Having a 30-day paid vacation sounds pretty good. Time to catch up on reading, chores, all of those little things.
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She has been sitting at home waiting for Tuesday, October 7, when Cardona will be the subject of discussion by the Douglas Unified School District Governing Board about her continued employment.
In a draft list of charges presented to Cardona by messenger, she is accused of insubordination, not following proper bid procedures, and violated staff ethics.
According to the documentation, Cardona "complained" that she could not work with the other coordinator, who was supposed to train her.
Cardona said the relationship between her and the trainer was very oppressive and restrictive from the beginning.
Eventually the two were separated and Cardona was assigned to Douglas High School, Clawson and Stevenson.
According to the charges from the school, "On August 13, Ms. Cardona sent an email to the principals at her assigned school directing them to "quickly" provide her with a long list of items. Due in part to the incredible burden these requests placed on the principals, on the same day Ms. Cardona's supervisor (Leanne Marston, Director, Office of School Improvement, verbally directed Ms. Cardona to henceforth refrain from giving directions to administrative staff without prior approval; Ms. Cardona was further specifically instructed to copy her supervisor on each and every email communication she sent to administrators (this directive is the same requirement made of all OSI employees). At that meeting, Ms. Cardona was also verbally directed by her supervisor to henceforth refrain from airing criticism of other employees or of the District in any manner not designed to improve the District, in compliance with Governing Board Policy GBEA, regarding staff ethics."
There is no supporting email or other documentation Cardona said she received concerning the conversation with Marston.
Cardona said in the letter she wasn't providing a "directive" to the principals. "I was simply asking questions about their situation so I could do my job better."
In the letter, Cardona introduces herself, and in an introductory paragraph says "In order for me to make sure that we are up to speed with providing teachers the required tools to complete the technology part of teaching and assessing students, I need some information from the three of you; your quick response will be greatly appreciated."
Cardona asked for a list of teachers and students in the schools; what technology is available; computer lab information and if there were media services available in the DHS library. Also, what programs do the students and teacher need to access now."
"I don't understand how this is a directive, I just asked a few questions," Cardona said.
In an email back from Marston, Cardona is told, not directed or scolded, "This is a whole lot to ask of the principals - you can get 90 percent of this information from Javier. I am worried that you won't get the information you need if you wait for the overworked principals to answer you.
"Again, thank you for taking the initiative and getting started."
The charges also refer to derogatory comments made by Cardona in an email. In a response to Judy Riddle on August 13, when says, "Hang in there Judy, we will make it through the machine."
"It was not intended as a derogatory statement. When I got here, CTE Director Rob Doctor said 'Welcome to the machine.' "
Most of the backup documentation refers to Cardona failing to CC Marston on her email correspondence.
Cardona did admit that she did mistakenly ask teachers about the need for L-shaped computer desks and apologized if it appeared she was bypassing the bidding procedures.
"I just wanted to do my job. What I saw with regards to technical computer education training was a joke," she said.
Since her suspension, Cardona has since filed a complaint with the Cochise County Department of Environment Health Systems about the filthy keyboards in the schools.
She had prepared a PowerPoint presentation on how to clean classroom computer using alcohol and canned air. She was later chastised, because alcohol of any kind is not allowed in the classrooms.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Central Administration Office on 12th Street.
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