that would make me be a poison to my community, my district,  Connell said.

NBC 5 also spoke off camera with other teachers whose names appeared on the list. They declined to speak publicly but said they were surprised to learn they had been included.

NBC 5 is not publishing the names of the 18 employees.

The document included names of employees in several roles across the district. Some names had been crossed out, and a handwritten note at the bottom read,  liabilities to the district. 

NBC 5 reached out to Nakamura on Friday for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

In a statement provided late Friday, GCISD addressed the decision to release the document and emphasized that the list was not created by the district.

 GCISD recognizes that the record responsive to this public information request contains the names of current and former employees. The list was compiled by an individual, not the District.

 After carefully considering the available options, the GCISD Board of Trustees voted Monday not to continue to pursue the appeal. 

The decision ended the district's legal effort to keep the list from public view.

For Connell and other employees named in the document, its release provided a look at a list they said they never expected to be on.

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