We have another page in the long-running saga of what happened between a Mills teacher and her student over a test and alleged threats to the teacher. The focus shifted mainly to what the school and district administration did or didn't do about it. You can read, and read, and read some of the background here starting last August. The DJ is reporting on the maneuvers that go all the way to the Attorney General's office
Former Superintendent Dr. Kevin Skelly; Dr. Kirk Black, deputy superintendent of Human Resources and Student Services; and Pamela Duszynski, Mills High School principal, faced suspensions of their education credentials due to mismanagement claims brought by a Mills High School teacher. Following an investigation, the Committee on Credentials, the investigative arm of the state’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing, recommended suspensions of 120 days for Duszynski, 30 days for Skelly and 14 days for Black.
But an appeals process that went all the way up to the Attorney General’s Office reversed that decision. In short, district spokesperson Laura Chalkley said in an email, Attorney General Rob Bonta referred the matter back to the CTC that then opted against prosecuting the administrators.
That's all a bit interesting. The state's investigative arm finds cause for suspensions, but the AG picks up the flag and punts it back to the CTC. Perhaps we will get some more details about that call. If I were the investigator, I'd be feeling miffed right about now. But the story isn't over
While the case before the CTC may be complete, (Mills High School teacher Patricia) Peterson said she is still pursuing her legal battle against the district, noting the core of the matter is the well-being of students. “I’m disappointed and still seeking justice through litigation,” Peterson said. “I’m bummed that the AG’s decision condoned such practices perpetuated by the administrators. … It’s disappointing but we’ve got another case.”
With a lot of litigation moving at a snail's pace in the County, who knows how long this might go on?
How has this BS gone on so long?
Maybe Trump's People are "guiding" the process.
Posted by: [email protected] | October 08, 2022 at 02:21 PM
No doubt Rob Bonta has a red cap in his closet. It is odd though since he seems to charge everything else under the sun.
Posted by: resident | October 08, 2022 at 04:03 PM
The Board had a responsibility to initiate an internal investigation of the Superintendent once it discovered the FIRST complaint and really when it received the SECOND complaint, and the Third complaint...
According to the SMUHSD Board Policy BP 1312.1 "Any complaint regarding the Superintendent shall be initially filed in writing with the Board. The Board shall consult with legal counsel or appoint an appropriate agent to conduct the investigation."
A review of a timeline of the facts shows that Superintendent Kevin Skelly, Deputy Superintendent Black, and Mills Principal Dusnyski were investigated AND went before Formal Review WITHOUT notifying the SMUHSD Board.
Read Again- The Board found about the Superintendent's Credential suspensions when THEY got a call for comment by the SM Daily Journal. (see links to video below)
These three SMUHSD administrators were represented during the initial investigation using the SMUHSD's legal counsel, the Lozano Smith Law firm, while public tax dollars paid the bill.
If the Board did not know about the CTC investigations, then who authorized the expenditures?
Once the suspensions were announced, the rank and file lawyers were replaced by a Lozano Smith partner to defend Skelly, Black and Duszynski on appeal.
March 1, 2022 Board Meeting with the Leadership Associates Superintendent search firm, the members made VERY CANDID statements regarding Superintendent Skelly's negligence-
Go To (1:56:00) at the link below-“Tell us EVERYTHING and TELL US FIRST”
(1:56:40) -Trustees Land and Lees Dwyer-they are vigorously “nodding” in agreement about Skelly’s lies and then they “break up laughing” at finding out about the lies “in the newspaper.”
https://youtu.be/wZhD9JG-iko
Instead of investigating its leaders, the Board got "chummy" and called out the CTC Investigators as the problem. "“Each of these administrators have exemplary records of service,” Griffin said. “The committee has acted irresponsibly and without regard to the facts, the law or the public interest in its decision.”
During August 2021 while these superintendent's credentials were being suspended, they were now facing a second set of CTC investigations. The Board is now aware of these issues, yet takes no action to investigate to ensure the public good.
The new and separate CTC investigations included Superintendent Kevin Skelly, Deputy Superintendent Kirk Black, and Burlingame High School Principal Di Yim.
These new charges produced a second set of evidence based Confidential Information Reports by the CTC investigators. This investigation also expanded to a BHS teacher.
The Lozano partner was now representing the administrators on appeal of credential suspension and in the investigation of these new and additional charges.
In August 2021, the Board gave Skelly its "full backing" and gave him a 2-year contract extension at $329,000 per year. Skelly stated that he loved his job and planned on working into the future.
In response to the contract extension, Trustee Lees Dwyer stated, “There were no issues that would have created a reason not to give him a contract or give a raise.” (Aug 14, 2021)
On January 12, 2022 Superintendent Kevin Skelly announced his resignation-retirement from the SMUHSD.
What was discovered/disclosed in the period from August 2021 to January 2022 created an environment where Skelly exited with his golden parachute.
It is believed that these two investigations and associated expenses are costing the taxpayers between $500,000 and $1,000,000 yet the Board never initiated an investigation as required by its own policy.
The SMUHSD is already blocking Public Record requests for the expenditures related to these issues. A full disclosure including investigation and legal expenditures must be provided to the public
These events should draw the attention of elected representatives on the local, county, state, and federal levels (some know and are dumbfounded) as this is an extreme misuse of public funds and a loss of the public trust.
Trustees Lees Dwyer and Hanley will leave the Board at the end of the year due to by-district elections.
Trustee Land will need to explain these actions to his constituents in Burlingame as he becomes the sole representative to the town.
Posted by: Skelly's Batmobile -(An internal investigation is needed) | October 08, 2022 at 04:58 PM
"Deflect and Redirect" is what is stopping our Country from Greatness....
Whatever that means.
Posted by: [email protected] | October 08, 2022 at 07:07 PM
Two New Board Members will be SHOCKED at the cover up and suppression of evidence.
Skelly's Contract Extension- A Sham-
AFTER the recommendation to suspend Skelly's credential, the Board went 7 months without a "Superintendent Evaluation" for oversight. (check the record below)
Trustee Zuniga had to be "persuaded" in Closed Session to vote for Skelly's contract extension because she had "concerns." He "resigned" five months later.
August 2021 information and Evidence of the credential suspensions and ongoing investigations was withheld from the Board so that they would grant the Superintendent's contract extension.
