College of coastal Georgia (usg) Negegent practice in the administration has ruined CCGA. The administration does not follow its own police, Students are nothing but customers, Expect bad service! Dont go here, College og coastal GA (usg) ruined my life brunswick Georgia

ADA along with geThere are multiple violations of EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 11246 in regard to my employment, title IX, neral negligence, bad ethics, business practice, etc…. I do have a complaint in with the OCR but they are failing to look at the big picture. There is no single office that I know of that will address my experience.

This matter is confusing beyond comprehension to me and to anybody I try and explain it to. I am having difficulties talking about it. I am contacting you as an employee and a student at The College of coastal Georgia (USG) who has been experiencing harassment, discrimination, and a hostile environment at his workplace, college and in life as a result of the negligence of the CCGA administration. In this matter I have been ignored discriminated against in general and due to disability, gender and with deliberate Indifference. I have been blocked from exercising my rights repeatedly. I am experiencing nothing short of psychological torture. 

My financial state and mental state are in shambles as a result of the negligence. My academic progress has been heavily affected. This has been going on for seven long months. Students are scared to speak up. I am scared also but I have put all of my eggs into the USG basket and have no place else to turn.  I am not the only one who has suffered. I have testimony from one. There are others still.

Matt Knight is a former student who has endured similar treatment from the same people. He has given me some documents which elaborate on his complaint with evidence. There is a copy of his original complaint along with an updated one on the cloud link in a folder labeled with his name. We are both disability students. I have more organized information in regard to our case. It is very obvious now that this is not going to end in a civil manner. I have been lied to all the way up the chain, to the Chancellor of USG. With proof. Please read the following and guide me or help. PLEASE!

I am one person against a corporation and everything I know is at stake. Matts occurrence resulted in him dropping out of college. I have been trying to resolve this in a civil manner for months to no avail. We have come to the conclusion that in order to make the difference we seek, we need to show the pattern of negligence. They have are not following their own procedures or federal law. Several lawyers have told me that they create these messes intentionally to obstruct me from justice. That is the only thing that makes sense.

Due to a recent revelation, I have figured out that my situation is actually two cases. One that involves my employment at the college and one which involves my blocked attempts to file complaints against staff members at the college for administering negligent and bias disciplinary actions against me. I am going to attempt to address both in this letter. It is hard to differentiate the two at times. I am a scientist not a lawyer.

I am a person in recovery with 6 years sober with a diagnosed learning disability. I see my psychologist every two months in accordance to my long term treatment plan. I have been going for seven years. I have been healthy and happy until this negligence. I have been diagnosed dyslexic and I almost forgot until this. I have been living with it my entire life. I am employed by The College of Coastal Georgia and I am a non-traditional student who has done a lot of work and overcome a lot of odds to get here.

I feel as though am in danger of losing everything I have worked for. I feel like I might get fired from my job, I cannot focus on my school work at all.  My condition has been amplified immensely. I am having difficulties adequately communicating my distress to others. I am about to fail my first course ever and I have been forced to withdraw from others. I am scared.

I have been in a state of frustration and confusion that I have been living in for the past 7+ months. I have made everybody aware of it and nothing has been done to assure me that my interest was being considered. I have been in constant fear of student affairs finding some way to take the job that has allowed me to immerse myself in academia away and kick me out of school. I made CCGA my life.

I am in no state to represent myself and they continue to question me. It seems like they are trying to run me off. Dec. 9th will be seven months that I have been dealing with this mess. For three semesters this has been inhibiting my progress and my work is suffering. I tried to ignore it for months but various forms of retaliation and a hostile environment have made it impossible. I cannot even believe this is happening.

I have tried the national bar who refers me to the state bar who refers me to the local bar who ignores me. Doesn’t return my call. I emailed Governor Deal and he refers me to the state bar. There is no help anywhere.

I have searched far and wide for legal advice and there is no lawyer or advocacy group that can even figure out what exactly is going on. At this point, I just know that something is wrong and it is not getting better. I am mentally drained scared and frustrated. 

I am just trying to bring attention and hopefully an end to negligent practices. I feel it is my duty as an American. I had no Idea it would consume me to the point of being on the verge of losing everything 7 months later. I am scared and depressed. It seriously seems like they are just trying to stress me out to the point of not being able to function, so that I leave. That point is nearing. What the College of coastal Georgia and USG are doing to me is nothing short of psychological torture. 

My complaint from the start is that my case should have been handled under Title IX/The Cleary Act, this has not been acknowledged. Though it was absolutely fraudulent and I have proof,  the nature of the complaint made against me clearly indicates this.(student records in cloud) I am quite certain that this matter should have been investigated VIA the clery act/title IX. It was not. Title IX negligence was the only thing that I could figure to base my claim on. I just knew that something really wrong and the sexual assault policy was the closest procedure to fit the type of disciplinary action that was used.

