As ICSD community members, we would like to confirm that the Board of Education ("BOE") of the ICSD conducted an appropriately independent, neutral, and diligent review of the workplace-related claims raised in the Urgent Appeal for NYS Education Department Intervention for Accountability, Justice and Fairness in the Matter of Brown, Brown & the Board of Education, Ithaca City School District, dated January 5, 2021, as filed by Peyi Soyinka-Airewele et al. with the New York State Commissioner of Education, on or about January 5, 2021 (the "Appealâ).Â
We have reviewed related press coverage of the Appeal, including the article, "Allegations Against ICSD Superintendent Emerge After Resignation," by Tanner Harding, in the Ithaca Times, published January 13, 2021, and accessed electronically on Ithaca.com on January 14, 2021 (hereafter, the "Bradwell Interview"), and "Complaints, Letter of Allegations Emerge in Wake of ICSD Superintendent Brown's Resignation," by Matt Butler, in the Ithaca Voice, published January 13, 2021, and accessed electronically on ithacavoice.com on January 14, 2021, both of which contain statements by the ICSD Board of Education ("BOE”) stating that the BOE has “thoroughly reviewed" the Appeal and "found many of the claims to be without merit and others to be outside of the purview of school district business...." (see Bradwell Interview).