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Video Synopsis
This video provides some insight into how CPS leaders from at least three different district departments used problematic Lindblom High School teachers to smear the name of Principal Abdul Muhammad in order to justify removing him. It also gives some insight into the motivation of at least one of those teachers. In essence, it will show how one Lindblom teacher allegedly stole money from school fundraisers, was caught by Principal Muhammad, and rebelled because of the rules he put in place to stop her from stealing again. Examine the evidence for yourself in this video. As damning as the evidence is, it represents just a fraction of the evidence collected against CPS leaders and the teacher faction at Lindblom. Additional videos are forthcoming.

BACKSTORY
Are corruption and theft, incompetence and greed, racism and religious bigotry, staff impunity, and deep conflicts of interest driving the direction of change in Chicago’s schools? These are the subplots in the drama that unfolded at Lindblom High School in the last ten months, according to documented evidence and first-person testimony. Mr. Abdul Muhammad's case is part of a larger troubling phenomenon in that he is among at least six Black principals who have been removed by CPS officials this school year.

Abdul Muhammad is an established school leader, known as both a fixer and a systems builder in schools that serve students whose neighborhoods and communities are perpetually exploited and neglected. Muhammad--who is Muslim--faced religious bigotry and racism along the way but managed to come away relatively unscathed until he had the boldness to apply for the principalship of a selective enrollment high school: Lindblom Math and Science Academy. At Lindblom, an odd alliance developed; an alliance committed to ending Muhammad's success, even at the expense of Lindblom students.

Waiting to stifle Muhammad’s application for the Principal position at Lindblom was a district Local School Council liaison charged with assisting the LSC in the principal selection process. She stands accused of trampling over the rights of the Local School Council (including ballot tampering) and failing to recuse herself from the process despite being a lifelong friend and active supporter of one of the candidates. Also waiting for Muhammad was a group of entitled white CTU members who had known only white male principals since this majority black high school reopened in the early 2000s; principals who allegedly let them routinely disregard district protocols and procedures–a disregard that led to at least two teachers stealing money from student athletic fundraisers and depositing those funds into their personal bank accounts. The behavior of these staff members toward Muhammad reveals a group of entitled white teachers obsessed with maintaining their immunity to rules and accountability.

This video--part of a larger series--is one of several in our series focusing on the actions of Lindblom Teacher and Athletic Director, Christina Davis, who allegedly stole money from school fundraisers and got offended when the principal made her give it back. It also focused on the actions of Muhammad's supervisor, Devon LaRosa, Chief of CPS Network 16; Kelly Tarrant, CPS Law Department Investigator; and their superiors in the CPS Chain of Command, including Libby Massey (Law Department), Felicia Sanders (Office of Network Supports), and Pedro Martinez (CPS CEO).