In June, one month prior, a Brown Act complaint was filed with the SM District Attorney as the SMUHSD Administration suppressed from the public agenda, a publication of the list of administrative contracts and salaries for the 2021-2022 school year. (Black was given an on camera rebuke by Trustee Dwyer in prior months for not posting contracts and attachments in a timely manner for review) The information was suppressed to eliminate any public comment on the contracts of Deputy Superintendent of Human Resources Kirk Black who was facing credential suspension, and was also the person who suppressed the information.
After granting Skelly a BONUS two-year contract extension at $329,000 per year the Board went SILENT on Skelly for a 7 month period WHILE Skelly and Black were under a second investigation by the CTC in less than a year AFTER their credentials were recommended for suspension.
SMUHSD Agenda's show a seven month period (August 2021-February 2022) with NO Board interactions. At the same time, the SMUHSD Board was paying Skelly and Black's high priced legal fees, yet refused to manage this critical situation.
According to policy, the Board SHOULD have opened an investigation of its own.
During that period the local police were involved in at least TWO incidents where Skelly and Black were named as action SHOULD have taken but was not as police investigation would have disclosed culpability.
These issues and incidents were suppressed from the Board.
According to a SMDJ statement by Trustee Zuniga, she was "Strong Armed" in Closed Session to grant the contract extension to Skelly, despite the fact that SHE believed something was WRONG.
"Zuniga said she recognizes the public may be left in the dark on various facts given that those discussions are confidential.
She stood by her decision to approve the contract after listening to her colleagues with more time on the board and finding that any issues could be rectified..." (August 12, 2021)
Zuniga was right to question Skelly who resigned only five months later on January 12, 2021 after the disclosure of a series of internal scandals and conflicts of interest were uncovered during the under prior seven months of CTC investigations.
On August 12, 2021 Skelly sat back and watched as the Board granted him a contract extension KNOWING that HE was under serious investigation.
Only days later, more covert and damaging actions of retaliation commenced.
https://youtu.be/bCgOvRG6uiI?t=8292
The Agenda-Public Employee Evaluation 54957- Title: Superintendent
These are the issues that took place under Skelly-
Pregnant teacher physically threatened and called a "Fucking Bitch" by a student. Superintendent Skelly tells her to "get another job."The video is set to 9:30 and the first public speaker- Danielle Kellner
https://youtu.be/vak3UX8hbPQ?t=569
Ms Kellner left the SMUHSD and moved to the east coast. Why would she bother to Zoom into a Board meeting to make such a bold statement if it wasn't true.Ms Kellner was one of the who filed CTC complaints against Skelly a.
The Board is required to post a closed session agenda item to review the Superintendent. Despite being under investigation for a SECOND TIME by the CTC, the Board does not do a single evaluation of the Superintendent for seven (7 months.)
Special Meeting w/Closed Session
July 01, 2021 5:00PM
C. CLOSED SESSION
C.1. [ * ] Public Employee Evaluation 54957- Title: Superintendent
Seven Months with NO Superintendent Evaluations
(Skelly "resigns" on January 12, 2022)
Regular Meeting
San Mateo Union HSD
February 10, 2022 7:00PM
D. CLOSED SESSION
D.1. [* ] Public Employee Evaluation 54957- Title: Superintendent
(note the 1:00 meeting time)
Special Meeting Closed Session
San Mateo Union HSD
February 22, 2022 1:00PM
C. CLOSED SESSION
C.2. [* ] Public Employee Evaluation 54957- Title: Superintendent
Posted by: Skelly's Batmobile -(Trustee strong-armed to vote for extended contract) | October 12, 2022 at 08:28 PM
Superintendent Booker
Immediate Changes
Local Boy Makes Good
Mandated Private Security at ALL Football Games as site administration and staff are NOT enough.
Elevating ALL site Athletic Directors to FULL TIME positions (NOT a Teacher Union request) as he knows the VALUE of sports to a campus (sports IS the best program for AT RISK students).
Mandated Full Time Deans at EVERY campus for student and community safety.
He is currently elevating a FULL Administrative Staff (third Assistant Principal) to Mills and Capuchino High Schools for increased student and community safety.
Maybe the Burlingame born and bred boy has an plan?
Meanwhile- The damage of the previous leader continues:
The Brilliant Superintendent Kevin Skelly's Land Deal for the Crestmoor site will fade into failure like his career.
Here are the facts from the offer sheet:
December 2020- $125 million
December 2021- $85 million
December 2022- Why bother.
These were negotiated deals that he allowed to fall apart.
It is a well reported FACT that Skelly was withholding facts and information (of a variety of issues) from the Board.
Skelly walked away with a significant retirement package as well as ongoing PAID legal defense by the SMUHSD for the damage HE created.
The SMUHSD Board is fully responsible for the oversight of these issues. Their trust in Skelly and failure to perform due diligence and a mandatory investigation into his negligence is the cause of these significant financial setbacks.
Posted by: Sup. Booker Local Boy Makes Good- Crestmoor Deal is a $$$ disaster | November 05, 2022 at 05:32 PM
Where is the money for all this coming from?
Posted by: HMB | November 05, 2022 at 09:49 PM
The money was in your pocket-
The same place where the Board is draining the budget to pay the legal expenses of the extreme negligence of the prior administration. These are the personal legal expenses and NOT the expenses of the district.
The "boutique" firm of BFEOW and Lozano Smith are milking the district for what they can get.
Local Hillsborough School Board Member Greg Dannis' Education Law Firm -Dannis Woliver Kelley- would be a more ethical choice to advise the SMUHSD.
Lozano Smith has been picking the pockets of the SMUHSD, defending its administrators while failing to inform the Board of the extreme negligence.
The site positions will most likely come from the elimination of a large number of "fluffy" appointments made by Skelly that have no impact on students or learning.
The Board cannot serve two masters with only one pot of money that belongs to the taxpayers.
Come election day, the new single member districts will place a lone Trustee in front of the Burlingame constituents. Two new Trustee will come on Board to review "the status" of the district in what will most likely be an eye opening event.
The SMUHSD is an extremely wealthy district. It should be acting and performing like a wealthy district where "the rising tide raises all ships."
Instead it just throws money at the
flavor of the week
A majority of three (3) Board members is all that is needed to start making changes. The two new folks may be willing to start breaking dishes early and get a sitting Trustee to come over.
The new Trustees are Terri Chavez from San Bruno, and Jennifer Jacobson from the San Mateo/Hillsborough district. Each district candidate and sitting Trustee Griffin ran without a challenge.
Trustee Chavez indicated that she wants equity among the schools-resources, courses, etc.
Sitting Mr. Griffin wants a focus on safety of campus for teachers and students.
