Vance provided his account to Frank, including the five-hundred-dollar payment, his relationship to Ronald, and the material about the travel plan.

His concerns about retaliation were not a guarantee that he would lose his job.

The district would have to address his conduct and the handling of school records through its own process.

He did not ask me to omit the part about the money.

“I waited too long,” he said when we spoke briefly.

“You’re speaking now.”

“That doesn’t fix what I did.”

“No.”