“If the appeal committee is very liberal, that will set precedent,” said Judd...
“If it's conservative, it won't be long before there are cries to make it more liberal. Who's on that
committee? If they're from San Diego, they'll support what we've done, and if they're not, they'll
be comfortable with whatever area they're from..."
--Patrick Judd
HIGH SCHOOL REPORT
Transfer proposal sparks debate
By Steve Brand
October 18, 2006
When Roger Blake, assistant executive director of the CIF, described the proposed new
statewide transfer policy at a local athletic administrators symposium Monday, there was stone
silence.
Some would say stunned silence.
Such was not the case yesterday at the San Diego Section Board of Managers meeting, where
several members, especially Mountain Empire district Superintendent Patrick Judd, expressed
serious concerns about the proposal. Among other things, the plan allows a free move without
change in residence and without loss of athletic eligibility between a student's ninth-and 10th-
grade years.
“It's a step backward that puts a foot in the door to open the opportunity to eventually transfer
at will all four years,” Judd said after the meeting at the County Office of Education.
“It seems as if it's a fait accompli, that the commissioners decided and our viewpoint was
ignored. We've developed something in San Diego that seems to be working.”
San Diego has no provision for a free move, at any time, and when the section tried an open-
door policy several years ago, Bruce Ward, director of interscholastic athletics, health and
physical education for the San Diego school district, called it a nightmare, referring to it as the
“Wild, Wild West.”
The new policy, which will have its first hearing before a California Interscholastic Federation
council meeting Oct. 27 in Ontario, was ironed out by the state's 10 section commissioners in a
series of conferences starting back in January.
A unified state policy became much more of a focal point when the California Legislature last
spring considered two bills that would have expanded eligibility for transfers. While the bills
were soundly defeated, the message that the CIF needed a unified rule became crystal clear.
“If we don't craft a bill all of us can accept, the legislature will do it for us,” said Marie Ishida, CIF
executive director. “Even senators that voted for us told us they had issues, that they couldn't
understand why a kid would be eligible in one section and not in the section right next door.
“In the past we've passed rules to catch the sharks, those 5 percent that cheat, and in the
process we caught some of the 95 percent (that were) minnows.”
Several Board of Manager members expressed concern with the proposed process itself, which
starts with the commissioner deciding a transfer's eligibility request with the possibility of an
appeal to a statewide committee if the request is denied.
“If the appeal committee is very liberal, that will set precedent,” said Judd. “If it's conservative, it
won't be long before there are cries to make it more liberal. Who's on that committee? If they're
from San Diego, they'll support what we've done, and if they're not, they'll be comfortable with
whatever area they're from.
“I understand the state has a dilemma – I just see this as opening the door (to unlimited
transferring).”
Headed to college
Local athletes continuing their careers in college:
FIELD HOCKEY: Torrey Pines' Katie Griswold (Indiana).
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Torrey Pines' Rose Hanley (Seton Hall).
SOFTBALL: Mission Hills' Whitney Orellana (Illinois-Chicago).
BASEBALL: Ramona's Drew Muren (Cal State Northridge).
“If it's conservative, it won't be long before there are cries to make it more liberal. Who's on that
committee? If they're from San Diego, they'll support what we've done, and if they're not, they'll
be comfortable with whatever area they're from..."
--Patrick Judd
HIGH SCHOOL REPORT
Transfer proposal sparks debate
By Steve Brand
October 18, 2006
When Roger Blake, assistant executive director of the CIF, described the proposed new
statewide transfer policy at a local athletic administrators symposium Monday, there was stone
silence.
Some would say stunned silence.
Such was not the case yesterday at the San Diego Section Board of Managers meeting, where
several members, especially Mountain Empire district Superintendent Patrick Judd, expressed
serious concerns about the proposal. Among other things, the plan allows a free move without
change in residence and without loss of athletic eligibility between a student's ninth-and 10th-
grade years.
“It's a step backward that puts a foot in the door to open the opportunity to eventually transfer
at will all four years,” Judd said after the meeting at the County Office of Education.
“It seems as if it's a fait accompli, that the commissioners decided and our viewpoint was
ignored. We've developed something in San Diego that seems to be working.”
San Diego has no provision for a free move, at any time, and when the section tried an open-
door policy several years ago, Bruce Ward, director of interscholastic athletics, health and
physical education for the San Diego school district, called it a nightmare, referring to it as the
“Wild, Wild West.”
The new policy, which will have its first hearing before a California Interscholastic Federation
council meeting Oct. 27 in Ontario, was ironed out by the state's 10 section commissioners in a
series of conferences starting back in January.
A unified state policy became much more of a focal point when the California Legislature last
spring considered two bills that would have expanded eligibility for transfers. While the bills
were soundly defeated, the message that the CIF needed a unified rule became crystal clear.
“If we don't craft a bill all of us can accept, the legislature will do it for us,” said Marie Ishida, CIF
executive director. “Even senators that voted for us told us they had issues, that they couldn't
understand why a kid would be eligible in one section and not in the section right next door.
“In the past we've passed rules to catch the sharks, those 5 percent that cheat, and in the
process we caught some of the 95 percent (that were) minnows.”
Several Board of Manager members expressed concern with the proposed process itself, which
starts with the commissioner deciding a transfer's eligibility request with the possibility of an
appeal to a statewide committee if the request is denied.
“If the appeal committee is very liberal, that will set precedent,” said Judd. “If it's conservative, it
won't be long before there are cries to make it more liberal. Who's on that committee? If they're
from San Diego, they'll support what we've done, and if they're not, they'll be comfortable with
whatever area they're from.
“I understand the state has a dilemma – I just see this as opening the door (to unlimited
transferring).”
Headed to college
Local athletes continuing their careers in college:
FIELD HOCKEY: Torrey Pines' Katie Griswold (Indiana).
