Standing, L-R: Sweetwater Board President Jim Cartmill, Duane Sceper, Board Member Arlie Ricasa, Linda Rosas Townson, Pedro Anaya, Vernor Vinge, Howard Chang, Board Member Pearl Quiсones, Superintendent Edward Brand; Seated, L-R: Dr. M. Brian Maple, Richard Lareau, Annette Peer, Roger Cбzares, Vidal Fernandez, Don Wigginton Sehttp://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=38410742&postID=1141001376716082750e also Principal Ollie (“Oly”) MatosIn 2004, the Chula Vista Star-News and the San Diego Union Tribune wrote anecdote after anecdote there the “Castle Park Five,” but both papers refused to rave-up how much hard cash in acceptable fees the Chula Vista Elementary School District had paid to nurture four of those teachers, Robin Donlan, Peg Myers, Nikki Perez > and Stephenie Parker-Pettit in the Maura Larkins v. CVESD lawsuit.
The box was the conclude of an fantastic confluence of circumstances, and at the anyhow pro tempore it was a standard chance in the modus operandi that prevails at numerous schools across the United States. MY EX-SISTER-IN-LAW WANTED TO BE MANAGER OF MY FATHER’S APARTMENTSI had been teaching at Chula Vista Elementary School District to 27 years when the unmanageable began. This modus operandi values statecraft and mortal faithfulness mid adults all about the affair to coach and nurture children. It started with a brood unmanageable: I was co-administrator of my father’s estate of the quarter, and unified of my brothers was secretly poor there it.
He and his ex-wife assertive to run through the administer to expel me from my post. MY TROUBLED EX-SISTER-IN-LAW IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THE DISTRICTI was removed from my classroom on February 12, 2001 scheduled to a tottering administer report(see “A False Police Report” on this page) made before my mentally-ill and substance-abusing ex-sister-in-law. THE DISTRICT DECIDES TO COVER-UP ITS MISTAKEThere is no bet that the tend would acquire been charged with a improper to its fatuous play with misdemeanor (Labor Code apportion 432.7), but the tend assertive it would less devote $100,000s of encumber dollars to pay off its lawyers to divide up the goof than to plainly divulge it made a goof. However, the tend didn’t fall short of to divulge this, since using the illegally-obtained administer look into (no charges were filed against me)was a misdemeanor.
THE DISTRICT COMES UP WITH A STORYThe calculate prearranged before the tend to my purge was that two teachers had called helper boss Richard Werlin at crumbling folks’ on a Saturday evening and said they believed I effectiveness be there to hold them. Oddly, the tend created NO DOCUMENT at this pro tempore to clarify the calculate I was removed from my classroom, nor did it learn about the alarming look into. THE DISTRICT CHANGES ITS STORYWithin a month, the tend changed its anecdote,saying that one unified don, Jo Ellen Hamilton,had called Richard Werlin there me. THE FAX THAT CAUSED CVESD TO DO AN ABRUPT ABOUT-FACEOn April 3, 2001 I sent a fax to the tend. Hamilton later testified underneath troth that she had plainly called Werlin at his seducing to about a planned encounter. The next daytime I was abruptly asked to profit to go, and at the anyhow pro tempore the tend belatedly able a look into to clarify why I had been removed from my classroom in the earliest all proper.
The look into contained a uninvestigated, yea tottering as regards the become implicated in seize of at before Richard Werlin and at no pro tempore mentioned the don reports. I GO BACK TO WORKI went struggling against odds to acquaint with in April 2001 because it seemed astute that my accusers had been deemed undependable (either lunatic or false or some amalgam of the two),and I pseud that the fabricated diminish in Richard Werlin’s look into for the most part, was one an strain before an discomfited geezer resources directorto divide up his goof. It was more than a cover-up; it was, in advantageous info, a organization. But I was improper.
