Throwing in the towel...

Hey Readers!! I've got some interesting things to discuss today. I have been completely busy with school, and preparing my lessons to work with the kindergarteners. Jefferson's Back to School was awesome. Pics coming soon. Here's what's going on now....



Fomer Director of Human Resources Garnell V. Bailey, is throwing in the towel. In a Courier News front page report, Bailey has filed a lawsuit against her past employers, claiming that Superintendent of Schools Steve Gallon III instituted a hostile not so friendly work environment after she reported a sexual harassment report against him.




The report was filed August 30th in Superior Court. Bailey's law suit alleges an incident before the opening of the 2009-2010 School Year resulting in her resgination as Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services. On August 27th, 2009 Bailey was informed by a district administrator that Gallon had been romanticly pursuing one of the district administrative secretaries, and this secretary felt that he (Gallon) was attempting to take a job "action" against her, because she refused his wants, says the report.



Looking deeper into the report, Bailey relayed this situation to a Board attorney, who then interviewed the secretary and then interviewed Gallon alone, then he again interviewed them together. The secretary came into Bailey's office after the interview and said she did NOT want to pursue the matter any futher.



Working conditions started to go down the drain when Gallon started to make working conditions a little bit too much to handle. During a district administrator's staff meeting, Gallon intended to publicly embarrass and humiliate Bailey, stated in the report. He started embarrasing her by stating "She is not doing her job, she's lacking." Claiming Gallon also locked her out of the Human Resources Department by changing the locks on doors and ultimately removing her from attending executive meetings, during which district personnel discussions.


REPORTING TO SOMEONE ELSE: By November 2009, Bailey was informed that human- resources staff who reported to her, now will be reporting to Gallon. Which would make them at a higher position than Bailey. A couple of weeks later, Bailey was gone as she looked for new employment due to the ruin of her reputation.


She is also suing board member Brenda L. Gilbert and former board member Christian Estevesz. Gilber could not be reached for comment, however Estevez said this, "Yeah. Whatever, I have free speech rights too." He claims Bailey is the reason for Gallon being tied to this personnel controversy.



MY PERSPECTIVE: I wonder what will happen with the case. I still think Gallon is responsible for this whole personnel controversy. He has to pay! As for Garnell Bailey, I am related to her through a side of my family; I won't say she is innocent, but she isn't guilty either. Dr. Gallon knew what he was doing from the beginning. As for the secretary, I totally believe he was pursuing her. That's my Perspective. Pics will be coming soon from Jefferson's Back to School Night.


COMING UP: Pics from Jefferson Schools's Back to School Night. Also, more on the new controversy. Your not gonna want to miss it.


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