Recently I reviewed the vast number of Email records it is stated a few times that they were using BIT meetings. The BIT meetings are only named under employment guides, never in the student handbook or code of conduct. While my accuser and I are both employees at the college, it was never indicated to me that we were being treated as employees rather than students. They were very cryptic as to the “protocol, procedure, etc..” the never would reveal what protocol actually meant.

Since my accuser and myself are both employed by the college, it appears that they attempted to use employee procedures in my disciplinary action as I have found in Emails. They did not follow the procedure as outlined in the employee manual’s at all. No sanctions are supposed to arise from a BIT. It is supposed to avoid them.  They did this, not only to escape performing proper investigation as outlined in title IX/Cleary giving me due process which would have cleared my name. In turn, the hostile environment which resulted from the negligence would have never become. This is a case deliberate indifference against me due to the fact that my accuser works in the same dept. as the dean of students, title IX person, counselor, etc….. They all know each other and there is a negative history between student affairs and the biology dept. which I work in. Likely because I am the accused and male. My disability may have been the root of their choice to use the BIT. I know for a fact that there were sanctions on me that weren’t on her which banned me from her work. She used this against me and in turn created a very hostile environment.

 I reported the harassment and they did nothing, I had requested that she be banned from my work from the beginning. They agreed to my request but never did ban her. They kept making up reasons to delay or question my request. It was obscure.  

It has taken me seven mind numbing months to figure out that the disciplinary process which ws used was based on employment.  This meeting was always referred to as being part of a procedure and was protocol according to Butcher and J. Zak  being in attendance was part of that "process". They never made it clear what process was being used. When reviewing the emails it is apparent that they were trying to hide the fact.  I asked in Email an in person. I have proof. Despite the fact that I pointed out the conflict of interest of my LD counselor being there and even though I requested anybody else be there but her, he insisted she be present and that it was protocol. (I have Emails stating this.) Why was I never told what protocol we were following? I was lead to believe that it was some form of the ADR program but later research revealed that it most closely resembled the sexual assault policy.

My learning disability (LD) made retaliation against me in what I believe was an effort to shut me up. (see doc in cloud on J. Zak)She denied me services when I wanted to discuss things she said to me in disciplinary meetings. She had made some obscure Cracker Jack box diagnosis that were really disturbing to me, based on personal privileged information. My accommodations as a LD student were compromised due to her actions and involvement that I made clear was uncomfortable for me at the announcement of her attendance by Dr. Butcher.

It is absolutely insane that things have even got to this point. I attempted ADR before I even filed appeal. As outlined in the Code. I was the only one referring to it. All I ever wanted was to know what was going on and be assured that my interests were being taken into consideration. This has never happened in the 7+ months that I have been dealing with this. Dr. Umfriss (VP of students) had every opportunity to sit down and just talk to me like a human being. I came to him as trusting as I could be. In both of my meetings with him it he maybe said 20 words total. 

The VP of students had me compile an appeal based on procedural error when I had no idea what process I was appealing. Then he never made a clear decision based on it. The appeal contained all of the complaints that I have made. At our first meeting I told him after the appeal that I wanted to file complaint on Butcher and Zak. He said that he would assist me but after the appeal I was ignored.

It was obvious to me at the first meeting, that he knew that this case was mishandled. He never tried to explain to me that the disciplinary actions were proper. The man has a PHD in the field, he knew. He did what was probably most ethical while keeping his employer in mind. I am extremely observant and no idiot.  I thought and hoped to God that he would set it straight. He only attempted to cover things up and misinformed me further. (See doc. In cloud)

Even though the hostility directly based on my ex seems to have dissipated, I still feel like it is a hostile environment for me to work in and attempt to get an education in based on the action or lack of from the administration. 

Eventually I went to our title IX guy Floyd Phoenix and complained about the handling of the matter by Butcher and Zak along with the hostile environment that had been created. He literally told me that he knew my accuser, he had worked with her , she graduates in a year and that I was going to have to get used to what I was experiencing. Then sent me on my way. 

I did a lot of research on title IX and put together a letter that consisted of the facts that I had learned in my study of title IX and student right. (Letter to Phoenix in cloud)  I sent him to him the VP and the president which was totally ignored by all of them. Over the following week I put together a "formal complaint" and demanded to present it to him. The complaint consisted of ethical, USG core value, student right and various violations of the law.  At that meeting he did not even recognize that we had spoken prior about the exact same subject matter. I brought a witness this time who can  verify all of this. I do not believe it myself. I have some written statements that go into greater detail and will forward them to you, If you would like. 

At this time I had figured out what the OCR was so I also filed with them. I never really received any indication that the college was investigating anything until the OCR turned 3 of my 4 complaints back over to the guy who had tried to cover things up. I was absolutely offended by this. By this time I had become quite proficient in title IX and I realized by him discouraging my complaint that he is in violation himself along with Dr. Umfriss and the president. They ignored me. So I filed a complaint on Phoenix with the OCR. He was relieved from his duty as the title IX guy but for some reason I still got his determination which denies all of my claims. It is fraudulent. Procedure was not followed and I was notified of nothing. I have proof and knowledge to back all this up. It said that I could make an appeal to them but no real instructions as to how. 

