• et sequa. Dr. Stokes' assertion that she knows she told Dr. Shaw to return was not credible. See 2 HR 1:28, et sequa.
• After Dr. Stokes told Dr. Shaw not to return to the class, Dr. Shaw did not respond that it was her job to perform another observation and that she would be returning. Dr. Shaw thought the situation was so fraught with hostility, tension, and anxiety that time needed to elapse before attempting to find a solution. 1 HR 1:32, et sequa.
• After Dr. Stokes told Dr. Shaw that she should not return to her class, Dr. Shaw reported this fact to then-President Burse. Dr. Shaw did this as a part of a general report about the implementation of the accelerated learning program. 1 HR 33:25.
• Dr. Shaw intended to formally write Dr. Stokes about what she observed in Dr. Stokes' class, but she did not have a chance to do so because Dr. Burse asked Dr. Shaw to relate her observations orally during a meeting with Dr. Stokes on October 15, 2015. This meeting is described more fully below.
• At the end of the October 15, 2015, meeting, Dr. Stokes did say to Dr. Shaw, "next time... please do not interrupt my class ten minutes into the class and ask whether you can come in." HE 16, page 31. But this meeting was not about Dr. Shaw's class observations. The meeting concerned whether a student, MS, should be allowed to return to Dr. Stokes' class after he made what Dr. Stokes alleged was a threat. At this point near the end of the meeting, the administration personnel were suggesting that Dr. Stokes' teaching style may have caused her to lose control of the class. HE 16, pages 28–31. The Hearing Officer interprets Dr. Stokes' statement as timid but continuing criticism of Dr. Shaw in response to Dr. Shaw's critique of Dr. Stokes' teaching style. When she made this comment, Dr. Stokes was not specifically rejecting