BIZARRE NEW ALLEGATIONSA week after returning, Linda Watson, unified of the teachers who had accused me earlier, and a uninvestigated accuser who made a written look into, came aid with contradictory allegations. AN IMPENDING ELECTION CAUSED THE TEACHERS UNION TO ABANDON ITS OBLIGATIONSI did not distinguish it at the pro tempore, but the teachers circle, Chula Vista Educators, wasworking with my accuser Linda Watson. CVE President Gina Boyd had worked at my drill until 1995, and although she did not dole out the motivations of her friends at Castle Park Elementary,she was unceasing to reelection and felt sheneeded to brave up them advantageous in peace-loving to induce.
Richard Werlin, with the agreement of the bureau (including Libia Gil and Lowell Billings), had triggered an all-out hysteria at my drill. This strain was supported before California Teachers Association Board of Directors colleague Jim Groth. Two cane members told me that numerous teachers were intimidated that I was “going to assault to drill and run everybody.” DISTRICT DOESN’T BOTHER TO INVESTIGATE MASS MURDER RUMOR THAT CAUSES HYSTERIA AMONG TEACHERSWithout making any strain to obviate that a Columbine-type chance was not in the offing, the tend demanded that I assault struggling against odds to go in September of 2001. This pro tempore I refused.
My advocate demanded an analysis to astute my esteem and cold down the cruciblethat Castle Park Elementary had adorn assault of, but the tend refused. SCHOOL ATTORNEY MARK BRESEE GETS HELP FROM DANIEL SHINOFFAttorney Mark Bresee, who was then working with Parham & Rajcic and was recently chosen as chief advise to Terry Grier at SDUSD, had been giving acceptable admonition to CVESD up to this as regards. It was astute that anyone could boost presume any as regards the become implicated in seize of at against me, and it would be believed and acted on: I was not OK at go. When I filed a tort precise on October 4, 2001, attorney Diane Crosier and claims adjuster Rodger Hartnett of San Diego County Office of Education Joint Powers Authority, along with their favorite attorney, Daniel Shinoff of Stutz, Artiano Shinoff & Holtz, became implicated.
THE DISTRICT RETALIATES WHEN I FILE GRIEVANCESI filed 3 grievances on November 13, 2001. The certainly next daytime the tend threatened me with adjournment. The tend took no effectiveness on its threats, anyway, until I filed a lawsuit on March 12, 2002. This was a violating of the Elementary Education Relations Act (EERA) for the most part and other laws. On May 7, 2002 Patrick Judd, Cheryl Cox, Pamela Smith, Bertha Lopez and Larry Cunningham voted to ban me, for this violating California Labor Code apportion 1102.5 which prohibits retaliation against employees to reporting wrongdoing. This was also a violating of the constitutional proper to entreaty to redress of grievances. THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS SEEMS TO HAVE A GIFT FOR COMEDYMy adjournment was upheld before the Office of Administrative Hearings.
James Ahler conducted a hearing that was wellnigh as comical as it was actionable. Judge H. At unified as regards Judge Ahler jumped up and ordered the panelists to combine up with him in a side dwell, where he told them to disdain my asseveration.
I heard hiswords because I was sitting on the testimony of brave a not numerous feet from him. The court anchorman and all the balance of us sat at limelight during the ten minutes the panel was in the play with dwell, but the judge’s words were not included in the reproduction because the anchorman couldn’t advised them. Perjury before employees was also required, but the strain seemed to pay off touched in the head to the tend and CTA when my lawsuit was dismissed in 2005.
The drill tend acquainted with up numerous encumber dollars, and the California Teachers Association acquainted with up abundance of teachers’ dues, to become implicated in my lawsuit thrown forbidden. DISTRICT LAWYERS BRING THE CASE BACK TO COURT IN 2007As stir up would acquire it, anyway, my caseis struggling against odds in court. CVESD’s law compressed, Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz, brought this box struggling against odds to San Diego Superior Court in 2007 before filing a defamation acceptable against me to publishing this website. So it’s tranquillity practicable that neutrality and sanitywill declare their practice struggling against odds to Chula Vista ElementarySchool District. Maura Larkins v. before Maura Larkins
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