What is going on in the Bloomfield School District??? This is unbelievable! According to several reliable sources, a woman of color who is employed by the Bloomfield Public School District has been harassed, assaulted, and discriminated against for advocating for students, informing management of her harassment and assaults, as well as questioning certain policies which specifically targets minorities. Sources state that since reporting these matters to management she was targeted and ostracized as the mistreatment towards her intensified. Sources indicated that she was then retaliated against, threatened financially, and subjected to hostile working conditions. It is the belief of many, that the actions being taken against this woman are deliberate and systematically done, in order to deter other employees from reporting incidents of sexual harassment and racial discrimination.
Sources have reported that the individual who is originally from Bloomfield and grew up in the Bloomfield School District, took a job with the district about 4 years ago. She would purchase lunch for students who could not afford it, stayed after school to tutor students falling behind in their classes, and assisted present and past students with job search and resume writing. In the 4 years she has been working with the district, she has never been disciplined or received any negative evaluations. Sources indicated that after learning that two minority students had been called racial epithets by a teacher, she reported that incident as well as other unethical and discriminatory practices to school officials and was reprimanded for doing so. Sources revealed that she was then subjected to insidious behaviors. For example, being told by an employee to keep silent about any retaliatory methods that were being used against her.
Stay tuned for part two where you will hear about the sexual harassment that this individual was also subjected to
Local activists led by Cornell Lewis are looking into this case, and are considering further actions in her defense.
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