. if they have a caring bone in the body, but the absolute differences in the manner in which each group is treated cannot be ignored. They have been in the, "Monticello Building," until today, 10-10-2007, with air conditioning, while we, the black folk, have been at the Lakeside building without even fans to help us be just a slight bit more cool, that is except for the fans that our instructors, and we only have one that is licensed, brought from home. Is there a discrepancy??? You bet your fucking ass there is.

People have been told to stay away from me. That is correct!!!! If you value your,"Life," with NECHA, then you better stay with it, BUT, if you value, "LIFE," over her, then let us move on.

The last thing I want to address is the FUCKHEAD that decided to take over my unit. (I know what some of you are saying in the, "UNIT," thing but just shut the fuck up about it, damn it.) I know that it was not his idea because he has not had a creative idea in the entire time I have known him. He just does what the, "queen cunt," tells him he should. One more time, cunt mama, and her little prego cunt, decided to change the world. It had nothing to do with the best thing for the kids (why would they give a meandering SHIT about them?). They changed the times. The parents have been annoyed about this and I have had to take the brunt.

I have done what I could to respectfully request that some student move on to another placement, meaning another school. I have had success in about seven kids. I was told that those not wanting to leave would be, "expelled." Good idea!!!!!!! The only problem with that might be that NO ONE has done ANYTHING that could have been considered an expellable offense. Yes, it's true, some kids (and I know it is difficult to call a 275 pound six foot seven person a kid.) have been quite the pain in the ass, but they do not require expulsion. FUCKIN A. It would have taken a fight with a principal in my day to be expelled. These fuckers are strangely willing to comply with directives when given an ultimatum regarding graduation or..."the streets." Truthfully, some would prefer the streets, but, although most people thinking they know the city kids would deny this, most of the, "kids," I know do not want that life. Most have seen or know of someone who has either been jailed, and I know enough of them as well, or is dead, and I only know about six of them. Come on guys ( and girls)!!! I know you need to be tough to live where ever you are, BUT can you Not tell everyone else to fuck off?? If all the decent kids ganged up on the assholes, the world would begin to change. You, my children, have the power. You can make it change. Holy shit, I feel like Michael Jackson. (No, Not in that way you freaking pervert!!!)

My unit

Now I want to get down to my unit. I made a proposal sometime last spring, early, to come up with a program that would help those of our kids with special educational needs be more successful. This was not to be for the lower functioning kids as they already have a great deal of protection in place, if their parents would only use that protection. My purpose was to help the kids that actually had a clue and were very possibly able to go on, not only to college, to bigger and better things. The problem with many, is that the traditional idea of school is archaic. The. "sit in class, listen to the instructor, do the classwork and homework, go to the next class, blah, blah, blah," shit does not really work for some kids, so..... I came up with an idea. It is not original by any means as others have found some degree of success with the same concept. I only tried to tailor it to the kids I know.

Here was the "concept." I wanted to allow these particular children to work strictly on their computer curriculum and work at their own pace. If they completed a certain number of lessons, they would be able to leave or go home and work on more whatever was best for them and their parents. I have five kids last year for whom this worked very well. My thought was to expand the program to about twenty of thirty with paraprofessionals in the room for added assistance as needed. Well, let me tell you, that is not what happened. (I know, you are completely fucking shocked aren't you?)

When it came down to me, actually in May or maybe even earlier, I was not even informed. In fact, one of my colleagues, whom I think is wonderful, told me she had heard of the' "rumor," that they wanted me to run a program such as that I had proposed. When I finally asked the person with the proverbial power about the "rumor" she stated that it was a fact, BUT, it was to be done in "their" way. Of course, I immediately knew it would not be pretty. I allowed her to talk, then told her why it would not work. She wanted to put 20 to 25 kids, mind you these kids already have issues with the manner in which education is provided at the present time, in a room together (don't forget these are high school kids and some a quite large) to work on the computer. On a regular 8 foot table they wanted to put three computer and, obviously, three kids. What the fuck???? I would have freaked having to be the fucking close to somebody all day.

