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Violation of the Equal Protection Clause

Bridgman Public Schools violated the Equal Protection Clause with its arbitrary and capricious policy on mask mandates. Teachers and Staff were given the option to wear masks while Students were required to wear masks or face discipline. Most staff members chose not to wear masks while all the Teachers wore the masks in solidarity with the Teachers Union who supported the mask mandate and the closing of schools. It is the Teachers Union who is behind the mandates, not the science. After school, the mask mandate would become arbitrary. I once rode the bus with the BPS Girls Swim Team to South Haven where everyone on the bus (except me) was required to wear masks however once we arrived at South Haven HS, no one was required to wear a mask anywhere on campus. During the girls swim meet, more than 95% of the folks in attendance were maskless. When the students got back on the bus to return to Bridgman, everyone was once again required to wear masks and I chose to wear a mask in support of the girls who had no choice.

What was most egregious about the mask mandate decision was how the Board of Education for Bridgman Public Schools voted to subrogate all decision making regarding COVID mandates to BPS Superintendent Shane Peters. By eliminating the involvement of the elected School Board, Parents were denied their own due-process to air their grievances as many Parents were livid about the mandate and the harm being done to their children.

Violation of the Establishment Clause

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I knew when I took the job at BPS that I would be confronted with a certain amount of ‘Leftism’. I already had conversations with Sam Stine and Gerald Heath and was well aware of their disdain for Conservatives and their visceral hatred for President Trump, but I never thought they would be this far to the Left. From day one at BPS, I was stunned by the degree of Leftism being taught with no effort by Teachers in suppressing their political biases. Teachers were openly hostile to students who were not on a college track as many were placed in “Special-Ed” and disregarded. There was constant anti-American rhetoric, highly inappropriate conversations regarding sexual identity, and the Social Worker who interacts with every BPS student and staff member had a sticker on her laptop that said 8645. I see Leftism no different than a religion from an indoctrination standpoint. Going further, I was denied access to the 8th Grade Science curriculum and around this same time period, an IT employee (1 of 2) resigned from BPS alleging the school had become ‘too political’ . My assumption is that the 8th Grade Science curriculum has something to do with the New Green Energy Deal or the Transgendering of children but I can only surmise since I was denied access to the online curriculum. On Veterans Day 2021 (which is a sacred day for me as a Veteran), I received the following information in an email regarding Critical Race Theory along with DEI and I became outraged. I was one of the first White kids bussed to an all-Black community during desegregation and I’ve spent my life fighting racism and trying to level the playing field. The CRT curriculum undermines all that has been accomplished and only further divides our Nation for political purposes while DEI dumbs down society.

One final point on Bridgman Public Schools violating the Establishment Clause –

My indignation towards BPS wasn't so much about the Leftist curriculum being taught to students. My outrage was about a curriculum being taught along with life changing decisions being made for students WITHOUT PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OR CONSENT. Leftism in Public Schools can only be established by keeping Parents in the dark. __________________________________________________________________________

On November 4, 2021, this 8th grade student from Reed Middle School verbally and physically assaulted a female senior from Bridgman High School without consequence. The female senior came to RMS daily to tutor the 8th grade student along with other Special-Ed students during the Study Skills period. I was always present for the Study Skills class and often witnessed the deviant behavior of this particular student as I was a one-on-one Parapro with a Student with Autism. Earlier in the day, I had witnessed the 8th grade student walking around the classroom with his pants hanging down and holding his crotch (from the inside). The student refused to follow instructions from the Substitute Teacher and at one point would destroy his laptop by smashing it on the Teachers desk. The 8th grade student had become completely defiant to where I escorted him to RMS Principal Truesdell’s office with the destroyed laptop. I returned to the classroom when only moments later the 8th grade student would return with a new laptop and as if nothing happened. Out of frustration, I left the classroom briefly and when I returned to the Study Skills classroom, I knew that something had happened to the female senior (I have experience of knowing what a woman looks like after being attacked). The female senior appeared to have been violated and she was - by the 8th grade student's own admission. The Study Skills Teacher and the other Parapro had also left the Study Skills class momentarily and that is when the attack occured. Later in the day, the Study Skills teacher instructed me to access a Google shared document that contained the 8th grade student’s entire personal file. The link to the shared documents was sent to me by Principal Truesdell where I was to record what all I had witnessed earlier in the day. When I accessed the file, I could see that the 8th grade student was quite a troublemaker and questioned why the student hadn’t been expelled long before. The next day, I was informed by the Study Skills teacher that she had already met with Principal Truesdell along with the other Parapro and the situation involving the attack had been resolved. The 8th grade student was given two (meaningless) lunch detentions and the female senior would never return to RMS to be a tutor. I was livid with how the situation was handled.
Five days following the incident, BPS Superintendent Shane Peters would post my position at RMS and in less than a month, I would be placed on Administrative Leave pending an investigation of professional misconduct. No investigation ever took place as BPS falsely claimed to the MI Department of Labor that I had quit without notice. If I had quit without notice then why was I paid for the remaining two weeks of the semester? After departing BPS for good, I would learn that verbal and physical attacks on female students was "all too common" at BPS as most incidents were swept under the rug. As evidence will prove, I didn’t quit for personal reasons but was forced out of BPS for acusing Bridgman Public Schools of Endangering the Welfare of Children while also violating Constitutional Rights of the students and parents.

Shortly after leaving Bridgman Public Schools, Fischl received messages from concerned Parents and Staff. The following is just one example.

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