Griffin's position is ironic considering that a modified automatic weapon with armor piercing bullets (see SM Superior Court # 22-CIV-02116) was taken off of a student on a campus who was making threats. This item was silenced from the public and employees.
The Mills Teacher-Petersen case heading to trial is a retaliation Whistleblower case as the administration continually failed to act on reports of threats and violence, and THEN went after Petersen for properly filing the reports. (read the case-#21-CIV-01252).
SM Superior Court Portal-read the legal documents.
https://odyportal-ext.sanmateocourt.org/portal-external
Posted by: Sup. Booker Local Boy Makes Good- Crestmoor Deal is a $$$ disaster | November 06, 2022 at 08:03 AM
These were literally nothing issues and incidents from the start. Skelly and Black turned them into “pissing contests” to see how much abuse they could drop on the teacher before she folded.
She didn’t fold and now they will be testifying under oath.
The evidence of the Skelly and Black retaliation “power trip” is well known and documented across the schools.
These facts are also well known amongst their own administrators- at least the ones who did not flee last year. The Board should certainly be embarrassed about recruiting, training and then losing very good people who jumped ship rather than stay in an abusive, toxic, and dysfunctional environment.
When a leave of absence isn't really a leave of absence, but a ticket out.
The Board was taken for a ride by the pair who told the Board “what the Board WANTED to hear” to yet continued with the abuse.
Petersen’s claim is filed as a Whistleblower which is 100% correct.
The two departing Board members and the three remaining Board members are now fully aware of the actions of its employee, yet they fail to take any action, promote honesty and ethics, establish the public trust.
The two new Board members will most likely "lose their sh&t" when they review the evidence and the history of these (beyond this case) incidents.
Why was this allowed to happen and then continue to happen?
The Board was “Skellied” as they were swept up with his outward Good Ol’ Boy folksy anecdotes and phrases, yet below the surface was a white-male- ego driven Good Ol Boys Club attitude founded on a management crushing labor ideology leftover from the 1970’s.
Skelly refused to curb his administrative team and turned out any who challenged him. The behind-the-scenes retaliation against rank-and-file staff is well known, documented, and will be on full display in this court proceeding.
There is a long line of SMUHSD employees who easily recognize these facts as they too were targets of retaliation, emotional and verbal abuse, blaming and shaming, all to deflect the negligence at the top.
Depositions scheduled for May 2023
• Superintendent Kevin Skelly
• Deputy Superintendent of Human Resources Kirk Black
• Mills High School Principal Pam Pamela Duszynski
• District employees and Board Members to be named
•
Plaintiff was retaliated against for a variety of protected activity, including reporting pupil assaults and harassment and refusing to change pupil grades.
The equitable relief sought is an injunction requiring expungement of a retaliatory letter of reprimand.
Plaintiff estimates
• $1.5 million for pain and suffering
• $1.5 million for emotional distress
• $300,000 for lost earnings to date
• $1 million lost future earnings
• $1.86 million lost pension value
Don’t blame the Mills teacher for these numbers. According to records SHE asked this to be settled a long time ago and all she wanted was to have the expungement of a fraudulent retaliatory letter of reprimand removed from her employment file.
The removal of the letter was a price too high for Skelly and Black’s ego’s and now the tax-payers who foot the bill.
The numbers above don’t include the legal expenses of the SMUHSD who hired a “boutique” law firm to defend the district and the individuals.
Court documents can be found at the following:
https://odyportal-ext.sanmateocourt.org/portal-external
Case #
21-CIV-01252
Posted by: Depositions are set- Damages are posted- The trial of the SMUHSD starts in 2023 | November 13, 2022 at 09:32 AM
These were literally nothing issues and incidents from the start. Skelly and Black turned them into “pissing contests” to see how much abuse they could drop on the teacher before she folded.
She didn’t fold and now they will be testifying under oath.
The evidence of the Skelly and Black retaliation “power trip” is well known and documented across the schools.
These facts are also well known amongst their own administrators- at least the ones who did not flee last year. The Board should certainly be embarrassed about recruiting, training and then losing very good people who jumped ship rather than stay in an abusive, toxic, and dysfunctional environment.
When a leave of absence isn't really a leave of absence, but a ticket out.
The Board was taken for a ride by the pair who told the Board “what the Board WANTED to hear” to yet continued with the abuse.
Petersen’s claim is filed as a Whistleblower which is 100% correct.
The two departing Board members and the three remaining Board members are now fully aware of the actions of its employee, yet they fail to take any action, promote honesty and ethics, establish the public trust.
The two new Board members will most likely "lose their sh&t" when they review the evidence and the history of these (beyond this case) incidents.
Why was this allowed to happen and then continue to happen?
The Board was “Skellied” as they were swept up with his outward Good Ol’ Boy folksy anecdotes and phrases, yet below the surface was a white-male- ego driven Good Ol Boys Club attitude founded on a management crushing labor ideology leftover from the 1970’s.
Skelly refused to curb his administrative team and turned out any who challenged him. The behind-the-scenes retaliation against rank-and-file staff is well known, documented, and will be on full display in this court proceeding.
There is a long line of SMUHSD employees who easily recognize these facts as they too were targets of retaliation, emotional and verbal abuse, blaming and shaming, all to deflect the negligence at the top.
Depositions scheduled for May 2023
• Superintendent Kevin Skelly
• Deputy Superintendent of Human Resources Kirk Black
• Mills High School Principal Pam Pamela Duszynski
• District employees and Board Members to be named
•
Plaintiff was retaliated against for a variety of protected activity, including reporting pupil assaults and harassment and refusing to change pupil grades.
The equitable relief sought is an injunction requiring expungement of a retaliatory letter of reprimand.
Plaintiff estimates
• $1.5 million for pain and suffering
• $1.5 million for emotional distress
• $300,000 for lost earnings to date
• $1 million lost future earnings
• $1.86 million lost pension value
Don’t blame the Mills teacher for these numbers. According to records SHE asked this to be settled a long time ago and all she wanted was to have the expungement of a fraudulent retaliatory letter of reprimand removed from her employment file.
The removal of the letter was a price too high for Skelly and Black’s ego’s and now the tax-payers who foot the bill.
The numbers above don’t include the legal expenses of the SMUHSD who hired a “boutique” law firm to defend the district and the individuals.
Court documents can be found at the following:
https://odyportal-ext.sanmateocourt.org/portal-external
Case #
21-CIV-01252
Posted by: OneManginiWay | November 13, 2022 at 04:21 PM
(We can't make this stuff up)
At its December 15, 2021 meeting, the SMUHSD approved the employment of FORMER Superintendent Kevin Skelly as a substitute teacher.