Then, she wanted a section for middle school and high school. I worked with middle school kids for 15 years and do not like how needy they are anymore, I know it is my advancing age, but, I digress, and I do not want to really work with them now. Se was talking about 50 each, which means 100 at a time and two shortened day sessions so about 200 kids. I worked in the high school last year and we had 7 adults, plus me and the head of high school, with less than 50 kids, AND these were the, "good," kids. How can anyone with a brain, or even 1/4 of one, think that something like what she wanted would be good for any-fucking-body? I told her that no more than 10 to 12 should be in a room and that that number was WAY to high to make it work well. She said that this was the only way to make it work. I told her that I disagreed and left it at that.
(Quickly, I did the job of high school special education coordinator last year for a ridiculously low salary and they did not even OFFER me more money to head a program of 4 times the kids. Not only was it not offered, they wanted to give me less, but that has already been discussed.)

I went through, "negotiations" with regard to salary beginning in June and lasting until into September. Each offer was the same fucking thing. I think that some money people think that the rest of us are idiots and that we will give in just because the repackage the same fucking numbers. I, for one, was not having it. In fact, when I was offered the "extra" $1000.00 for an extra 360 hours and more, I actually chuckled and asked, "You're not really serious, are you?" She, obviously, took me for some kind of imbecile that just fell of the proverbial turnip truck. I know I keep re-hashing this but, damn it, they are a bunch of penny-pinching fuck-wads. Anyway, the reason I brought this up again is that I did not agree to take the job until the absolute last minute due to the lack of pay. I offered many options of which none were agrred upon UNTIL I acted as if I were beggin. Surprisingly enough, she came up with EXACTLY what I had proposed. Since it was HER idea, though, it was OK. Enough said. (still not enough, but much better than the original "offer").

We began, as is usualy for these idiots, without having any idea what students would be where. I was told, the first day of school, that I only had 10 kids on the"books." I had at least 15 that first day and more than ten were added each day for the next five. Remember, I was the ONLY person working my unit at that time. I finally had to tell the enrollment girls to STOP. They said that they needed the OK for the owner and the "head of school" in order to listen to me. The quantity of kids with one person was, and will always be, until the imminent collapse of society, illegal, but, when you are "the most important and special person in the world," little things such as "the law" are not meant for you, only for the lower life forms (in your fucking inhuman mind). It took me more than two weeks to get some other body in my unit, though, I was promised, before the beginning of school, that I would have paraprofessionals already hired to work with my kids. OH MY! No fucking shit! They screwed the kids again in the name of the almighty dollar.


This is enough for now. I will be back to it as soon as I can.

Let us go back to the differences.

I want to quickly re-visit the differences in the manner in which some of the kids are treated. I had the "audacity" to go downstairs to the soon to be new unit for the Jewish kids. Before I go on, I want you to know this is through no fault of the kids themselves because they have nothing to do with it. While we run around trying to find fans, water and even a working bathroom for our kids, the new unit is shaping up to be wonderfully appointed. I suppose I need to inform you that I do inspections of commercial and private buildings on the side, so I do know a bit about construction. I have also done flooring in the recent past.

What I saw made my heart hurt for MY kids, which are, of course, your kids as well. Although things are not yet complete, it can be easily seen that there is definite disparity. Most of my kids are black and poor while the others are white, Jewish and not so poor. Anyway, while walking around I noticed that this area, which should not really be thought of a a basement because there are windows which look out into the side yard, as the landscaping has a slope down to the bottom of the floor, is set to be quite impressive. There is a great deal of CENTRAL AIR duct work throughout the entire area. There is wall-to-wall carpeting. There is a bathroom which has new ceramic 12 x 12 tiles, or a measure close to that, as I did not actually measure. There is an area where there are cabinets and a sink which will probably be used for something like a Home Economics class, and the base is done correctly with the carpeting used on the floor. Upstairs we have nothing. The bathrooms don't even have stalls. In fact, in my particular area, the boys and girls have to share a one stall bathroom with only a toilet and no urinal. I don't know about you, BUT, to me, this is an absolute case of, while not necessarily racism because we DO have a few, "white," kids, elitism. Some THINKING that certain children are "BETTER" than others. Is this the fucking 50s? This is the shit where we really need Jesse fucking Jackson or Al, "Yes, I really am an idiot with supremely bad hair," Sharpton to get on the story. I am going to attempt to post some photos to show you all what the new area looks like at this moment. I will, hopefully, get some pictures of the area we inhabit as soon as possible. Next week is my intention.

For those of you whom have knowledge of the place in which this is happening, I know you will fell my pain. For those of you whom have not yet been exposed to this travesty, wait for a couple of days and you WILL be absolutely appalled.

those fucking... I can't even express my absolute disgust.....

