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“Fear of Reprisal” – the Poisonous Culture in the Seattle School District under Supt. Goodloe-Johnson | Seattle Education 2010

“Fear of Reprisal” – the Poisonous Culture in the Seattle School District under Supt. Goodloe-Johnson | Seattle Education 2010

“Fear of Reprisal” – the Poisonous Culture in the Seattle School District under Supt. Goodloe-Johnson

“Fear of reprisal.” This is one of the reasons cited in the recently released state audit for why people within Seattle School District central office didn’t speak up about the district’s obviously shady Regional Small Business Development Program.

To those of us within or closely watching the district, we know exactly what the report is referring to.

The Seattle School District is currently infected by a pervasive, poisonous attitude in which dissent or whistle-blowing is met with retaliation, not