I have contacted to OCR about this and it is pending investigation. I sent them a lot of evidence that I don’t think they have even reviewed based on the line of questioning. The involvement of the OCR has been of no help at all. It seems to have made my environment more hostile in different ways. The administration is obviously not happy with me. I had a “non-bias” employee call a meeting with me who suggested that I move out of town.

I have been forced to do some very serious self-advocacy and it has resulted in a lawyer from USG coming to our college to investigate.  This is after I got in touch with Dr. Huckaby (Chancellor) who told me that she was coming to “resolve” things. I had made it very clear that I have been dealing with this for seven months and I have incurred legitimate verifiable emotional and financial damages. To the point that my job and education are in danger.  The idea of resolving this literally brought me to tears.

The lawyer mailed back and forth and I definitely made my intent for having the meeting very clear. I sat down for three hours and she quizzed me until I could not talk any more due to the stuttering that comes on when  I talk about this mess. The only thing I got out of the conversation is that she did not think it was a title IX claim at all. Which was what my OCR complaint was based on There was no mention of any kind of relief for me. Nothing was resolved. My frustration and fears have escalated.

I sent her a mail afterwards, inquiring as to what type of meeting she would consider the nature of it. She has yet to reply. In one of the mails where I inquired about the legitimacy of the finding of Mr. Phoenix, she apologized for not getting the results I wanted and indicated that it did not change the nature of our meeting. (see Kimberly Ballard in cloud file) She had some hidden agenda. I was dumb enough to think that she was looking to resolve the matter due to my obvious damages and the fact that I had indicated that I wanted to resolve things to her and the chancellor. I am seeing changes all over campus and experience disparate treatment regularly; my complaints have brought the neglegence to the attention of the “higher ups.” I have brought much needed change at great cost to me. That was my goal but I had no idea that my life would be ruined in the process. I am ahamed to be an American at this point. 

Corruption and negligence are in the foundation and the structure of the USG. I attempted to follow the chain of command as stated and have been ignored all the way up to the president. I have gone further down the chain to the top of USG to the chancellor’s attention to no avail. I have contacted USG and was referred to their lawyer who has not done me service. Nobody will say a thing.  I have no idea what the OCR has actually done in all of this. They are supposed to be non bias I realize, but they will not even return my call or acknowledge my emails.

I had no choice but to stand up for my rights and the rights of others. I could not find it in me as an American to let this go. I have tried. Every time I have the would be another incident that would leave me no choice but to address. I see changes happening on campus as a result of my actions but I am still being ignored. I hope if anything comes of this, nobody will have to go thru this again. They are still not following our own procedures as to handling my complaints. I have not been informed of anything. I am still totally in the dark, where they have always kept me. It’s like groundhog day.

Due to the cryptic nature of the handlings of my disciplinary "stuff" I was scared from the very beginning. I have put all of my eggs into the USG basket and trusted them there with my life. Due to the gross negligence and breach in contract. I have lost a lot and feel like I am about to lose everything.  I am seriously damaged and being left to die. I have been in a state of frustration and confusion that I have been living in for the past 6+ months. I have made everybody aware of it and nothing has been done to assure me that my interest was being considered. I have been in constant fear of student affairs finding some way to take the assistant job that has allowed me to immerse myself in academia away and kick me out of school. I made CCGA my life.

My professors support me in my actions. They know of the corruption in our administration, perhaps better than I do. None of them can believe that it has gone this far. They are powerless to stand up with me due to contractual obligations. One attempted cover up after another is all I have got out of the administration. The initial incident is outright stupid! The attempts to cover things up and blatant corruption are unprecedented. The extent that I have had to go to in order to bring attention is mind boggling. 

The USG is counting on ignoring me and mistreating me until I drop out and quit my job.  Everything I know including my life is at stake. I cant. I am a 36 year old man who has been through a lot in life. I have never experienced anything like this.  Please help me put this matter to rest? I would love to be assured that my future is stable, focus on recovering through the and picking up where I left off next semester. Please.

My mental state and my financial state have honest to God, legitimately been affected by this in severe ways. In turn, my work, academic performance and overall drive in life have been stunted. My course in life has been altered. It does not look like I will have the finances to finish my degree because of this. I was only trying to exercise my rights. I have been violated. I swear to you, I am not exaggerating.  It blows my mind that I have been affected by this on a level this deep. I am not being overly dramatic.

I have prepared documents depicting my problems this mess.  I put a lot of time into them. Please review them and allow me to elaborate on any of them. I have more evidence and I do have witnesses.

A

There are so many details to this debacle, I cant sum it all up. I have been trying to make sense of it for seven months. It is a sad world we live in.