Now that the strike is over and teachers are back in school, it’s a good time to visit the story of David Corral, the UNO charter school teacher summarily fired after he notified officials of a “mock rape” in the boys’ locker room.
His first year at UNO went so well that Rangel signed him to another one-year contract, raising his salary to $52,000.
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On the other hand, Rangel keeps teachers in line with a host of rigid rules and regulations, like mandating that teachers record attendance no more than five minutes after class starts.
Afterward, he started class. That’s when he noticed that one boy—call him Jerry—was missing, though he’d been in the gym for attendance.
Ishmael was clothed, so it wasn’t skin on skin—one student called it a “mock rape.” In resisting the attack, Jerry fell on the ground and feigned injury so the boys would stop.
In short, he was fired for not doing what couldn’t be done. “It’s physically impossible to be in the boys’ locker room, the girls’ locker room, and the gym at the same time,” he says.
“Like a teacher going into their office to do attendance?” Rangel responded.
