Re: Experienced Teachers Need Not Apply in Gallup

Posted by Tom Tracey on 11/15/06

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On 7/05/06, GK wrote:
> WOW!
>
> New teaching hiring only?? Great, just what Gallup needs. I
> started my career in the GMCS working on the rez and I was
> horrified by some of the teachers I taught with.
>
> On 6/20/06, The Bluetail Fly wrote:
>> YIKES!! The Gallup Independent had a recent article about
> a
>> rez school teacher with 37 years of experience who was run
>> out of the district because she had more than two pets.
> She
>> was living in her own personal trailer near the school, but
>> the district came up with a rule limiting pets to two, and
>> no grandfathering for current employees. The union
>> president was quoted as saying the district may be
> returning
>> to its "new teacher only" hiring policy. The supe said not
>> true. Who do YOU believe?


The Gallup Schools is so dysfunctional it's in the twilight
zone. I taught sped in N.M. for 38 years and for them twice.
The last time I was there a BD kiid tried to stab me and the
district covered it up completely. I gave a thirty day legal
notice and accepted a position elsewhere. Mr. Robert Gomez,
former Supt. blackballed me and it is still in effect today.
They continue to malign my reputation all these years later.

I am the bad guy because of an assault by a BD student?
Strange how that worked.

Take the case of a former principal at Navajo Elem. Instead
of firing him for incompetence, they promoted him to Central
Office so he could get his retirement. Quite a good old boy
club in Gallup's Central office, but no concern for teachers
or students.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• Experienced Teachers Need Not Apply in Gallup, 6/20/06, by The Bluetail Fly.
• Re: Experienced Teachers Need Not Apply in Gallup, 7/05/06, by GK.
• Re: Experienced Teachers Need Not Apply in Gallup, 11/15/06, by Tom Tracey.