This is one of the big issues with ‘drug dogs’; they’re conditioned to give false positives for rewards.
Those same false positives the serve as grounds for an otherwise illegal search and regardless of findings are often later presented as evidence in any resulting charges as a statement of fact that the ‘dog alerted’ on the victim to bypass an individuals 4th amendment rights.
My children attended this school until recently, it was initially a very good environment for a less factory-learning structure, especially for less conformist children; we moved them before the protests and responses were an alleged driving factor for relocating. There was already an exodus in progress once the protests were in full swing due to alarming turnover rates among the teaching staff throughout the year as well as multiple issues with the now-removed principal and much of the board (spoiler: lots of turnover there too).
The board (old and new) has consistently tried to operate behind closed doors, stifle parental/community input at meetings, and actively ignores their bylaws/rules/policies as it suits their interests. The meetings leading up to their announcing the move barely pretended to hold to posted agendas or consider the limited input they allowed.
General consensus among most parents that attended/participated board meetings recently was that they (board) were actively trying to spin an excuse to lease from Lundquist (guy that owns the ICE building) with many questioning if one or more members had personal/financial ties to him. Other facilities not mentioned in the article were aggressively dismissed by the board during meetings leading up to the announcement for arbitrary reasons without exploring remedies or workarounds to their declared obstacles, seemingly to create their “we only have two options” narrative they pushed in the article.
Once again Oregon refuses to tax businesses or meaningfully shift the burden onto the heavy trucking industries which are demonstrated to cause considerably more damage to roads per mile than passenger cars.
Blue state indeed…
It’s an unfortunately common misconception that HR is on the employee’s side and can be trusted, largely due to corporate propaganda and branding of the role as ‘human’ resources.
HR is only ever there to protect the company’s interests, full stop.
Yes, there is a chance that the company’s interests in a given situation may align with you’re, but that is more often than not a side effect and not their intended purpose. They’re looking to mitigate company liability for failing to agree to state/federal labor laws and regulations first and foremost. Even then they’ll often ‘misinterpret’ official language and policies if they can get away with it. Wage theft via clock in/out rounding times being a classic example.
Don’t ever make the mistake of thinking that a rant or complaint to HR is anonymous or will be kept private from managers or company leadership as it very rarely will. Same goes for ‘anonymous’ feedback and surveys of any type.
Also, in case you were unaware, if they’ve put you on a PIP, start job hunting now as they’ve openly stated their intent to build a case for termination.