Thread by @2014ORTOY

The Today Show interviewed parent's of my students
@MultnomahESD

Please read the interview and then consider contacting MESD. The district has never apologized for my students. They need to. Read this whole tweet chain to understand why.

Supervisors placed a 6'3" violent student in my MEDICALLY FRAGILE classroom. He began screaming at my girls in wheelchairs: YOUR PARENTS SHOULD HAVE KILLED YOU WHEN YOU WERE BORN. I'M GOING TO KILL YOU THE MINUTE MR B TURNS HIS BACK.

He then beat me to the ground.
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I was bitten, whipped, slapped, punched, whipped with a TV cord so hard I had the plug's prong marks on my face, arm and back, other staff too.

The violent student then said one of my girls was coming to his house the next day and he was going to kill her.
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Supervisors demanded I go to the hospital but I couldn't leave the room with no teacher and the violent student. I needed to notify parents of what they had seen. I had to make sure that girl didn't go to his house.

I was promised it would be taken care of.
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I went to the hospital. I was bandaged up, sent home where I sat in shock. This was only a few days before I was named Teacher of the Year. On Monday I asked the girl student what she did this weekend.

"I went to _______'s house."

I almost threw up.
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The district did NOT call the parents. The district did not tell the girl's family he said he was going to kill her. THEY DID NOT WARN HER.

They did not tell any of my families their kid had seen violence or been threatened.
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Supervisors told me telling the families would violate the violent student's rights.

The violent student screamed he was going to kill himself and ran for the busy road, Airport Way, next to the school.

This was not long after I had had a widow maker heart attack.
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I have never ran so fast in my life. I'm 50. He was 18 with legs much longer than mine. I caught him by the back of the shirt, three feet from the traffic filled street.

I will never know how I had that last burst of speed, leaping over bushes to get to him.
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He never should have been put in a place without security and supports. His death was almost on the hands of the supervisors. Two days until I was named Teacher of the Year.

I share that because I think they were trying to make sure the gay teacher didn't win that award.
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Supervisors at MESD, who have all moved now to other districts, did this. They were willing to sacrifice my students so they could have their revenge against gay people.

THIS IS why @MultnomahESD needs to apologize to my students.
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This is why I have kept fighting. My nonverbal students went home with no way to share why they were crying or so scared. Their parents didn't know someone had threatened to kill them.

The district exploited my kid's disabilities to keep parents from finding out.
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I sleep at night knowing EVERY single one of those people are no longer at MESD-but the current admin, I hope, will stand with me for these kids.

My kids can't tell their own story, but I can. And finally people are listening.

today.com/parents/parent…