logicbutton | Here's a thought.

So eteq sent me the article behind the cut (woman gets job as principal of our high school, people are displeased, woman is transferred, woman waits two years and then sues), I responded, he responded back:

I think this lady thrives on creating controversy - it doesn't matter
whether she really cares or not, as long as its controversial... did you
hear that she tried to form a group that was combating the "homosexual
promiscuity rampant in today's schools" (it was something like that
quote, anyway)...

And I was inspired.

...I haven't heard about the anti-gay-slut group! What happened??? Hey, if she wants controversy, I'll give her controversy. "Actually, gay sex isn't necessarily as dangerous, STD-wise, as straight sex, plus nobody gets pregnant. Teen pregnancy is a huge problem in America, affecting such important issues as overpopulation, high school graduation rates, abortion, and welfare allocation, to name only a few. But in today's modern world, a little sex might even be a good stress reliever for all that college-application tension (with AP credits and weighted grading scales, the competition is getting tougher). So what's a guy--or girl--to do? Besides, it's good that teens now are getting more in touch with themselves, learning to accept themselves earlier on. Trying to curtail homosexual promiscuity would be doing teenagers a great disservice."

Ex-principal sues Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan district
BY TAMMY J. OSEID
Pioneer Press

The controversial former principal of Eagan High School wants her job back.
Jane Stewart filed suit in federal court this week, claiming the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district discriminated against her when it transferred her to the district office after less than four months on the job. She's seeking damages in excess of $75,000 as well as a return to Eagan High as its principal.
The suit alleges that district leaders discriminated against Stewart, 61, based on her age; her disability, a 2002 treatment for endometrial cancer; and her political status as an active Republican. She also alleges fraud, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract among her grievances with the district.
Her transfer in November 2002 from Eagan to oversee the district's compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind law was "demeaning," the suit repeatedly alleges. Stewart has been on leave for much of the time since then, according to the district.
The district then referred to the shift as a promotion, though district spokesman Tony Taschner declined to discuss Stewart's lawsuit because it relates to personnel matters.
From the first day at Eagan High School, Stewart's leadership was rocky.
At an initial meeting with staff, many teachers bombarded Stewart with questions about her qualifications, her knowledge of the school and her plans for its future. In a straw poll, 94 percent of staff gave her a vote of no-confidence.
Because Stewart had worked as the district's director of curriculum and instruction until she was laid off in June 2000 during budget cuts, her contract gave her the first shot at any similar positions, she said.
After the district passed her over in openings for the director of secondary education and director of human resources, she filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint against the district.
Then former Eagan High principal Tom Wilson announced his retirement from the school he headed since it opened. Stewart, then working as a principal of a 350-student K-8 charter school in Appleton, Wis., said she wanted to lead the 2,220-student Eagan High School.
On May 24, a week after the rocky meeting with teachers, she signed a contract for a $109,000 annual salary.
Stewart is professionally licensed to be a principal or superintendent in Minnesota. She has worked as an administrator, counselor and special-education teacher in California and Minnesota.
But teachers said she hadn't worked at a high school for years and had never led a school building the size of Eagan. Moreover, she didn't have the qualifications of the school's two assistant principals, including Polly Reikowski, who has since been hired to replace Stewart and is popular among staff and students.
The school district's release of a tape and transcript of that meeting as well as its release of her résumé, including her telephone numbers, violated the state's Data Practices Act, she alleges.
Over the summer she was diagnosed with cancer and had surgery.
Two months after school started, a Republican Party representative asked her if they could use the school gym for a pre-election rally with First Lady Laura Bush, according to the suit. She and the district agreed.
That same week, the district asked her to take an office job to implement the federal No Child Left Behind law. In the suit, Stewart said she was told that if she didn't voluntarily accept the position, she would be reassigned without her consent and gave her no legitimate reason for her removal.
She initially declined the position, but was transferred anyway.