Incident at Oakland high school has set off ugly battle pitting principals against teachers

Students had settled into their first class of the day when the president of the Oakland teachers union walked up to the entry gate at Fremont High School on March 17.

What school staff say happened next has sparked an ugly public spat pitting the district principals and their union against the teachers’ labor leaders, with administrators accusing the teachers union of harassment, physical threats and bullying.

Multiple staff members reported to district officials and told the Chronicle that the teachers union president, Kampala Taiz-Rancifer, threatened to beat up the principal, Nidya Baez…

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