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seems strange that two people spelled "wear" wrong...
On 3/29/15, Rose7 wrote:
> I am going to assume here you are at MS 223 in district 7? If you
> are, that school is a mess and the Principal is out of his mind.
> He just does anything he wants to do even if it means violating a
> teacher's rights. They constantly overstep their authority and are
> are protected by the Superintendent. He only hires first year
> teaching fellows that are scared to speak up at that school and
> that is why he gets away with so much. Carmen Fariņa is a regular
> at that school. They are always being reported for a million
> things to OSI and nothing ever happens. Other schools would be on
> the news for the stuff my friends tell me goes on there. The
> principal DOES have a dress code. If you are a man you MUST ware a
> tie or they will get rid of you so I am told. The principal has
> also been reported to the NYS Department of Human Rights in the
> past for many things like discrimination against pregnant
> employees and other violations. Under FOIL you may be able to read
> about it. He gets away with lot and the Superintendent protects
> the principal. I never worked in that school but I know two young
> ladies who have one is still there. Good Luck!
> On 3/28/15, I would say to wear whatever you want... wrote:
>> ...as long as it's in good taste.
>>
>> Let each staff member use his or her own judgment.
>>
>>
> www.huffingtonpost.com/rae-pica/a-dress-code-for-
teachers_b_2458791.html?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/28/15, Since you asked wrote:
>>> On the issue of the dress code, follow it. It's not a hill to
>>> die on and the union can't support you on this. If you need
>>> to wear shoes that don't conform to the dress code for
>>> medical reasons, get a note from your doctor.
>>>
>>> On the other unspecified issues; document, document, document
>>> until you have a burden of proof and then try your union
>>> again.
>>>
>>> On 3/27/15, new teacher wrote:
>>>> Our principal at our Bronx School in District 7 enforces a
>>>> dress code on all teachers. All men have to ware business
>>>> attire tie,dress pants,no sneakers and women must ware
>>>> business attire as well. If we don't don't follow this
>>>> "dress code" we are harassed and intimidated by admin. In
>>>> some cases he would give us a "U" for not doing what he
>>>> asks. What should we do about this? Everyone is afraid to
>>>> speak up and he has been doing other things also that are
>>>> unethical and in many case illegal. The UFT seems to be
>>>> useless and we all feel we are at a loss. Any suggestions?

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