Today, Yangetmai said, he will continue his peaceful protest calling for Garrison’s removal from MHS.
He said he wanted Garrison to leave the school “immediately” or before the end of this school year.
There are many qualified teachers who can be acting principal and handle Garrison’s job, he added.
However, Yangetmai said he doesn’t want Garrison to lose his job.
He said he has already discussed with one of the Public School System’s associate commissioners the possibility of giving Garrison a grant writing job.
Yangetmai said he believes that Garrison is more effective as a PSS grant writer.
“He’s one of the island’s excellent grant writers,” he added.
On Thursday night, Yangetmai said he made a phone call to Garrison.
Garrison, he added, expressed concern about his health [Yangetmai’s] since he started the protest across from the MHS campus.
“We talked as friends,” the teacher said.
Yangetmai said Garrison asked him to use “principal” when referring to him on the placards and banners the protesters had been displaying.
On Friday, Yangetmai said he pulled down a banner with Garrison’s name on it.
Yangetmai said he was also advised to file a grievance against Garrison.
However, he added, filing a grievance is not effective especially when the demand is immediate.
He believed that his peaceful protest is the “right thing for this particular case.”
Yangetmai said he had tried calling Education Commissioner Rita A. Sablan but he had yet to receive a reply.
He was also hoping the commissioner would meet him at the protest site.
About 60 teachers at MHS, including some office workers, support his protest, Yangetmai claimed, adding that some students also joined them at the protest site on Wednesday.