Skelly was holding a two-year contract at $329k per year when he"retired" so that he could exercise the option to become a substitute teacher on a a daily pay rate?
How does THAT make sense.
Given Skelly's employment income and years of service, his retirement pay alone would be between $250k and $300k-
The meeting also saw the addition to two new members and the exit of Trustees Lees Dwyer and Hanley.
Skelly's "retirement" was a resignation (with disgrace) and the discovery of Skelly's name on the employment list released a "wild-fire" of comments among the rank and file in the SMUHSD who see any return of Skelly as negative.
Trustee Land is the current Board President and the lone representative from now established Burlingame District.
Trustee Land is now the sole representative from Burlingame (you can't vote for any other district) and responsible for the actions taken regarding Burlingame High School (past, present, and future) Land may want to think about getting on the proper side of putting the good ship BHS back in order.
The exodus of Lees Dwyer and Hanley will also allow a majority on the Board to break the deadlock "protecting" the extreme negligence and foolishness of the Skelly Era to include Yim-Gate and collapse of BHS.
Public Record requests for documents as well as expenditure disclosures for fraudulent investigations and legal expenses related to Skelly are planned as well as the legal depositions related to the Petersen lawsuit (above).
The Board should be much smarter than to allow "Substitute Teacher Skelly" to return to the scene of the crime.
Posted by: Substitute Teacher Skelly -(This is real) | December 19, 2022 at 11:54 AM
Trustee Land-
That knocking at your door is Ethics trying to get in.... you should answer the door and respond with proper and transparent actions.
“The fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves,” -Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
"Do the Right Thing"- Spike Lee
The disclosure of public funds spent on these fraudulent actions as well as their collateral damage will not sit well with the Burlingame public.
"Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."
This is a "Burlingame Thing" and you are now its sole representative.
Posted by: IKant- Do what is right, not what is easy-- | April 16, 2023 at 09:19 AM
Locked and Landed-(?)
See Above- October 8, 2022-
Trustee Land's reaction to the declaration by Trustee Lees Dwyer that Superintendent Skelly had been lying to the Board.
What else is known?
What is owed to the public?
Go to the
https://www.youtube.com/live/wZhD9JG-iko?feature=share&t=6968
Posted by: IKant-Do what is right, not what is easy--(LockedNLanded) | May 06, 2023 at 08:05 AM
Are the SMUHSD Trustees withholding information from the public?
This connects all the way back to Yim-Gate.
Resign or Retire---
Was former SMUHSD Superintendent Kevin Skelly allowed to "retire" and silently walk away rather than face the disclosure of his actions and the fraudulent expenditure of public funds in defense of his now "known" acts of providing the Trustees with disingenuous information.
There is no longer a “dispute” about Skelly’s behavior as well as that of his second in command as they were caught withholding essential information from the Board as well as providing disingenuous statements regarding their own actions.
The Board of Trustees offered Dr. Skelly a two-year $329,000 per year extension in August 2021 and then reluctantly and abruptly announced his “retirement” on January 12, 2021. During the June 2021 to January 2022 period, the Trustees were not “aware” or properly informed of the activities inside the district office involving the investigations of Dr. Skelly and Dr. Black as well as their use of the power of their positions to engage in retaliation against the Whistleblowers. In addition, Dr. Skelly lied to, misled, deceived, and withheld information form the Trustees legal representative, the San Mateo County Counsel.
While the Board of Trustees was directing “its” legal representative, the SM County Counsel to take a proper and ethical action, Dr. Skelly was headed in the opposite direction lying to and misleading the SM County Counsel. The disclosure of the embarrassment only starts here.
In addition, the Lozano Smith legal firm that represents the SMUHSD’s administration (not the Board) is culpable of promoting and engaging in exceptionally questionable legal actions by pitting the interests of defending the Superintendents( both of them) negligence against the promotion of the interests of the integrity of the Board and the taxpayers. Since the Lozano Firm was representing the Superintendents, but being paid by the Board, the lawyers placed the interests of Skelly and Black above the SMUHSD and the taxpayers are paying the price.
The linked video of the March 1, 2022, Board Meeting shows the Superintendent Search Firm- Leadership Associates- interviewing the Board members of “what they want in a new leader.” At this time, the Trustees HAD BEEN given more information regarding the reasons for Skelly’s “retirement” and the Trustees seem to be both “embarrassed and angry.” They should be embarrassed, Dr. Skelly took the Board to the cleaners, leaving the Trustees to clean up the mess.
So why did the Trustees give Skelly and his cohorts as “bon voyage” and “Skelly-fest” retirement?
Because one does not become a Superintendent by trashing a failed superintendent- (Good ole boys)
Trustees are elected to represent ethics and the public. Trustees who aspire to be superintendents themselves should not “cover up and protect” the highly improperactions and negligence of their “single employee.” It does not look like any of this is going to just “blow over.” These types of issues come out when being vetted to become a superintendent….or afterwards.
The Board of Trustees gets caught- they know of Skelly's lies-
(Zoom Link)
The Trustees were "caught" on the Zoom camera and microphone during its March 1, 2022 meeting.
Trustee Hanley’s comment identify that that Superintendent Skelly had been CAUGHT withholding information and lying to the Board-“He needs to tell us FIRST…”
Trustee Lees Dwyer then jumps in and states, "... before it's in the newspaper". citing Skelly's lies to the Board that were only discovered by the SM Daily Journal.
Land and Lees Dwyer then break up laughing and Land has to cover his mouth to stop laughing.
Why are they laughing at Skelly's destruction of the district
https://www.youtube.com/live/wZhD9JG-iko?feature=share&t=6977
Posted by: Trustees withholding evidence?- See the video | July 23, 2023 at 02:08 PM
SMUHSD-Brown Act Violation- Cover-Up 101
Were the SMUHSD Trustees used to cover up a felony?
Item-SMUHSD Letter to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing dated- Sept 10, 2021 -
Without the public input or consent, the SMUHSD Trustees -created and issued a “Letter of Support” that is highly critical of the Commission on Teacher Credentials (CTC) Education Misconduct Investigations and its investigators.
The focus was regarding SMUHSD employees who were investigated based on signed affidavits by victims.
There is no SMUHSD agenda item listed in Open or Closed session where this letter would have been properly sun shined.
In June 2021, the SMUHSD was investigated for a Brown Act issue regarding the suppression of items from the public agenda.
