Cobble Hill letter to klein - Special Commissioner of Investigation

Hon. J. I. Klein -58- June 26, 2007
“unleashed Ms. Capra” on him. In a second letter, Nobile accused Capra
of retaliating against him and George of cooperating with her. 209 In the
third document, an amended version of the second, Nobile elaborated
upon his accusations against Capra. 210
• May 8, 2004 – Nobile wrote an e-mail to the NYSED stating: “Principal
and AP Capra know that they are guilty.”
• May 10, 2004 – in a letter to George, Nobile stated he was amending his
May 6 th letter of grievance pertaining to Capra’s April 15, 2004,
observation and advised George “[i]f you do not immediately remove Ms.
Capra as my supervisor, you are collaborating in her corrupt retaliation.”
• May 11, 2004 – Jill Bloomberg, Regional Instructional Specialist for
Region 8, reviewed Nobile and, in a document dated May 17, 2004, she
gave him a “U” rating.
• May 11, 2004 – in a letter to Capra, Nobile referred to Capra’s May 6 th
letter regarding informal visit to his classroom the previous day. 211 He
concluded this letter with: “Finally, your effort to U me out of the school
system will boomerang. Count on it.” 212
• May 13, 2004 – the UFT requested an investigation claiming that Nobile
had been subjected to harassment by Capra and that George and Lyles had
not taken adequate steps to resolve the situation.
• May 13, 2004 – Nobile wrote to the NYSED claiming that “[George]
orchestrated a coverup as Ms. Capra orchestrated the crime.” Nobile
stated he would be going to talk to Scarcella about George.
209 Nobile also stated that he was grieving Capra’s April 15, 2004, observation.
210 In the caption of the third letter, Nobile wrote that he was grieving Capra’s April 15, 2004, observation.
Nobile added that the document was amended and submitted May 10 th .
211 “First, you are a cheat.... Second, you are cruel. According to your email dated March 12, 2003, you
ordered me to produce twelve lesson plans overnight on the day that I was out at Sloan Kettering with my
terminally ill wife …. Third, you are dishonest. You told me that you would observe my HAM 5 class
during 6 th period on March 10, 2003. Instead you jumped the gun and observed me 4 th period when you
knew I was unprepared…. Fourth, you are an unfair and poisonous manager.... As Mr. Vince Leardi,
one of your favorite teachers, emailed the Principal on April 7, 2004: ‘It also seems like the history dept.
bears all the burden of U observations and that many of them are for personal reasons.’… Fifth, you are
unfit to be an Assistant Principal.” The emphasis was in Nobile’s correspondence.
212 Two days later, Capra was removed from the school.