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I am a teacher at Galileo and have been in the district since 2012, under 6 principals. Dr. Rodgers has been the most responsive to staff, student, and parent concerns. She exemplifies what we call a “warm demander”.
Marloes supported: [Galileo HS] Save Dr. Rodgers!My personal story
On my first day of my first year of teaching in SFUSD in Francisco Middle school, a student threatened to put a grill mark on my face due to me asking him to put his phone away. My administrator at the time did nothing.
Soon after, I had two students bringing a knife to school and trading weapons in front of me. I reported it to the dean, the students only got the knife taken away. There were no consequences.
Later, me and my former colleagues in Francisco have received countless death threats from the same student and no consequences were enforced. The student was later allowed to graduate.
This student and other students have continued to curse at me, act defiantly, disregard the rules. I had to cater and bend over backwards to ensure this student is engaged even the slightest. This was at the cost of neglecting the students who wanted to learn as I was too focused trying to fix the negatives.
I have left the school with 4 new health problems: Diabetes, Osteoporosis, Heart palpitations (i was ordered to wear a heart monitor), and vision issues. All according to my doctor, due to stress.
Soon after, I moved to Aptos Middle School. There, I did not receive death threats but I did break up many fights for the first half of the school year. There were also a ton of students wandering the hallways.
As teachers, when kids show up with attendance issues, we are expected to catch them up. However, with excessive truancy, it means we must put much more effort into "remedying" the natural consequences of such behavior.
AT THE COST OF YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION.
We finally have a principal who understands that allowing a few students to spoil the academic opportunity for the rest of the class is unacceptable. She has worked really hard to make the school a place where we can FOCUS on teaching the students. I have never felt more like teacher and less of a babysitter. I feel supported by Dr. Rodgers. For the first time, I feel like I can focus on the students who are here to learn because I know the administration has my back in dealing with the behavioral problems.
That has been met with pushback from our teenagers.
I don't blame the teenagers, because statistically teenagers are still immature and cannot see the long-term bigger picture. As Parents, I implore you to do the right thing for our school and support Dr. Rodgers by signing this petition AND showing up to the Board of Education meeting on March 25th 5pm (555 Franklin Street) on the first floor, Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room.
I take all responsibility for the incoming questions and political pushback.
Edmund supported: [Galileo HS] Save Dr. Rodgers!I have been a paraeducator a Galileo high School since 2015. In her short time at Galileo Dr Rogers has brought warmth structure order and above all confidence to all. Please do not disrupt this. Dr Rodgers has brought vitality and commitment to all aspects of her work. It is infectious. I have never felt so confident in what I can bring as an educator to our students.
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