What they have done to the kids.

Now I want to let you know what has been done to the kids by this fucking racist ownership. Some of this may be reiteration, but bare with me (is that the correct form of bare? I can never remember.).

From the beginning of last school year, 06-07, the kids, as well as the staff (to which I have alluded before and will speak of again) have gotten the proverbial shaft in more ways than just money. The beginning of the school years 06-07 and 07-08 were both fraught with disorganization and un-needed drama. Last year no one knew what students we would have for the first two weeks. This year it is much the same. The girls in enrollment, not through any true fault of their own because they listen to the skank-bitch owner and her lackey, the supposed "head of school," keep on bringing in more students (more kids equals more money, you know). The students then are told to arrive at school BUT no one yet has a schedule. This is NOT the way to run a school. In every other school I have worked or been a student, you get a schedule BEFORE you enter the area in which you belong. In other words you sign up get a schedule then go to your classes as scheduled. What is the fucking difficulty here? That is of course rhetorical because we all know it is the money-grubbing bitch who runs the show. Whether or not things run smoothly is not her concern.

Her concern is only that she get enough money to upgrade the building they bought, thereby ensuring that something of this venture has some return (the kids will get her no return on investment which is why we have no fucking supplies, BUT the building becomes an asset when this ridiculous, on its third year of academic emergency, bullshit entity finally implodes). They can use that against their fines, etc. But, they probably won't be fined because those in power such as this rarely lose. We, the people in the trenches working and toiling every day, meaning the kids as well as the educators here who actually give a shit, are the folks that ultimately lose.

More later about the specifics of my program.

Specifically the negotiations????

I have been involved in the education field since I was in 6th grade, working with the first grade kids. It has been a calling ever since in various ways. At first I thought I wanted to get into juvenile justice because I was on probation as a snotty-assed teenager. Then I thought it would be a bit better to get to the kids BEFORE they got to be that teenaged know-it-all. Ah-ha!!! Education was the answer, AT LEAST I THOUGHT SO UNTIL I ACTUALLY GOT INTO THE CLASSROOM. Anyway, to make this part of the story more succinct, suffice it to say I have a huge amount of experience in the field of education. I was in sixth grade in 1976 so go ahead and do the math.

While running for city council in my newly adopted town, I decided it was time to get back into the field after a five year hiatus, which was precipitated by four unholy and horrendous years in the Cleveland Municipal School District.

I applied and was hired at a school in Cleveland Heights. Neither the city nor the building owners, as well as those businesses surrounding, wanted us there so they ultimately forced us to move. Before this happened, I blew them off for about two months. I was hired in about August or early September but kept putting them off until after the election which was the first week of November. I didn't even call them for weeks at a time, but, when I lost and everything was back to normal, I called and was immediately welcomed aboard as a contractor on a 1099. The 1099 concept, though completely foreign to these fucking idiots, generally means that one is bound only by the job to be completed. These imbeciles thought they could bully people into believing their take, which forced folks to follow their schedule and rules. Every attorney to whom I spoke said the whole idea of an independent contractor, 1099 worker, was that they perform the job but in whatever manner they deemed necessary. No work for no pay. They wanted various things that had no baring on the performance of the job such as CPR, TB test, weekly meetings, etc. I balked at them all and only complied with one because the motherfuckers held my check until I got my CPR certification. It is not a bad thing to have but there is no way it can be considered a requirement in the grand scheme. I suppose it could for a regular employee, but not for a contractor. That's enough background because I think you get what they are all about.

Specifically, I have stayed because I let my license lapse, which, of course has not suddenly negated my knowledge, but has, I guess, made me taboo in the eyes of the great State of Ohio, those are another bunch of fucking jerk-offs. I "negotiated" with the money lady who is so tight you can hear her squeak when she walks. She listens to absolutely nothing. If it was not her idea it is not anything at all. There was a proposal for a new type of unit, not overall but for this school, which I submitted about February of last school year, 06-07. It entailed a smaller sized environment which would serve the "At-Risk" population of High School students. Those with potential but without the social and/or academic skills to function in the "regular" environment. Everyone liked the idea, but, as with everything I have ever seen in the education field, no one let alone. Each person whom got his or her, mostly her, hands on it added more change, which as it now stands is something I would never have agreed to, let alone proposed. In fact, I do not think it has any basis in reality or legality, but, as usual, I digress.

