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Bertolini v. Whitehall City School District Board of Education9/26/2000
ment of your desire to serve this community and school district to the best of your ability. Keep up the good work!
· You seemed to have developed a good working relationship with the WEA in spite of this being a very difficult area. I see the role of the associate superintendent being a buffer between the association and the superintendent, thus making this an area of consistent challenge. Maintaining your loyalties to the superintendent and still maintaining a good working relationship with the WEA is many times like walking a tightrope, but this is an area in which you seem extremely comfortable and confident. I hope you continue processing and working closely with the WEA and at the same time maintaining the direction and maneuverability that I have designed as our approach for management of the school district.
In most evaluations, there are always some areas of concern; however, at this particular time, I do not see any area in which I have a concern.
I hope you continue to blend into the community and school district, working through the day-to- day situations (as you have done so very well up to this point). I am looking forward to a long working relationship with you not only as superintendent/associate superintendent, but also as your friend.
I would hope that you accept this evaluation as nothing less than a report of outstanding performance as associate superintendent of the Whitehall City Schools. Thank you for all your hard work and efforts.
Even though their romantic relationship ended in November 1997, appellant continued to stay in contact with Woods by sending her e-mail messages through Whitehall's computer system. Woods testified that most of the e-mails she received from appellant concerned employment positions for Woods with other school districts. Woods also stated she felt that appellant was sending the e-mails about the positions as an excuse to contact her because it "was like an outside way of getting me to read the E-mails, getting me to communicate with him." Some of appellant's e-mails to Woods included references to their prior romantic relationship. Woods made copies of nineteen e-mails appellant sent her from January 6, 1998 to February 6, 1998. Woods added that she found the e-mails " ffensive, agitating" because she was "trying to get as far away from any type of personal relationship." Appellant sometimes visited Woods at her office and at her condominium. In February 1998, Woods told appellant that his e-mails were driving her crazy and to "back off." When asked at the hearing before the referee whether appellant's e-mails were causing her "problems at work," Woods answered " o." Woods also stated that Whitehall did not have a policy against receiving personal e-mails. Woods also agreed with the statement that she "never thought was being sexually harassed by [appellant], but she thought that he was pestering ."
On February 20, 1998, Moore resigned from his position with Whitehall and appellant was temporarily given Moore's duties. The change also meant that appellant would be Woods' direct supervisor. That day, Woods asked if she could be placed under a different supervisor. Woods testified that she wanted the change because "I didn't want my career or my future to be at stake based on his relations or his reviews" and "there had been some instances in which I was uncomfortable working with [appellant] in the recent past."
On February 21, 1998, Woods met with Dr. Crawford and told him about her relationship with appellant. Woods provided copies of e-mail messages from appellant and played phone messages from her home answering machine left by appellant. A letter dated February 21, 1998,
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