Bujko v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist.
Appellant Mihajlo Bujko, a former physical education teacher at a North Hollywood high school, contended that in 2005, he observed respondent Angela Hewlett-Bloch, then an assistant principal, enter the boy’s locker room while male students were dressing for a football game. He reported this incident and was thereafter allegedly subjected to acts of retaliation and harassment by Hewlett-Bloch and other members of the school’s administration, including a negative performance evaluation, disciplinary conferences called to correct misbehavior and inadequate performance, and a threatened transfer to a new school. Appellant reported these actions to the LAUSD’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), claiming to be the subject of whistleblower retaliation. While OIG’s investigation was pending, OIG’s hotline received an anonymous call making serious charges against appellant, including that he had posted pictures of nude underage girls on the internet. Appellant contended that these charges -- which allegedly were made by respondent Randall Delling, the principal of the high school -- and OIG’s manner of investigating them furthered his discomfiture and distress, leading to his constructive discharge.
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