My reply was simple;"What?" "Were you there?" My daughter quickly replied; "I was in my classroom. I had nothing to do with that or with what any of my admin were doing in the parking lots."
After a brief back and forth Q & A she writes; "So dumb, Like, there are easily a hundred parents that could tell him I was in my classroom because I was, you know, doing Back to School Night, not harassing people in parking lots. And I wouldn't have even bothered to intervene... Why do they feel like they have to drag me into this when YOU'RE the one poking, not me? I have stayed decided out of all of it. I don't comment. I don't speak. I don't blast them on social media. RADIO SILENCE. And YET. WHY. Like, I am so furious and upset now that I can barely focus and I have so much work to do and now I am on the verge of crying because I just don't like feeling attacked this way when I have done NOTHING."
After talking to her for a bit, trying to calm her and provide support, I told her I would do some digging and find out what was going on. My daughter was simply told Charles Sellers filed a formal complaint, naming her as one of the employees who "harassed" Kimberley Beatty's husband as he placed political flyers on vehicles parked in the parking lots of Poway High, during Back to School Night.
I made some inquires the next day. What I discovered is extremely appalling. I learned that Charles Sellers filed a formal complaint on behalf of Kimberley Beatty's husband. The complaint alleged the Assistant Principle, Athletic Director, my daughter and "possibly another teacher" harassed Beatty's husband in the parking lot as he was placing flyers on cars.
The story relayed to me went something like this....
The AD is walking to his classroom and sees someone weaving in and out of cars. He is wondering what the person is doing. He walks toward the person but the campus supervisor and AP, together in a golf cart, drive up to the person. The AP gets out of the cart and asks the person what he is doing. The person is putting political flyers on the windshields of vehicles.The AP asks if the person has permission and the person said "yes." The AP asks for the persons name and address (Identifies himself as Ned Beatty) and then asks if the person will come back and pick up the flyers on the ground after back to school night (knowing most will be tossed onto the ground by owners of these vehicles). The AP does not know who "Beatty" is. Beatty's husband walks away, but returns and asks the AP if he is going to tell the other 4 or 5 people leaving flyers if they will pick up the flyers/trash. The AP tells Beatty he is the first one he has seen doing this activity. Beatty presses the issue and repeatedly asks the AP if he is going to ask the others. The AP responds each time, Beatty is the first person he has seen. During this encounter, the Athletic Director stood by the golf cart with the campus supervisor. At some point, a female AP came over but did not engage in the conversation. Ned Beatty finally walked away and the two AP's, campus supervisor and AD went about their business.
Charles Sellers was not present at this encounter between Ned Beatty and staff. Charles Sellers is a sitting Trustee for the Board of Education for Poway Schools. Charles Sellers made a complaint of harassment against an employee of the district that is without merit and completely false. It appears the only named individual was my daughter, who Charles Sellers named by name.
So, how did it come to be that my daughter’s name appeared in an e-mail to Dr. Robinson, sent by Charles Sellers, alleging my daughter had harassed Ned Beatty. It is my understanding my daughter was the only person to be identified by name. The others were identified by their position, not name. My daughter was not present in the parking lot during the encounter with Ned Beatty. My daughter and Ned Beatty have never met. There is no reason Ned Beatty would utter my daughter's name, as he does not know her and I am confident, does not know of her either. I don’t believe Charles Sellers was present during the encounter either. So, again, how is it that my daughter, a teacher in this district, was named by name, in a complaint by Charles Sellers, on behalf of Ned Beatty?
There is a process in place for members of the community to file complaints. Article 4, Section 4.106 of Board Policy, which was modified as recently as May 31, 2016, states in its first sentence; “It shall be the policy of the Board of Education to manage complaints from parents, students, or patrons, against employees of the District through a well-conceived and defined procedure.”
I will assume Section 4.106.1 is that “well-conceived and defined procedure” which spells out succinctly the process for filing a complaint against a district employee. It would be foolish of me to assume Charles Sellers has read, understands and abides by the procedures spelled out in this section. He clearly does not follow the procedure as it is written.
The fact Charles Sellers penned an e-mail for the purpose of filing a complaint, on behalf of Ned Beatty, is egregious in and of itself. To besmirch a teacher, whose name Charles Sellers pulled from who knows where, and file a baseless, unfounded and libelous complaint, is deplorable and unacceptable. These actions have created, in my daughter's mind, a hostile work environment. To be attacked, defamed and besmirched by a Trustee, without justification or merit, has had a profound effect on her physically and emotionally.