Last year I negotiated for a salary because I am really bad about doing taxes myself. I got the salary but it was so small I had to have it given to me in 10 months instead of 12 so I could pay for my mortgage. I have no benefits or anything with that. (Remember, I have over 17 year's worth of experience which is more than ANYONE else in the building.) This year, they asked me to increase my student load by 3 times and run the program. Last year I was more like a counselor and assistant principal for approximately 40 kids. This year I have a staff of four, but should be at least 8 and over 120 kids so far. Last year my hours were from 8:30 until 3:45 for approximately 185 days. This year they WANTED me to be there from 7:30 until at least 5:30 every day AND work for and extra 37 days WITHOUT a raise. OH, they offered me a raise which was a measly $1300 dollars for the lengthened year which worked out to something like $3 per pay then they offered me $1000.00 over that for the extra 2.5 hours each day which worked out to less than $1 per hour. This is insulting and should make them embarrassed. BUT they are so set in their odd little world that they do not see it as wrong. The pay I would have taken home would have been less than the previous year. In fact, if I had taken them up on their, "generous," offer of 1/2 of health insurance, it would have been so small I could not have even hoped to supplement the income due to ridiculous hours and days. Imagine a mortgage payment of $1200 and figure it out for yourself. It would have been impossible to do anything BUT pay the mortgage. Then there is vehicle, gas, heat, water, electricity and, don't even think I don't need some type of recreation because we all do. What in the FUCK are these dick wads thinking?????

I AM dedicated to working to help kids make themselves the best they can be BUT I have absolutely no dedication to the scum-fuckers that run the school. They obviously want the lowest common denominator working with their population, so... I have told all the kids I can to leave and find some place that might actually help them to learn. They all want me to stay and help them but I cannot afford to. $6000 more a year and I would do it, in fact I told them they should just pay me the contractor price of $20.00 per hour for the extra two and one half hours and be done with it, but this is fucking highway robbery being perpetrated against hard-working kind-hearted individuals. FUCK you all!!!!!! (I did also suggest that all I would need to do is come up with a kid or two to tutor and would make up what I want anyway. They basically scoffed at the idea. We will see.)

Read on for the things they have done to the kids thus far this year other than the "special" place for the Jewish kids which is horrendously racist.

2007-2008 Beginning

I knew this was going to be a shitty beginning when I was stuck in bullshit "negotiations" with some idiotic, thinks she's smarter than everyone else, fanatical religious nutcase, "I know because you can't possibly have a clue," bitch all summer. I gave her thousands of chances and ideas but she decided not to listen. I do, after all, have more experience in my particular field than EVERYONE else in this mother-fucking organization. But, I see, that is not important when you know everything there is to know about everything in the world because you grew up in a sheltered universe and think you are "the great white (Orthodox Jewish) hope." I am rarely prejudiced against a group of people but these folks are more than 65% the rudest most haughty people I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. In fact, since my early years and hearing about the Holocaust, I have always said I was probably Jewish back in my bloodline. Well, if it was Orthodoxy, I would renounce in less than a second because of those I have met. Don't get me wrong there a a few of this group I have talked with and consider friends but not many. I hope this is a very strange grouping, but I fear not. I will always give someone the benefit of the doubt but will not let anyone walk over me or mine without them knowing where I stand. AND.... The following IS where I stand.

All summer long I have been in "negotiations" with the money lady, and I use the word lady very loosely because I have a difficult time believing that this being is even human, along with her boss, The Queen Bitch. Anyway, these negotiations have to do with my extensive experience and education in my field. I know I do not have the old license I used to have as I let it lapse, BUT that does not negate my experience in any way shape or form. In their eyes, though, someone who has their first license, meaning just out of college, is more worthy for their program than me with a great deal of experience. Well, when I leave, which will be as soon as is possible, they can have their cake and eat it, too AND watch my ass walking out of the fucking door. Because of the money-grubbing attitude of the ownership and "upper-eschelon" of the worthless piece-of-shit school, nothing gets done correctly. It is all about "How many kids can I get in here," and "Let's evaluate them so we can get more money." Special education, after all, allows schools to get more money per student. If a child can be identified as Special Ed, the school gets a bigger chunk of change. Look at the files, my friends, they will tell you a story you might want to read. Every child is tested upon entering our school and most are, surprise surprise surprise, found to have some sort of disability. Good going. Way to make money, even if it is about you and ABSOLUTELY NOT about what is best for the kids. You and your Tree of Knowledge wouldn't know how to educate our children if it was the last thing you had to do on Earth. If I had kids in your establishment, I would have sued you a long time ago you racist fucking BITCH! But they don't want to pay me. I do not even make $25,000 a year which is insulting.

