Cheryl McLaughlin wrote:
>
> > PEGGY WEEKS wrote:
> > > OCR must investigate all claims under those statutes they enforce. They
> I'm said this before -- OCR"s investigation of a case I filed was a JOKE.
> > > do test for jurisdiction. OCR also does attempt negotiation, but both
> > > parties must agree.
>
> when we filed (3 years ago) it was called mediation. I am a trained
> mediator in a school system, and I am a first hand witness to the fact
> that OCR's version of "mediation" is NOT mediation.
> In our case, it was done only by phone, and the "mediator" who was also
> the "investigator" would phone us, then phone the univ. (the accused --
> athough I"m still not clear on legal terms, so bear with me), then phone
> us back. His investigation felt more like intimidation.
> He was an arguable person, he phoned me very early in the morning, even
> when I'd told him that I was home ill, he phoned me at work (which I'd
> said was ok) for lengthy conversations, then would phone me back 5 min.
> later. HE chipped away at me until there was nothing left.
>
> We "lost" the claim, as the univ. AFTER 9 months and $3000 in legal fees,
> finally removed the person in question from his position (resident advisor
> -- a student employed by the univ) about 3 weeks before the end of hte
> school year -- when it was far too little, far too late.
>
> a terrible, and truamatic situation -- one I would NEVER go through again,
> no matter how awful the circumstances were. His insensitivity felt almost
> as bad as the initial incident.
> Cheryl McLaughlin <mclaughl@cats1.admin.pps.pgh.pa.us>