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Thursday, June 7, 2012

LAUSD'S HUMAN RESOURCES HEAD VIVIAN EKCHIAN IN MY MEMORY - Perdaily.com

LAUSD'S HUMAN RESOURCES HEAD VIVIAN EKCHIAN IN MY MEMORY - Perdaily.com:


LAUSD'S HUMAN RESOURCES HEAD VIVIAN EKCHIAN IN MY MEMORY

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(Mensaje se repite en Español)

(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)


Since the regrettable Miramonte child molestation scandal, the numbers of teachers that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is targeting, harassing, and summarily removing on bogus charges has exploded as Superintendent John Deasy and others in charge at LAUSD try to use this administratively allowed scandal as a pretext for removing as many high priced teachers as possible. This has created a culture of fear at LAUSD where t\hose attacked tend to allow LAUSD to frame the conversation while trying to defend themselves against trumped up charges. This is a big mistake.

Yesterday, when I appeared at the LAUSD Board meeting to speak against theproposed settlement of the Scot Graham - Ramon Cortines sexual harassment