Your little Jewish girls in the enrollment office as well as the girls in the very nice and carpeted basement rooms, are proof of your absolute inability to understand your population. We are in the city you fucking idiot. We should have some women or men that know the city enrolling our students, not some little Orthodox girls who grew up in a very select enclave. I cannot believe you are that fucking stupid, but it shines through every fucking day. I have not despised a person so much since my divorce but you go beyond even that. You are scum that has no purpose on this planet and I hope one day people find out what you have done. I want to see you fall and will probably be the biggest cheerleader when it happens.

My diatribe aside, I will now give some more specifics. Check the next post for more.

the latest

The time has come for me to say what really needs to be spoken. I absolutely HATE the fact that some people take credit where no credit is due. This has not yet happened, as far as I know, but I am positive it will. I know I have let some people know about the place I work, or shall I say spend a great deal of time for SHIT money, but this fucking idiocy takes the proverbial cake….

The children, they are not really children at this point in their lives, decided we needed a prom, which we did. No one within the administration gave the prom a positive in any way.
Factually, it was put out to every high school person that someone, anyone, could help and/or do prom. I took it on. I have no problem doing what I can for my “kids”
Others, it seems, do. This prom was financed by ME, and a few of my friends. The school, which should have done everything in its power, did NOTHING. Horribly, the people who run, and own, the school made it difficult to even to raise funds to ensure the event would even be able to happen. I can tell you specifics… You may have been able to read them before; I want to cut to the proverbial “chase.”


There are, I assume, people within the administration that would like for the kids to do well. (I have a fear that they do not think of anything but themselves, but I digress.) BUT, I think there are more people whom would like noting more than to ensure that they can have a bit more money so they can go to Israel, because of their Jewish heritage, rather than do what they can, or are able. I can definitely feel the ramble here, but bear with me.

Nothing was offered to me in order to make this dance work. I can tell you that things were, in fact (I hate to over use this phrase, but it must be done.) downright awful such as: every time I tried to get funding, the woman who owns the company wanted my fund-raising money to go to some unknown account. I decided to disagree and refuse, though she did not know. She still has over $100.00 that is prom money. I asked her to cut a check and she said, “NO!” How in the world can anyone think they have the right to tell someone that raised money they cannot get that money?

I run a store within the school that actually makes money. We gross about $150.00 each day. The business manager of the store requested some money for the prom but the owner of the school, mind you, the money we net is supposed to go only to the high school (could prom be something for the high school?) and the athletic department, once again told her “NO.” None of us, meaning high school and athletics, have seen one red cent. We have made over $4000.00 since the inception of the store that is run wholly by students, who get no pay, and ourselves, who also get no pay, but rather than act as if she cares, the owner keeps the money somewhere and gives us headaches.

In my mind, things will get back to her at some point, She has got to be one of the most incredibly RUDE people I have ever had the displeasure of having to meet. She thinks she knows everything there is to know about everything. The woman even had the audacity to say to one of our fellows, whom had a carjacking incident, “What is that?” We work in Glenville, which is one of the highest crime areas in Cleveland and she said that!!!!! This fucking woman is so out of touch with reality that I cannot even imagine her mindset.

The rude factor is something I cannot ignore. I remember something she said last year, when we were at a building that we got kicked out of, regarding being nice and polite to the people with whim we meet on a daily basis, meaning parents and such. The next Monday, because her speech was on a Friday, She walked by four people and then me without saying one word. Every one of us had said hello to her but she, because she acts as if she is more important than anyone else, just kept on moving. This, my friends, is the owner of a school. There is no more human centered business in the world than a school, but this CUNT is too into herself to even talk to her “underlings.”

