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After reading the different comments here I decided to ask my two children and their friends, all former Gorton students, about what has been happening at Gorton over the past several years. The first thing they told me was that a lot of people Mr. Taylor deals with seem to get fired. So, to say he has no leverage in who gets fired, I'm not sure that is true. First, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Atoyan, Mr. Shepherd and Miss Grolay were all let go while Mr. Taylor was principal. Also, the superintendent, Director of Secondary and the district lawyer / HR head all were let go as well. That is public knowledge from the press. When I specifically ask the kids about Mr. Atoyan they said right up until he left he had students alone in his room for lunch and he took kids on a field trip out of state to Conn. This does not seem that he was being monitored closely. Some of these kids had Mr. Atoyan and they never saw Mr. Taylor dropping in to classes and checking up on things. My Childern had very positive experiences at Gorton and that was because of the teachers.

Of course, Mr. Taylor's supporters are jumping to his defense, but let's not try and say these other people are disgruntled Gorton teachers. Can't taxpayers have an opinion? Can't parents have an opinion? Let's just jump on the "bash the teachers" bandwagon because that just seems to be the thing to do right now. Everyone has a right to their opinion. Let's just see what the report has to say.