University of Tulsa Ethics Violations, Harassment & Discrimination
Individuals and TU Departments that were contacted about this situation
We contacted the following people and offices about this situation:
Provost Office
Human Resources
Board of Trustees
President Clancy
Janet Levit
Ethics Committee
Frederic Dorwart
About University School
University School (grades 3 year olds to 8th grade) is on the campus of University of Tulsa
(people that work there are paid by TU)
My wife Cheryl Shane is a teacher at University School
Our daughter graduated from University School this past May
Our son is currently attending the school(5th grade) and doing very well in class and is also in chess club, robotics and takes tennis lessons at TU.
The 3 directors at University School are:
Pat Hollingsworth (started the school)
Debbie Price
Amber Gates
Gerard Clancy is the President of The University of Tulsa
Roger Blais was a provost
Winona Tanaka was a provost
June Brown worked in the provost office and was present during the 2 meetings we had with Winona Tanaka
TU Memberships, Policies, Etc
We found out that everything listed below is secondary at TU. First it’s about protecting tenured faculty and doing everything in their means to bury, blame and ridicule victims.
TU is a member of Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium
The Mission Statement is:
Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium supports and promotes ethical standards in business by providing networking, resources, and education for people who seek to live and work with integrity.
University of Tulsa Code of Ethical Conduct
Non-Discrimination Policy
Notice the word disability
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office for Civil Rights
Know Your Right: Students with ADHD
University School hosted lectures on Love and Logic many times but some teachers and all 3 administrators do not follow what they teach.
The school is a member of National Association for Gifted Children
What happened to us
There was never a meeting with a counselor since administration did not want a counselor at the school which can be heard in the recording with administration and in the recording and/or letter from Winona Tanaka. Administration also did not meet with us to discuss Harrison’s ADHD symptoms or a 504 plan. They also did not know what a 504 plan was since they were eventually told by TU to offer 504 and IEP since they did not offer them in the past even though TU’s policies say they should. We did not know he had ADHD since symptoms typically show at school rather than home. Administration admitted they know the signs of ADHD in the recording.
Campus Security
Our Son
Has always made good grades at the school
Does well on his SAT every year
On a robotics team that won state and advancing to world competition
Invited to a national chess tournament(cancelled due to the pandemic)
Plays tennis
Receives a 1 or 1+(highest) every year for piano district auditions
Receives 2 trophies each year at state piano judging.
He also receives many compliments from quite a few teachers.
TU’s Final Response
no misconduct was found. Here’s the email.
Updates
• I sent this information to Diane Wilson who’s a licensed councilor at the school. Here is her exact response: Do Not Ever contact me again. I won’t speak to you about this.
I thought councilors suppose to have empathy and certainly be respectful and professional?
• I submitted this information to Frederic Dorwart to let him know how TU handled this situation. What he did was give it right back to TU. I asked him on the phone if he reviewed and listened to the recording, he said no and hung up. I thought he might be interested in this especially since he’s on the board of GKFF.
Debbie Price Update:
This is the kind of stuff teachers have to put up with.
Cheryl wanted to go home 30 minutes early a couple of weeks ago because she had a headache, so Debbie started rattling off policies that she needs to follow in order to leave early, even though Debbie is gone quite often and even took off a week later for a “mental health day”. I told Cheryl, next time you need to plan your headaches better! 🙂 Within a few hours TU contacted her saying she needs to get a Covid test and stay home until the results come back.