I am calling on this Board to take action against Charles Sellers for his actions. Continued or repeated accusations against employees of the District by Charles Sellers is having a negative effect on students and education. His actions will also subject the District to litigation for the libelous and defaming allegations he puts forth and the hostile environment he is creating.
The process in 4.106.1, was put in place for a reason. It is there to protect the district, ensure the rights of employees are protected and to allow persons with legitimate complaints to be heard. In this case, I believe Charles Sellers is using this process as vengeance. I call on this Board to censure Charles Sellers and show the students, employees, voters, taxpayers and my daughter, these actions will not be tolerated.
As a sitting Trustee, Sellers fills many roles. One is as an adjudicator of discipline and hearing officer for appeals of findings as well as discipline. Sellers has ignored Board Policy and involved himself in an incident he had no business involving himself in. His actions are a clear conflict of interest and an abuse of power.
I spoke at Tuesday (September 13, 2016) nights Board meeting about this issue. I called upon the Board to sanction Charles Sellers. I do not hold out any hope this will occur as I do not believe the current Board has the testicular fortitude to hold itself or anyone specifically on this Board accountable for their actions or words. This incident is but one of many where Charles Sellers has made allegations against an employee of the District or yelled at or attacked verbally.
Charles Sellers is a pompous ass and bully. He attempts to intimidate, threaten and bully people to get his way. His biggest supporters are Keith "Jobby" Wilson and the Gobshite Garniers. Charles Sellers in an ineffectual Board member and always will be. Why? Because his habitual lack of success is self inflicted by his demeanor and intellect. I really should say "Lack of Intellect" in the case of Charles Sellers. He attempts to portray a higher intellect, but habitually fails.
Charles Sellers e-mail, accusing my daughter of harassing Ned Beatty was a clear act of vengeance, not lost on me. I will repeat what I said to Charles Sellers at the conclusion of my comments;
As a sitting Trustee, Sellers fills many roles. One is as an adjudicator of discipline and hearing officer for appeals of findings as well as discipline. Sellers has ignored Board Policy and involved himself in an incident he had no business involving himself in. His actions are a clear conflict of interest and an abuse of power.
I spoke at Tuesday (September 13, 2016) nights Board meeting about this issue. I called upon the Board to sanction Charles Sellers. I do not hold out any hope this will occur as I do not believe the current Board has the testicular fortitude to hold itself or anyone specifically on this Board accountable for their actions or words. This incident is but one of many where Charles Sellers has made allegations against an employee of the District or yelled at or attacked verbally.
Charles Sellers is a pompous ass and bully. He attempts to intimidate, threaten and bully people to get his way. His biggest supporters are Keith "Jobby" Wilson and the Gobshite Garniers. Charles Sellers in an ineffectual Board member and always will be. Why? Because his habitual lack of success is self inflicted by his demeanor and intellect. I really should say "Lack of Intellect" in the case of Charles Sellers. He attempts to portray a higher intellect, but habitually fails.
Charles Sellers e-mail, accusing my daughter of harassing Ned Beatty was a clear act of vengeance, not lost on me. I will repeat what I said to Charles Sellers at the conclusion of my comments;
Charles, my daughter is way out of your league. She simply wants to teach children. You have an issue with me, I'm right here. You leave her out of this.
I can relate to this. I have watched Charles Sellers yell and scream at employees. At the end of the school board meeting in August, Sellers came into the audience and approached Tim Purvis and began screaming at him. A man named Brian Epperson was standing there and had to step in front of Sellers to protect Tim Purvis. Tim had said and done nothing other than stand to clap for something that apparently Sellers did not think deserved such approval. Sellers yelled at Tim telling him he was an employee of the district and he needed to keep his ass in the chair at board meetings and know who he worked for. I and many others in the area were absolutely dumb founded. Why has nothing been done about this? Why has Sellers been allowed to do this to employees. There are many, many other incidents of Sellers yelling at employees and demanding they be fired because they refused his orders. The man is a complete a-hole. Why hasn't he been the subject of a re-call?
ReplyDeleteSellers attacked Tim Purvis after a meeting of the board in August. Sellers was yelling at him and a community member stepped in to break it up and tell Sellers to stop. There were at least 10 other district employees there who witnessed this assault. When will something be done about this man? He is a bully.
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