All's well for me, but there was a development in November, 2016 (a few weeks ago). Maybe it will be of interest to others thinking of reporting an employer.
Out of the blue, an attorney of (what I would call) some local, respectable public prominence phoned. He represents the (recent) widow of the founder of the tiny school. Evidently the headmaster who took over the school signed an agreement with the founder several years ago to pay a certain amount of money each year (month?) to the founder. The headmaster has refused to pay this of late. The headmaster claims the founder more-or-less publicly attacked the school, causing families to withdraw children, reducing enrollment and so revenue. I imagine the headmaster has not been paying for over a year now. The widow of the founder and the headmaster are now in arbitration (per their signed agreement?). As far as I can tell from the online court system here, this never went to court.
The attorney and I talked for awhile. He asked if he could have the tax forms I submitted, alleging the school violated the law on FICA taxes etc. I agreed. The attorney homed in on an elaboration (for one of the tax forms' questions) that gave a written narrative of the events and an estimate of the FICA taxes owed for all teachers. The attorney also wanted to know if I had met the CPA/relative I mention above and what my take on him was. I did not have a whole lot to offer. I tried to be factual, saying I felt the headmaster had some good points but there were some things going on that I felt were weird and caused me to want out of there, such as xyz. The attorney asked if I could stay available on a certain date for possibly testifying in person. Happily, I have not been called to testify. I know at least two other former teachers at the school were contacted; submitted several documents too; and were also asked to remain on standby to testify in person. The attorney also asked if I could contact yet anoth er party and see if they would be willing to speak with him. This party agreed to do so.
As I think I hinted earlier, the headmaster's suddenly switching all teachers to "independent contractor" status is but one of several actions he took that raised people's eyebrows here.
Of course I am curious as to what the final outcome will be. But I bet arbitration rulings are not public information? Plus it's possible all parties will be subject to a non-disclosure agreement? If anyone knows about this process and cares to share their best guess as to whether my former colleagues and I will ever learn the findings of the arbitration, I'd be interested to know.