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Hon. J. I. Klein -56- June 26, 2007 in September and mentioned it to you again in January when you reversed your decision to monitor her pre-obs, post-obs and obs to protect me from her all too obvious bias. At that time, in Ms. Levy’s office, you stated that a year end Unsatisfactory was a ‘very remote’ possibility. 200 Well, it doesn’t seem so remote any longer.” • March 27, 2004 – George gave Nobile a “U” rating. 201 • March 27, 2004 – Nobile sent an e-mail to the NYSED alleging cheating on the scoring of the Regents at Cobble Hill. 202 • March 29, 2004 – Nobile sent an e-mail to the NYSED claiming to have “further information about cheating in June 2003.” • March 31, 2004 – Nobile wrote to inform the NYSED about the George letter which the principal had the teachers sign. • April 4, 2004 – Nobile wrote to Lyles claiming he felt there was a “coverup” regarding his allegation of Regents cheating. 203 • April 4, 2004 – Nobile sent the “cover-up” communication to the NYSED, but re-dated it April 5, 2004. 204 • April 14, 2004 – Nobile wrote a complaint alleging harassment by Capra. • April 15, 2004 – Nobile wrote to inform George that Leardi told him that Capra wanted certain teachers excluded from the grading sessions. Nobile also claimed that Leardi did not want to publish his e-mail address. 205 • April 16, 2004 – Capra observed Nobile and gave him a “U” rating. 200 Reesa Levy was then an assistant principal at Cobble Hill. 201 This observation date cannot be accurate because March 27, 2004, was a Saturday. 202 Nobile failed to report any of this alleged activity to SCI. 203 Nobile failed to report any of this alleged activity to SCI. April 4, 2004, is the date of the Leardi letter. 204 On April 6, 2004, a representative from the NYSED wrote to inform Lyles that Nobile had alleged scoring concerns pertaining to the June 2003 Global History and Geography Regents and the June 2003 United States History and Government Regents. 205 On April 7, 2004, in a letter to George, Leardi said that it seemed that George wanted the issue of Regents cheating “to go away.” On April 12, 2004, Region 8 faxed the “Leardi letter” to SCI. On April 15, 2004, OSI received the “Leardi letter” from SCI.
Hon. J. I. Klein -57- June 26, 2007 • April 16, 2004 – in a letter to George, Nobile claimed that the principal had Nobile’s “eyewitness testimony that Ms. Capra operated a massive grade-changing scheme in 2002 and 2003….” 206 In the same document, Nobile accused George and Capra of setting him up with a year-end “U” that would strip him of his teaching license. • April 18, 2004 – in a letter to George, Nobile stated that he was working with the union to gain immunity for teachers. • April 20, 2004 – in an e-mail from Nobile to the NYSED, entitled “Coverup at Cobble Hill,” Nobile wrote: “had you not stepped in, my allegation would have died at the Region level.” • April 29, 2004 – in an e-mail to Nobile, Leardi stated that he attempted to contact Capra to give her an “opportunity to explain her intent and interpretation of the situation.” • April 30, 2004 – in a memo to George and Pelles, Nobile complained about his February 10, 2004, unsatisfactory observation by Capra. • April 30, 2004 – at a Step I grievance hearing regarding Capra’s February 10, 2004, observation of Nobile for which he received a “U” rating, Nobile’s grievance was denied. • May 5, 2004 – Capra conducted an informal observation of Nobile’s classroom. 207 • May 6, 2004 – in a letter to Nobile, Capra documented her May 5 th observation of him and noted that Nobile had ignored her previous recommendations. • May 6, 2004 – Nobile wrote three letters to George. In one, Nobile wrote that, in October 2003, Nobile asked George not to have Capra observe him and George agreed, but that, in January 2004, George permitted Capra to observe him. 208 Nobile asserted that George “without warning” had 206 Nobile’s testimony at the George proceeding contradicted this written claim. 207 On this date, Scarcella appeared at Cobble Hill and conducted “informal” interviews with George and the teachers. He first met Nobile on this date. 208 Nobile also stated that he was grieving Capra’s March 24, 2004, observation.
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