Next step: People who think they know things by going to classes recently should be forced to speak with people who have been doing the work for YEARS. My case(s) in point are as follows: IEPs are the bane of my existence, but a necessary evil. I have been writing them since 1992, therefore I might have a clue as to how they need to be done, you might think. BUT these fucking idiots, with their newfound (lack of) knowledge, have the audacity to tell me what I need to do to stay in compliance with the state requirements. The first thing they forget is the FACT that I will never do anything that would put my credentials, legally, in jeopardy, which obviously means that I will do things in accordance with the rules. The second thing they do not realize is that I alone have the experience writing these Godforsaken documents above EVERY other person in the employ of the company. But, alas, I am not one of their “chosen people.” I am but an infidel or something. I guess that 15 years of writing and knowledge is not enough for their single year. The person that runs the department, though I absolutely love her, didn’t even write one of these before 2005. She is the one attempting to tell me what to do. Again, I love the woman, she is a great person, but she does not know how to make the document worth a shit. I don’t even want to think about this part right now.

Back to prom….. There were only a few people I can consider helpful in this endeavor. The first person on my list is Nichole Carpenter. This woman, coming in to our fucked up world late, has been nothing but a dream to me. She works her ass off and really loves MY kids. She has been hooked-up with some, in my mind, shady people, but has her heart in the right place and will do VERY well in this profession. (My sadness is that she will get sick of the bullshit inherent in the profession and will find something better to do with her life) Amelia Gray, Jodie Dalrymple, Dominique Williams, Latrell Saulsberry (the best helper a person could ever have), Caroline Lebel-Smith (my Frannnch friend) Irene and Jordan Javier (thank you so much) and Ms. Mills, Shurray and Sune Stamper, Benitra Fair, Samathryn Witham, and anyone else I may have forgotten. OOPS, the parents, too. Ms. Evans and the mother of LaNeise and Terese, sorry, I do not know the correct name and that Title guy that Nichole brought (honestly, dude, take a proverbial chill pill and have some fun. No one needs a stick-in-the mud. Why, by the way, did you find it necessary to bitch about the parking situation upon entering the lot? Also, why would you think, after being told, that you should go start eating MY food? The food was for the kids and came out of my pocket, but you were the first person I saw with something on a plate. Are you that fucking stupid?). The rest of you can go fuck yourselves. Our supposed head of the high school never showed up or even called. The owner was the same. At least the head of the school came for a moment, and decided that she should tell me to call the DJ, fuck face that he was, because I probably didn’t know what to do but needed her input when the fucker left the kids without music for the first hour. I am glad you all came; this includes Maggie, the head of the elementary school (she showed up but the head of the high school didn’t, what’s up with that?), Molly Mokros, the high school English teacher. No other high school teachers showed nor helped, fuck you guys, too. Oh, and I almost forgot my favorite new Title person, even though she abandoned me for those evil title brats, Ms…..


Prom worked, thank you very much, but it was not for anyone but my crew and me. I know you imbeciles will try to take credit, but you cannot. I did it with the help of those mentioned above. No one else had ANYTHING to do with it. My kids were incredibly well dressed and acted in a manner befitting their ability. I would take any of them with me anywhere I might go. I know they could handle themselves in a manner worth their while. You guys fucking ROCK. I love you all more than you will ever know. I even had to leave the festivities for a while because I started to cry over the incredible wonder you all showed me. LaGena, you are incredible, thank you. I cannot wait to find out what you will do in the future. Martika, fucking wow, you are a wonderful person. Thank you for being you.


Dominique, what can I say, I am never worried about what you can do. I ask from you and I receive. You have NEVER let me down and I do not think you ever would. I know I have not been very nice lately, but you need to know I not only care about you, I want the very best and will do what I can to make that happen. You are like a son, so don’t fuck up.


Latrell: I am sooooo impressed with you. You found your way to us, dressed to the nines I might add, and never complained. Everything I asked you to do, you did without question. I could only wish my kids were like you, they weren’t. I hope the world will appreciate you as time goes on because I do. I wish the world for you and hope nothing bad ever happens. If there is ever anything I can do for you, please let me know, because I will.

Is there any????

Sometimes, I wonder if there is any use in what I write? It DOES give me the chance to vent, but I have other avenues for that. I hope, somewhat cautiously, that people read what I have to say here in this one. The others I want everyoone to read. This particular blog could cause a stir that would make my jop a bit tenuous. Oh, well. I hope people realize this is not a lie. Nothing I have written here-in is less than the truth or my opinion about such. The staff here is phenomonal, at least some of them. The upper administration of the company, though, is awful. Some teachers, also, need to leave. I'll get to that later.

