October 5,2017 Letter To Karla Hernandez

October 5, 2017
Dear Karla Hernandez-Mats,
Hello. My name is Bill Detzner, employee 146782. On September 23,2017, I sent you a certified letter expressing my concerns about the many problems at Neva King Cooper (NKC) School. My hope is that UTD will send a UTD representative to the NKC campus in the near future so UTD members can voice their concerns. Would it be possible for you to send me an e-mail billdetzner@bellsouth.net to let me know the date and time of that visit? I am concerned that few NKC members of UTD will be able to engage in a face-to-face meeting with the UTD representative on the NKC campus. I have this fear for two reasons: 1) NKC is a center for profoundly mentally handicapped (PMH) children who require very close supervision. For this reason, members may be reluctant to leave their classrooms for a face-to-face conference. 2) The two NKC administrators have for five years cultivated a pervasive atmosphere of fear and Terror among the staff. The staff have a well- founded fear of retaliation against them if they are discovered talking to the “enemy” (i.e. UTD) For this reason, I am VERY, VERY strongly urging you to A) Allow UTD members to send in their concerns via e-mail Be sure to tell members when the deadline is for submitting those emails. B) Strongly emphasize that UTD will NOT divulge the identities of those members who express their concerns to UTD. I think it would be best if UTD offered BOTH a physical face-to-face meeting on the NKC campus option AND an e-mail response option.
My second reason for this letter is to make you aware of Dr. Roos latest egregious labor law violations. Recently, the daughter of an NKC staff member was brutally murdered. On this staff member’s second day back at work, Dr. Roos sent a school custodian (Mr. Jackson) to deliver the following message to Mrs. Green; “Tell Mrs. Green if she is unhappy here at NKC, Dr. Roos will be happy to arrange a transfer to another school for Mrs. Green.”
Hopefully, the FIVE- YEAR CRISIS at NKC is now so large that it can no longer be swept under the rug. I am sending you a copy of my latest letter to Mr. Carvalho. My hope is that the NAACP will become involved in this issue. I am asking UTD to support the following actions: 1) the permanent removal of both Dr. Roos and Mrs. Alicia Fernandez from the NKC campus. If Dr. Roos and/or Mrs. Fernandez are later found to be guilty of wrong doing, a penalty commensurate with their wrongdoing needs to be imposed, including termination if it is justified. 2) Appoint Dr. Alberto Fernandez as the new NKC principal as soon as possible. 3) Investigate (hopefully at the state or Federal level, or through Federal labor law attorneys, as MDCPS investigative bodies seem to cover up wrongdoing within the county) 3) the 14 areas of concern I have included with this letter. If UTD chooses to stand on the sidelines during NKC’s time of great need, UTD will receive a great deal of negative publicity I have kept a copy of this letter for my records.
In Unity,
Bill Detzner
Bill Detzner/7722 S.W. 99 Street/ Miami, FL. 33156