This covert action by the Trustees was an incredibly irresponsible action as the Board is supposed to represent the interests of the public.
The letter claims that the CTC investigation process had been “hijacked” by the complainants and that the superintendents, a teacher, and a principal were being improperly “targeted.”
Superintendent Skelly "resigned" in January 2022 directly after the information of the investigations broke.
Despite the fact that there is no corresponding agenda item on the September 10, 2021, Board agenda, the letter states that the letter has a “unanimous vote” and included details of information presented to the Board, but withheld from the public.
The Board produced a letter of support, a product of a vote of the Trustees but the letter not attached to the SMUHSD Board site as required by law.
The September 10th, 2021, letter of support was emailed and FedExed to the Commission on Credentials, yet intentionally withheld from public consideration and public review.
A letter of support, from a public board, with a “unanimous vote,” and no record of a coordinating agenda item, and NO LETTER ATTACHED is known a “Back Room Deal.”
The Board's foolish action was taken after the Trustees held seven (7) closed session evaluations with Superintendent Skelly, before granting him a two-year contract valued at $329,000 per year, and then “everything fell apart” as the truth came out.
Superintendent Skelly announced his “retirement” on January 12, 2022.
The Trustees were oblivious to the possible felony that was sitting underneath that letter.
What could possibly have gone wrong? (Yim-Gate, Skelly-Gate-BHS Fraud-)
The letter is also CC’s to the San Mateo County Counsel, the Trustee’s legal representative, meaning that the lawyer (County Counsel) who actually represents the public’s interest did not participate in the construction or sending of this item.
What legal entity was advising the Trustees? Who REALLY "hijacked" the Board and used its power for their own objective.
The disclosure of this letter was followed by a flow of other documents confirming that the Trustees have been "hijacked" by their own employees
What can go wrong, Will go wrong.
Posted by: SMUHSD-Felony Cover Up- Brown Act Violaiton | September 08, 2023 at 06:37 AM
Yim-Gate- Skelly-Gate
We thought the "Dick in the Box" dance would be the worst of it....
The 2016 Involuntary Transfer of Mr. Nelson from BHS is now known to be based on fraudulent information intentionally provided to the Trustees.
The Trustees were scammed by their own administrators and a few teachers and today stand embarrassed as enablers of these actions.
The act was one of retaliation and has become “a great embarrassment and humiliation” not only to those who perpetrated the fraud and perpetuated its life, but others who were persuaded to signed “sworn affidavits under the penalty of perjury” and then lie to investigative Individuals went to great length to lie, misled, deceive and withhold information from the Trustees, but a lie has no roots and eventually the truth prevails.
The Trustees are “dumbstruck with embarrassment and humiliation” over their own actions and responses, and they come to grips that they were manipulated to engage in these highly unethical and improper actions.
Over the past years, the retaliation has continued to include the on ongoing flood of lies to the Trustee regarding evidence known to the administration and the BHS teacher to be true.
The SMUHSD leadership and teachers would have been fired if they acknowledge these facts and truths.
When investigations began to “heat up,” in 2021, the retaliation rose to a new level (low).
In August 2021, a known fraudulent Sexual Assault Letter, which could only be written by a person with “insider information” was delivered to Aragon High School. The letter was properly provided to Deputy Superintendent of Human Resources Kirk Black and Superintendent Kevin Skelly on September 5, 2021.
The superintendents knew immediately who had written the letter, so it was suppressed from the Trustees and the police. The letter was withheld from proper handling for SIX MONTHS while the trio waited for their state investigations to pass as they KNEW the letter would be presented to the STATE investigators.
In November 2021, a second letter, an Anonymous Threat Letter was constructed and sent-
"People know about the state and federal crimes you have committed. Why do you think you are above the law?
You are not and justice is coming for you. And you are not nearly as clever as you think you are."
Superintendent Skelly was immediately contacted but REFUSED to take action. Skelly immediately recognized the letter, requested that the police NOT be contacted, confirmed the activity of the writer, and then stated that he “refused to investigate without a mandate by legal counsel.” Over the next weeks, in email exchanges with the Trustees, Skelly lied about the incident and his collaboration and interaction with the writer.
The Sexual Assault Letter and the Threat Letter are almost identical in their formats and context. Each carry identifying marks in the handwriting of the author in the lower left hand corner. The letters are each postmarked from a Burlingame High School USPS location and they are each coordinated with an action by the SMUHSD Administration and Trustees. The handwritten elements of the letter MATCH the handwritten submission of the author to legal documents and other written documents on file.
In September 2022, a public record act request was filed with the SMUHSD for the disclosure of the Sexual Assault Letter and its envelope. Superintendent Booker, who was not in the district at the time of the Sexual Assault Letter, it was reported to him, by the administrators who received the letter, that the evidentiary envelope did not exist- ,
“having made a reasonably diligent inquiry, I do not believe that the envelope (or a copy of it) is actually in the possession of the District at this time (assuming that the anonymous letter actually came in an envelope, which is something that I am unaware of)."
A photograph of the envelope was located and provided to Superintendent Booker and the Trustees only days later.
Police reports were filed in each of these cases, yet the Trustees and administration remained silent. It is believed that in December 2021, Superintendent Skelly was “caught” and was given the gift of the right to “retire,” forfeiting the two-year contract extension at $329,000 per year, extended to him only months prior.
The Trustees collectively and especially Burlingame’s Trustee Land has an obligation to engage these issues and act in a honest, ethical, and transparent manner.
As the single-member district representative to Burlingame, Trustee Land has an ethical and leadership obligation to bring these issues into the light, acknowledge the extreme negligence of the district and its administrators, hold responsible those employees who lied to, misled, deceived, and withheld information from the Trustees, investigators, the police, and the public, as well as offer leadership on how to ensure that these types of behavior never happen again.
If the Trustees condone the use of such as false Sexual Assault and Threat Letters as “normal” behavior of the employee(s) who wrote them, then the public knows where the Trustees stand on these issues.
The Trustees have enabled these actions and it is their responsibility to fix them.
The Link to the associated BV post holds the background of this embarrassment.
https://www.burlingamevoice.com/2021/08/smushd-suspensions-to-proceed-appeals-likely/comments
Posted by: SMUHSD-Sexual Assault and Threat Letters Trustee know- do nothing | September 24, 2023 at 09:44 AM
Tt is going to take more time than I have today to "review" all the BS that goes along with the "above article." I recall that "Careers" and lives of "Educators" may have been Destroyed during this "Unusual, Biased, Racial, and Economical San Mateo County Board of Supervisors "Interpretation of Law."
