Were you one of the Brownsville Independent School District employees who believed the administration that your answers to the Region 1 so-called "Climate Survey" would be kept confidential?
Well, guess again.
The administration under Dr. Esperanza Zendejas instructed librarians to track the employees who come in to do survey.
They were to assign them a computer and then write down that number by their name. Each campus has their own number so the main office (and school principals) knows where concerns come from. All main office and cab folks have to use board the room.
So suppose you answered a question having to do with the caliber of administration at your school (or main office) and answered that frankly on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best, your principal rated a -5. That administrator would not only know who made that comment, but could also take steps to make sure you stay on the same rung of that ladder, or chop off its legs altogether.
Whoever thought of using this method to obtain information from its staff and employees crafted it in a way that revealed the identity of the responder, his campus, and when he took it and where. If you responded sincerely and truthfully, God have mercy on your soul.
But, if on the other hand, you heaped effusive compliments on your principal, administration and superintendent, the climate survey becomes a brown-nose survey and your chances of promotion just suddenly got better.