IS IT TIME TO REPLACE THE LEADERSHIP AT CJTS ??

The emails to dcfplantation@gmail.com from employees of the Department of Children and Families are curious and informative. There are veins of dissatisfaction at Connecticut Juvenile Training School about the leadership. While perusing the emails it is apparent that employees consider Superintendent William Rosenbeck , Assistant Supt. John DiPilla, and scheduler and Supervisor of Operations Staff Dr. Ron Brone as expendable. There are several areas that CJTS employees site as reasons for changing leadership (1) Youth Service Officers signed a petition that caused DCF Commissioner Joette Katz to meet with YSOs. These same YSOs kept Rosenbeck out of the meeting, (2) a resident almost escaped from the facility due to staff not monitoring cameras in the Operations Staff office, (3) The suspension of three YSOs under the guise of Neglect of Duty for watching a computer when the real issue was targeting activist Cornell Lewis -this heavy handed discipline galvanized YSOs over the unfairness of this situation ( Cornell won the arbitration case, the other two returned to work), (4) There are inconsistencies in the scheduling at CJTS, causing YSOs to work two-three shifts in a row, (5) A person with no experience is placed in a position to run the girl's facility called Pueblo House and there is no consistency in how this place is being run. Now this same person hired to run Pueblo House is helping direct organizational structures at CJTS, (6) The mishandling of a transgender youth of color named Jane Doe, plus the escape of Jane during an off grounds therapy session, (7) The targeting off a black female Supervisor by white male leadership that led to filing of hostile workplace charges and racism.

Lastly,  the hushed rumors about  peccadilloes  ( a small sin or fault ) between male leadership with a female in management,  that went on for a period of time before the female was transferred. Now given all that has been discussed in this blog- is there any wonder people want changes in leadership??

contributed by staff writer Ajamu