I will get back to you folks soon.
I am looking forward to 'Dialog."
Hillsider? Where are you? I hope all is well.
Posted by: hollyroller@ gmail.com | September 24, 2023 at 10:42 AM
SMUHSD Board President and Trustees,
The trustees are currently suppressing from the public, known actions of malpractice and negligence by the prior administration. This has come at a great financial cost and that of the public trust.
It is known by the Trustees that the prior administration engaged in fraud and intentionally misled the Board and withheld information which resulted in the district flushing excessive amount of public funds in investigation and legal fees as well as retaliation against Whistleblowers.
The Trustees themselves were duped (you created and sent the document) into placing known slander and defamation into a public action at the direction of the former administrators and their legal counsel who was acting contrary to the interests of the taxpayers.
The former administration created and perpetuated a highly dysfunctional environment based on pleasing the Trustees in order to keep their lucrative contracts and jobs.
The administration would continually tell the Trustees what "they wanted to hear, even when that was a lie."
The problem in a dysfunctional environment is that the lies continue to collect and grow, and the "fallout" damage begins to land on other individuals.
These lies soon become the burden of others so that the administrators would not get caught.
The SMUHSD Trustees became the target of these lies and actions as evidenced by the fraudulent Letter of Support created and sent by the Trustees to the CTC. The letter dated September 10, 2021, was known to be based on fraudulent information at the time it was created and sent. The public board engaged in this practice without performing ANY due diligence.
The administrators CONVINCED the Trustees to engage in known fraudulent activity using the public process and power of the Board because THEY were in serious trouble and under intense investigation by the state agency because of their actions and LIES.
The Trustees rewarded this dysfunctional behavior with the letter and more.
All of the damage of this embarrassing behavior is coming out, but the Trustees only have one path to recovery, and that is through honest, ethical and transparent leadership.
This is no different than what would be told to a middle schooler at BIS.
Be honest and ethical in what you do.
It’s time to lead by example or get out of the way and let someone else do it.
Posted by: Trustees supressing facts- Markkula Center for Ethics | September 28, 2023 at 08:19 AM
Link-BV- August 2021- Follow the timeline of negligence, cover-ups, and retaliation
https://www.burlingamevoice.com/2021/08/smushd-suspensions-to-proceed-appeals-likely.html#comments
The Secret SMUHSD Board Action of September 10, 2021-
SMUHSD Board President Land and Trustee Griffin should "update" the public on the information below as it pertains to the Burlingame Community.
After the update, President Land and Trustee Griffin should then resign their positions on the SMUHSD Board of Trustees.
The following "secret document" (it cannot be located on any agenda or minutes) has been suppressed for two years and it cannot be ignored given the actions that have transpired.
September 10, 2021- Trustee Letter-
Closing remarks of the Trustees...
Trustee President Griffin:
"Here, it appears that Mr. Nelson is attempting to hijack the CTC process to harass and retaliate against fellow teachers."
A single person can hijack an entire state agency?... now that would be some power, if it were true.
The statement is some serious Trustee BullS$%T, and now a serious embarrassment.
How stupid are the Trustees? Keep Reading-
SMUHSD Trustee President Griffin and the Trustees hold NO evidence to support the claim yet are using their positions on the Board and the Trustee's authority to attack whistleblowers, a blatant act of retaliation and a violation of the law.
The Trustee letter was created during the 2021 Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) investigations of the superintendents.
The SMUHSD Trustees secretly (there is no agenda item to be found) allowed this item to be place on the public docket, where it was discussed and gained unanimous support.
The letter carries the following reference:
The September 10, 2021, Letter of Support for MM from Governing Board of the San Mateo Union High School District, DPP Case No X-XXXXXXXXX,
There are not citation on any SMUHSD Board minutes and the document were this item is listed.
The letter does reference a phrase, “unanimously authorized” indicating that a discussion, move to vote, second, and a Trustee vote was taken, but not reported out to the public.
“The Board of Trustees has unanimously authorized and directed me to transmit this letter to you and the Commission to set forth the district’s unqualified support for MM in this matter and to request that the Commission close this matter with no further action.”
The Trustees are so well informed that the CTC should end its investigation based on he word of the local board?
It is now factual that the Trustee were 100% wrong, making this an even greater embarrassment. (documented)
The March 2016 Involuntary Transfer of Mr. Nelson from Burlingame High School is now validated as to be both retaliatory and based on fraudulent information.
During the 2015-16 school year, the SMUHSD Trustees were "leveraged" by the superintendents who fed them lies and withheld critical information regarding a variety of incidents including a FIVE MONTH investigation of the SMUHSD and Burlingame High School by the United States Office of Civil Rights regarding discrimination complaints.
The investigation ended was only by a settlement agreement by the SMUHSD and the complainant in April 2015.
The March 2016 Involuntary Transfer of Mr. Nelson from Burlingame High School was retaliation and the “actors” listed above were all known participants.
In July 2015 the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), an highly respected investigative body in the California Public Schools found the complaints to be valid and issued the SMUHSD a report finding that the district was OUT OF COMPLIANCE with the Americans with Disabilities Act and related Special Education laws, the exact same action the OCR was investigating at Burlingame High School.
There were MANY BHS families impacted by this negligence and many students suffered as their rights were ignored and they were ridiculed their teachers.
FCMAT Findings Letter-sent to Superintendent Skelly- July 2015
https://www.fcmat.org/PublicationsReports/San-Mateo-UHSD-management-letter1.pdf
The March 2016 Involuntary Transfer of Mr. Nelson from Burlingame High School was retaliation and the “employees” references above were all known participants in the retaliation.
The SMUHSD letter referenced above has been suppressed by the Trustees for two years, the FACTS behind Mr. Nelson Involuntary Transfer, now also known to be fraud, has been suppressed for seven years.
Sadly, these are NOT the most egregious actions carried out and covered up- by the SMUHSD.
A completely independent, third party, law firm should be hired to investigate the actions of the administration, its relationship with the Lozano Smith firm, and their(independent and collective) their communications to the Trustees.
President Land and Trustee Griffin should resign their positions as Board Trustees.
Posted by: Trustees Land and Griffin should resign- Investigation needed | September 30, 2023 at 10:03 AM
The Fireworks for the BHS 100 have already started.
