Dallas ISD’s burden is to prove involved personnel believed six students’ allegations and acted in a legitimate non-discriminatory manner. My burden is to prove they did not. Neither has satisfied their burden with documents, so all arguments require persuasion to substantiate their burden has been met. Unfortunately, each argument made by either party results in endless overlapping disputes regarding: discriminatory motive, pretext, material facts, good faith, honesty, credibility, and Title VII rules versus Mr. Bravo’s due process rights that require a jury to decide each issue.
If Dallas ISD believed the student statements and administrators’ investigations, then why did they have to engage in this conduct? The District relied on a statutorily mandated CPS report that was never produced and skillfully manipulated confidentiality to prevent comparators from existing, ensuring that due process violations could never be exposed to independent review. If allowed to stand, Texas schools could adopt Dallas ISD’s strategy, have the same effect of elevating unverified student allegations, misuse confidentiality as both shield and sword, shielding administrators from accountability while wielding it as a weapon against teachers who challenge district conduct, bypass CPS assistance to students and oversight, and deny educators due process and equal protection.