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Removal of Eaton Principal Steven Eskay
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Anonymous
Dang. Good for the staff for standing up to that. |
Anonymous
I genuinely wonder if he is having some sort of mental health crisis. His background is all in SPED. That's like specifically his passion and the area that most of his previous work was in. I 100% do not believe he thinks it is a waste of manpower to educate children with special needs. I don't think the teachers are lying, obviously, but this is like a 180 from Payne. It's just... total cognitive dissonance. |
Anonymous
| Yes - this is what doesn't make sense. His background is in SPED. I am just genuniely confused! |
Anonymous
The letter seems pretty well documented with dates he said certain things. It is so incredibly unprofessional, it’s one thing for him to unload on his spouse and talk this way, another for him to talk about students and staff like that at school. We stand behind the teachers but I’m very sad about the situation, he seemed nice. |
Anonymous
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Examples from letter:
Disparaging language about students used publicly Calling students "assh*les" Mimicking a student's autistic mannerisms in mockery; referring to an autistic student regularly as "Rain Man" Saying that multiple staff used to supervise and contain an eloping student was a"waste of manpower" Telling parents about another student (not their child): "If this one student continues to behave this way, he will go to jail by the time he is 16" At recess outside: "What is wrong with this kid, what is his diagnosis to make a kid act like that?" Stating that students who were low in reading and math should be doing nothing else but practicing math or how to read. They shouldn't be allowed in specials or allowed to go to recess. He then threw out specific names of students he felt deserved to be treated like this. - March 29, 2023 When reviewing student work, reviewing a special education student exit ticket and said "I'm not sure what the f*ck is going on here." When referring to trans students, "Isn't trans just another word for gay or lesbian?" - May 9. 2023 Stating "Kids don't get depression" when discussing a student's challenges Disregarding children in crisis or addressing student needs inappropriately Lack of intervention when students are a danger to self or others - one student in crisis for 12 days without any principal intervention leaving a student in crisis under the care of the front office receptionist, in order to hold an impromptu meeting with staff attempting to support this student Asking non-medical staff to administer prescribed medicine to a student Confidential information about staff discussed publicly Discussing IMPACT scores and reports of teachers in front of other staff- April 26.2023 During an IMPACT conference sharing another teacher's scores and telling a staff member to "be more like them"-April 14. 2023 Referencing sensitive details about a staff member's employment and personal history to other staff members Verbal abuse o Multiple instances observed yelling at staff members in meetings o Multiple instances of staff reporting being yelled at while in an individual meeting- March 15. 2023 |
Anonymous
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Continued....
Disparaging language about staff used publicly calling teachers "f**king disasters" "f**king wrecks" and "f**king awful" in group settings and to individuals- April 12. 2023 and multiple other instances "She is just f**king stumbling her way through" when referring to a staff member Interrupting a standing team meeting to negatively discuss the lack of competency of Eaton"s after-school program staff Stating to a staff member that another teacher "is awful and has no place at Eaton";Stating in personal one-on-one meetings with additional staff that a specific teacher was not going to brought back next year. when that was not relevant to the staff member nor public information at the time -February 13. 2023 Referring to certain staff as "the good ones" with the implication that others are not good Violations of specific protocols related to hiring and budget Personnel Committee asked to interview three teachers for non-existent positions at our school - First notified March 26. 2023. interviews held Indicating to a current staff member that other candidates had been interviewed for their job. encouraging staff member to leave and look at other schools - April 14.2023 Offering a teacher"s position for next year to another teacher in the building, when there was not an existing opening - February 13. 2023 Budget submission. including excessing two staff positions. without LSAT protocols followed - Refer to WTU/DCPS Contract Section 39.2. 39.5 Continuing to attempt to excess two positions for budgetary reasons when budget was restored- Refer to WTU/DCPS Contract Section 39.7 Informally asking other staff members recommendations on hiring for two available positions (related to the excessed/restored positions)- Refer to WTU/DCPS Contract Section 39.7 Racial discrimination, gender discrimination, and misogyny "This might sound sexist but... I tell my wife all the time how women have a hard time advocating for themselves in the workplace." - April 25. 2023 "Unfortunately. we work in a field dominated by women and you can’t work with women because they are too emotional." Upon hearing of a grievance filed, immediately asking if two specific black female staff by name had filed the grievance Intimidation and bullying Revealing. "Are you surprised that I knew it was you?" when confronting a staff member who had filed a specific grievance; Stating. "Yeah. I have connections." when discussing how he caused that specific grievance to be delayed- April 27. 2023 Asking a staff member who needed to request leave to care for sick children. "which is more important. your job or your kids?" Mentioning "parent complaints" about their classroom to a specific teacher. without giving any specific details for a teacher to address When faced with criticism from a staff member. responding "You think people here don’t say bad things about you here?"- April 27. 2023 |
Anonymous
| Didn’t his principal announcement have some sketchy wording? I remember it being brought up on DCUM at the time |
Anonymous
| It’s kind of weird that he managed to go to William and Mary for undergraduate but then went to UDC for law school. |
Anonymous
I mean ... plenty of old school special ed teachers are horrible. |
Anonymous
Oh. My. God. I was wondering how they got 100% of any group to support anything. Now I understand. There is no way the inquiry and repercussions should end with the principal. The Instructional Superintendent needs to be reprimanded or fired. As does anyone else in Central who knew or should have known of the scale of the problem. Wow... |
Anonymous
| honestly, diagnosed mental or brain disorder? |
Anonymous
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So... he was targeting certain folks and interviewing for their positions before they'd even resigned? Shady AF. Let me take a wild guess - those positions are currently held by women/women of color.
His disgusting statements of the children ALONE should be enough to ensure that he never works in a school setting ever again. The teachers have my full support. |
Anonymous
He isn't a member of any bar in DMV, probably never passed. I'd leave that whole part out of my resume if I were him. 
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Anonymous
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A previous pp asked if DCPS was having ‘principal crisis’. Nope.
Every (disgusting) thing I read in that letter has happened at each school I worked at in DCPS. + more things you wouldn’t believe. What’s happening (hopefully!) now is that treachery aren’t cowering in the corner and staying quiet in the hopes of getting an IMPACT bonus. These principals in DCPS wouldn’t be hired anywhere else. |
Anonymous
| They change principle every year |