Principal Yim may be doing an Encore Performance of "Dick in the Box" during Friday Night's Half Time Show -
The rest is very real-
Corruption 101-
The SMUHSD Board and its individual Trustees are entangled in a very embarrassing, corrupt, and possibly criminal cover-up.
The Trustees either need to STEP UP immediately to denounce and recant its fraudulent letter of September 10, 2021, hire a private external law firm to conduct in internal investigation (including financial) and discipline Skelly, Black and the BHS teacher or STEP ASIDE and let actual adults take over.
The Trustee's silence on this (these) issues reflects its embarrassment at being "leveraged" by its employees and allowing is money and power to be abused.
In addition to the BHS teacher-cyber-stalker, three other BHS teachers signed their names "under the penalty of perjury" to documents “thinking that no one would ever see the statements, where they perjured themselves.” The letters you signed are now you're your employer, along with the fraudulent “restraining order” that was claimed to be filed, but wasn’t because it would “disclose your identity.”
The Trustees have enabled this "circus" environment to infect BHS and the SMUHSD and carry on for the past few years.
On August 25, 2021, an anonymous letter, outlining a criminal action was post marked and sent from a Burlingame High School post office. The letter’s contents, known to be false, CONFIRMED the identity of the writer as well as her intent.
On November 23, 2021, a second Threat Letter was post marked and sent from the SAME Burlingame High School post office, this time send to a private residence. The letter writer was the same cyber-stalker.
When reported to the Trustees and then Superintendent, Dr. Skelly’s first remarks were -"Don't call the Police!" The evidence now shows and extreme entanglement of the SMUHSD district administrators with the cyber-stalker and perjures.
Skelly then (foolishly) admitted to his engagement with these individual, offering a defense of her actions, when one was not necessary “I’ve been speaking with her frequently, she would not do this” The Superintendent then stated, “I will not conduct an investigation of this Threat Letter unless mandated to do so by legal counsel.”
The Hold-over Trustees Griffin and Land, gave Superintendent Skelly a “free pass” (as always) while students and parents are being threatened.
The recent disclosure of the September 10, 2021 Board Action (which cannot be found on ANY agenda or minutes) titled:
"Letter of Support for Ms. MM from Governing Board of the San Mateo Union High School District, Case No. X-XXXXXX
The 2021 letter is the product of a co-opted Board, drunk with Skelly’s lies, and now being used to attack Whistleblowers.
Trustee President Griffin closes the fraudulent letter with an attack on the Whistleblower.
"Here, it appears that the Mr. Nelson is attempting to hijack the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) process."
The evidence SHOWS that the Trustees are the ones who have been swindled by the district administrators AND their attorney (paid for with SMUHSD Funds) and the Trustees are now too embarrassed to take care of business and represent the people.
The SMUHSD Trustees are the elected representative of the public trust have allowed themselves to be duped, bought, and paid for by those exact individuals who engaged in the crime.
The Trustees can’t rescind their actions, the perjures cannot take back their letters, and lies to husbands are hard to rectify when they take ignorant actions based upon these lies.
(A request to install cameras on the BHS campus? How about telling the truth to your spouse?)
Evidence is evidence-
“If these memos (public documents) are released, I will suffer great humiliation and embarrassment as they will disclose (to the public) embarrassing information about me”
-Doe#1 San Mateo Superior Court
This isn't a middle school scuffle with the Mean Girls.
-The Trustees have embarrassed the district and placed students at risk.
Posted by: Criminal Cover-Up-Lies to Husbands? Free Passes by Land & Griffin | October 06, 2023 at 04:53 PM
The Mean Girls- The Involuntary Transfer -The BHS Teacher Conspiracy-
This is what cost Dr. Skelly his job- (lies and stupidity)
The March 2016 Involuntary Transfer at BHS was not only a fraud, but it was a planned action with intent to damage-
Superintendent Kevin Skelly-“I reject Teacher Conspiracy Influence on this decision.”
(Why acknowledge something is it isn’t real?-It helps to “sell” the lie)
Dr. Skelly then confirmed the Conspiracy Theory in February 2019 and he named the teachers who provided the fraudulent information.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15vKKYR2aqPQc1P1EVsXjOJ9UQVIqLX38/view?usp=share_link
The SMUHSD Trustees were lied to, misled, deceived, and had information withheld from them.
It was an inside job- The “Mean Girls” did it. - They’ve stated it in their statements, “signed under the penalty of perjury.”
Documents-
DOE 1-great "great humiliation and embarrassment"
“He frequently mentions the “mean girls” at BHS. It is unclear to me if he means the strong women who work as teachers.”
No- it means adults who cyberstalk and prey on children- Lie about it…. But then get caught in the lie-
... continues to defame Princpal Yim..
Principal Yim “defamed” herself with the bump and grind “Dick in the Box” dance.
Even a high school journalist would know that Truth, or substantial truth, is a complete defense to a claim of defamation.
Hence, a person cannot be defamed by the truth and facts, like public records of self-statements.
Remember, “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”
The signed and sworn statement, dated September 3, 2021,(yep- check the date) was forwarded (the entire file) to the California Attorney General… it was provided by your attorney.
Too bad the lawyer does not (yet) know the origins of the information. Judges don’t like to be lied to-
-The lawyer believed that you were telling the truth- “under the penalty of perjury” and had had your files sent.
The September 10, 2021, SMUHSD Board action -taken on your behalf- is known to be fraudulent and the Trustees are now implicated in the crime.
The signed statements are now recorded and in evidence at the state and local levels.
So are the fraudulent documents filed by the “inner circle,” of friends whose statements are also known to be perjury.
-There is no one to blame, but yourself-
Key Facts-
Julie Thompson was never the School Safety Advocate at BHS- never. (in writing-with a signature?)
The words “under the penalty of perjury” have a very direct meaning, one that will become very clear-
-Those who lied for you will also face- AR1312.3-
AR 1312.3
"Individuals who knowingly give false statements in an investigation shall be subject to discipline up to and including suspension, expulsion, and or dismissal, as shall any individual who is found to have retaliated against another in violation of this policy."
#what-will-the-author-do?
The police have the letters and the envelopes with the “special markings” in the lower left-hand corner” and the matching postmarks from the Burlingame High School post office.
The Threat Letter (postmarked November 23, 2021) and the anonymous letter sent to the school site (postmarked August 25, 2021) have been authenticated and reported to the police.
"People know about the state and federal crimes you have committed.
Why do you think you are above the law?
You are not and justice is coming for you.
And you are not nearly as clever as you think you are."