OGTs

The Ohio Graduation Testing is the State's manner of checking to see what it is a school is doing and whether or not it is doing it right. In that way of thinking, one would expect that the school would do everything in its power to make sure the kids feel comfortable and are ready to test. Once again, this is not the case around here. In fact, the owners of this establishment would rather send the testing students wandering around trying to find somewhere to take the test, of course making it less than good, than have a set place that is conducive to testing. No! It is more important the the CEO and cronies thereof are comfortable. Good thinking! Wow, will they ever get it? I think not. Of course, that is until the money is taken away, because, at least here, it is all about the money. The kids and what is best for them do not even seem to register on the radar of the people who run this place. The above, is EXACTLY why I stay. Someone has to be their advocate.

The beginning of this fiasco

I can't even name this one

What the Fuck?

I have to get this out before I explode. I cannot understand how is any way, shape, or form some people get to be where they are in life. For instance, and I will not name any names, but those of you who know me will have no problem figuring out the person about whom I write, there is someone I have to deal with regularly who should not be involved in what she is. (Is that nebulous enough?)I wonder how some people get their power. Currently I know of a person in the education filed that has absolutely no right to be there. This person, and I really use the word lightly because it is so haughty and rude that it does not deserve to be considered part of the humanity I know and love. I will give you specifics when I have more time to write.I will give you all a very current "for instance," as of 2/20/2007. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, the elected US Representative for the eleventh district, which is where the facility is situated, came for a visit in the morning. There was a great deal of preparation including: tour guides, presentations, introductions, and a question and answer session. There were also, on the dark and very educationally unsound side, kids who were told NOT to go to the assembly as well as kids who were SENT HOME due to being out of dress code, for reasons not entirely their fault. But, I digress. the students giving the tour were attempting to do just that when, lo and behold, the CEO of this educational farce decided to do a bit of selling to the Congresswoman. In her wonderful and very toothy manner, Stephanie looked at this CEO and politely, if somewhat snidely, said that the two girls were supposed to be giving her the tour of the building so the CEO should let the girls do what they were supposed to do without her interruption. This type of thing is a constant occurrence. The CEO thinks she is above EVERYONE else in any situation, as the above case proves. I cannot understand why parents and others have not staged an incredibly virulent revolt against her because she consistently even talks down to them, not as much as her staff though.There will be more... I finally, today after trying to get this ungainly thing together since just after Thanksgiving, decided, even though I do not yet even have chairs for all the students or handles for the doors, to begin my "emotionally disturbed" unit. Do and Da have already begun and are ready to learn. I have been getting the proverbial lip service regarding the beginning of the program since the time mentioned above, so, as usual, I took it upon myself to do what was educationally correct. The students planning on beginning the program have been "spinning wheels" rather than doing anything that would help them learn. I could no longer let that be, so.... I started them anyway.I just found out today, 2/21, that both the head of school and Ceo left for some conference in Florida while the rest of us a reeling from an impending state audit. Thanks for the help fearful leaders. If we make it through this audit, we did it ourselves WITHOUT anything for which you deserve credit sans coming up with the concept.Here we go again! According to the immediate supervisor, I have more background in this field than he or any other person on the staff except maybe one (He also knows what my parameters were, and still are, in order to make this program work as stated before I even agreed to form it. It was my idea to begin with but after a month or so it was brought back to me as if someone else's idea, not unlike many businesses.), the wonderful CEO decided to say it was good I finally got the program going...because... one of the other people could use the placement for some of his students. I said from the beginning it would go as I wished because it was my program. I said I would have NO MORE THAN five, because I have to be in three different rooms and more than that would defeat the entire purpose. I said that they would be high school, these new ones that I WILL NOT agree to, are to be middle school. I said that they would be above average in at least one of the measurable intelligences, I do not know anything about these others. I said I needed to take it slow and only work with those I hand-picked because I wanted to ensure the success of the student(s). Once again, I am getting no backing, even though there is an electronic trail months long. Everyone is afraid of this ....thing. I have already stated to one of the students that he may be the ultimate loser in the situation. If I am forced to take on more than I know I can, he will not get what I should be able to offer. If I refuse, she will find a way to either make me quit or fire me. Either way, unless my immediate supervisors step in to back me, the people most in need, the students, will again lose to her arrogance and incompetence.

This ongoing load of shit has become so all encompassing that it needs its own damned blog.