Well, I resigned from my job yesterday and I’ve taken a new one in a new district.
VERY long story short - I was targeted by admin once my health declined, with my supervisor even breaking FMLA law by repeatedly contacting me and even asking me to do work. She even tried to terminate me while I was still on medical leave. I came back to a hostile work environment. She tried again to terminate me at the end of the school year by falsely accusing me of lying about a very minor error. I went through the process with my union and a union lawyer, and we have counters to all their claims and evidence they repeatedly lied. Basically, admin was not even attempting to deal in good faith. So, instead of going to a final meeting today where said principal would have likely immediately formally terminated me, I resigned and stated in my letter that it was due to a hostile work environment. I had gone to a couple interviews during all this. Two interviews and two job offers. Fuck yeah.
It will be less pay at the new job and it’s not a classroom teacher, but I never really got a real recovery period having been forced back to work before I was ready and thrown into the fire. A little less responsibility isn't a bad thing because it won’t be as hard on my body. Plus, this district LOVES to promote from within. I’ll get back into a classroom again. Even better, my new building is AIR-CONDITIONED.
And yes, I know I have one HELL of a lawsuit - FMLA violations and retaliation, medical discrimination, hostile work environment, and possibly even defamation. Fuck, this district didn’t even fire a teacher who SHOVED a kid. I was getting fired for a data error on an irrelevant form that no one will ever look at again. My union head told me to keep in touch because even though I‘m no longer part of that union now, they’d back me to help prevent this shit from EVER happening to anyone else.