(Really- sending Threat Letters? From the BHS Post Office- how many people actually use the phrase "State and Federal"?-
-The Feds
Sending Threats Letters via the US Postal Office is both a state federal crime- This should have been looked up prior to sending these letters and creating a trail of evidence.
These actions (and others) have now fully entangled the SMUHSD Trustees who will have no choice but to extracted themselves from these illegal actions.
"And you are not nearly as clever as you think you are."
I never thought that I was clever… just patient.
#Take-the-bait-
Posted by: The BHS Scandal- The Mean Girls were behind it- | October 22, 2023 at 05:46 PM
SMUHSD Trustees-
There are multiple Public Record Act requests sitting on your desks that are “past due” of the ten-day requirement to respond.
It is known that Trustee Land and Trustee Griffin were sitting Board members at the time of these reported actions which involve criminal behavior and the entanglement of the Trustees.
One of the Board Members is caught forwarding confidential documents in order to "save" the superintendents under investigation.
The Board is not a place to only advance your personal or political career. The Trustees are the guardians of the public interest.
Making false statements while under oath is the act of a fool.
Paying for the legal defense of these individuals, using the public’s money disclosed the real fools.
The public record requests are simple, easy to locate, low or no cost, and will bring into the sunlight evidence that will explain to the public what has transpired over the past years. Public record requests are part of the law for a reason – Transparency.
1.One request is for the stimulus, evidence, and legal support/direction of the September 10, 2021 “Letter of Support for Ms. Melissa Murphy from Governing Board of the San Mateo Union High School District.” There is no agenda item listed any public agenda nor is there ANY reference to this letter or a copy of the letter on any Published Minutes.
2.The request for the financial disclosure of the SMUHSD legal expenditures for the Special Counsel from Lozano Smith who was “brought on” to represent Dr. Skelly and Dr. Black in the state investigations of their transgression and appeal to the California Attorney General’s office as reported in the SM Daily Journal.
3.The disclosure of the “report” by the Teacher’s Husband is pure comedy. The teacher is now going to have to inform the husband (and the public) of what “really” happened. The explanation may come while wearing an orange jumpsuit.
4.Using the United States Mail to send threat(s)is a violation of both state and federal law. Are there cameras at or near the post box for Burlingame High School?
5.If the SMUHSD Trustees are NOT going to stand for honesty, ethics, transparency and the law, then step aside and resign. The Board is not a place for Free Health Care or to advance your political career. The public oversight is your responsibility.
Posted by: Withholding Public Disclosure- CPRA- What are the Trustees Hiding? | October 27, 2023 at 07:15 AM
It would help to have a concise statement about what is next if anything. I smell a rat but don't see any traps.
Posted by: Sam | October 30, 2023 at 11:46 AM
“I am justly killed with mine own treachery.”
Laertes - Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2.
They didn't see the traps either...
There is more than one rat.
What is the next appropriate step,
A ride off the high school campus in the back of a police cruiser wearing bracelets to be followed by an Orange jumpsuit.-
Trustee Land is Burlingame's single district representative, this is his circus, and these are his monkeys.
AR 1312.3
Individuals who knowingly give false statements in an investigation shall be subject to discipline up to and including suspension, expulsion, and or dismissal, as shall any individual who is found to have retaliated against another in violation of this policy.
The SMUHSD Trustees and the Police have been requested to "do their duty" and have been supplied with an “abundance” of evidence.
It so blatant that its like following a Trail of Breadcrumbs or playing Connect the Dots.- Its all right there in front of you---
--More to come- Nothing is concise at this stage of the game-
Posted by: Police and Trustees- Do your Duty | October 31, 2023 at 07:47 PM
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” – and it’s all recorded in documents, legal filings, and recorded audio.
The Trustees named the September 10, 2021 document and only have themselves to blame for its impact.
The Trustees have been requested to report ALL of these events to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office for criminal investigation as well as personally cooperate with any investigations including turning over all names and evidence provided to the Trustees. (This was an act of a public board, the public has a right to know)
As it looks now, the September 10, 2021 “Letter of Support for Ms. Melissa Murphy from Governing Board of the San Mateo Union High School District,” is directly related with police actions in September 2021 and another in November 2021 where “the trio, -the same players in all of the events” are involved and have left a substantial trail of evidence.
The person who solicited the Trustees to produce the September 10, 2021 letter KNEW they were defrauding the Board as the information was known to be false. The trio knew as well.
The irony is that the trio thought they were “pulling off a scam” on the Board, but instead they were taking the bait and providing substantial evidence of their own guilt. It is the Trio that have shamed and embarrassed the Trustees and no one else-
Hoisted by one's own petard-
For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard; and 't shall go hard, but I will delve one yard below their mines, and blow them at the moon." (The plot rebounds upon the plotter.)
Hamlet in Act 3, Scene 4.
A person who lies to, mislead, deceives, and withholds evidence from her own attorney will get exactly what is coming to her. If she had simply told her lawyer, her husband, and her “inner circle” the truth, she would have properly advised by the judge and not facing a pending criminal investigation.
Each signed letter of the "inner circle" makes a statement of a claim of a required Mandatory Report, yet no report was ever made, nor was there any attempt to make such a report.
It’s all part of the lie.
It was the second piece of paper… calling someone a “Biatch” that does not rise to the level of a required report, especially after holding these documents for “days on end,” waiting for just the right moment.
There are so many lies its hard to remember the truth... if it was ever stated.
It was though to be simple- Just Blame BHS Principal Holleran-
The vigilante's inability to follow common sense and known protocol, leaves a defined trail of evidence, damage, and culpability.
The Trio becomes a pair as they throw the weakest one "under the bus" and she does not even know it has happened.
-She can't be bothered
Just Blame Principal Holleran....
“… at BHS in 2004, there was a strong administration that was striving to make it a better place on all fronts. But there was a change in power in 2008 that proved to be less than stellar. It didn’t matter though, because Burlingame has such strong teachers, the school could run itself. What didn’t run; however, was school spirit, school culture, and discipline.
Students were able to cut class and do what they wanted with few consequences.
If you stopped by principal Mr. Holleran’s office and politely said, “Can I interrupt you for a minute?” He would respond, “Well, you already did.” His type of “Don’t bother me” leadership caused even more problems for our staff as we tried to keep students and ourselves moving forward.”
Principal Holleran did not destroy Burlingame High School, nor should he be blamed for your actions.
They've left the single to take all the blame and you have no idea...
Posted by: "The inner circle" blames Principal Holleran -so many lies- so little time | November 04, 2023 at 12:15 PM