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Torrey Pines' Rose Hanley (Seton Hall).
SOFTBALL: Mission Hills' Whitney Orellana (Illinois-Chicago).
BASEBALL: Ramona's Drew Muren (Cal State Northridge).
Patrick Judd
CEO The Accelerated School (left in 2010)
Mountain Empire School District Supt.
(In early 2008 Mr. Judd went on unexplained leave, then retired.)
Chula Vista Elementary School District board member
(left in 2008--see Judd's Objection to the subpoena for his deposition, below.)
CEO The Accelerated School (left in 2010)
Mountain Empire School District Supt.
(In early 2008 Mr. Judd went on unexplained leave, then retired.)
Chula Vista Elementary School District board member
(left in 2008--see Judd's Objection to the subpoena for his deposition, below.)
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In the press release below, CTA doesn't mention that it worked closely with Pat
Judd's lawyers to commit crimes against a teacher and plunge Castle Park Elementary
into deep dysfunction for the past decade.
93% of Mountain Empire Teachers Vote No Confidence in Superintendent
Budget Mismanagement and Student Safety Key Factors in Vote
February 18 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Diego – Citing reckless mismanagement of the district's budget and putting student and
teacher safety at risk, Mountain Empire Teachers Association President Fred Kamper
presented the Mountain Empire Unified School District Board with a resolution of no confidence
in Superintendent Patrick Judd. The resolution of no confidence, which is supported by 93% of
all the educators in the district, was presented to the board at its February 16 meeting.
School safety was a major factor in the no confidence resolution. According to META president
Kamper, "There have been more violent acts at the Junior-Senior High School in the first half of
this year than in the previous eight years I've worked here." Kamper told the board that there
had been another fight on campus that day. At its January meeting, the board heard parent,
student and teacher concerns about safety, following a January 14 melee on the Mountain
Empire Junior-Senior High School campus. Kamper pointed out that Judd took no corrective
actions to insure school safety.
The resolution also charged that Judd had mismanaged the district's budget.
"Judd is continually shifting the district's budget priorities" Kamper said.
Currently Mountain Empire Unified School District ranks 40th out of 40 districts in the county in
teacher salaries.
During Judd's tenure teachers have gone without a raise for three years, while during the same
period the superintendent has received automatic salary increases.
The no confidence resolution called on the board to "no longer abrogate management
responsibilities to Superintendent Judd in order to settle the labor dispute and make
educational excellence a priority."
Judd's lawyers to commit crimes against a teacher and plunge Castle Park Elementary
into deep dysfunction for the past decade.
93% of Mountain Empire Teachers Vote No Confidence in Superintendent
Budget Mismanagement and Student Safety Key Factors in Vote
February 18 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
San Diego – Citing reckless mismanagement of the district's budget and putting student and
teacher safety at risk, Mountain Empire Teachers Association President Fred Kamper
presented the Mountain Empire Unified School District Board with a resolution of no confidence
in Superintendent Patrick Judd. The resolution of no confidence, which is supported by 93% of
all the educators in the district, was presented to the board at its February 16 meeting.
School safety was a major factor in the no confidence resolution. According to META president
Kamper, "There have been more violent acts at the Junior-Senior High School in the first half of
this year than in the previous eight years I've worked here." Kamper told the board that there
had been another fight on campus that day. At its January meeting, the board heard parent,
student and teacher concerns about safety, following a January 14 melee on the Mountain
Empire Junior-Senior High School campus. Kamper pointed out that Judd took no corrective
actions to insure school safety.
The resolution also charged that Judd had mismanaged the district's budget.
"Judd is continually shifting the district's budget priorities" Kamper said.
Currently Mountain Empire Unified School District ranks 40th out of 40 districts in the county in
teacher salaries.
During Judd's tenure teachers have gone without a raise for three years, while during the same
period the superintendent has received automatic salary increases.
The no confidence resolution called on the board to "no longer abrogate management
responsibilities to Superintendent Judd in order to settle the labor dispute and make
educational excellence a priority."
Patrick Judd, in a manner
reminiscent of MiraCosta
College's Victoria Richart,
didn't want to testify in
the Maura Larkins v.
Robin Donlan case
involving Chula Vista
Elementary School
District (CVESD).
And CVESD, which
defended Robin Donlan
and Linda Watson, didn't
want Judd to testify.
To add to the similarities,
Judd and his school
district had the same
lawyer as MiraCosta
College: Daniel Shinoff of
Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff &
Holtz.
What were Judd and
CVESD trying to hide? I
believe it was eidence of
crimes committed at
Castle Park Elementary.
The Robin Donlan case
was thrown out of court,
but now that Daniel
Shinoff has sued Maura
Larkins for defamation
(for statements on this
website), the case is
opened up again. Maybe
I'll get to depose Patrick
Judd at last!
(See Judd's Objection to
his subpoena, left)
reminiscent of MiraCosta
College's Victoria Richart,
didn't want to testify in
the Maura Larkins v.
Robin Donlan case
involving Chula Vista
Elementary School
District (CVESD).
And CVESD, which
defended Robin Donlan
and Linda Watson, didn't
want Judd to testify.
To add to the similarities,
Judd and his school
district had the same
lawyer as MiraCosta
College: Daniel Shinoff of
Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff &
Holtz.
What were Judd and
CVESD trying to hide? I
believe it was eidence of
crimes committed at
Castle Park Elementary.
The Robin Donlan case
was thrown out of court,
but now that Daniel
Shinoff has sued Maura
Larkins for defamation
(for statements on this
website), the case is
opened up again. Maybe
I'll get to depose Patrick
Judd at last!
(See Judd's Objection to
his subpoena, left)
Objection filed by atty.
Jeffery Morris on behalf
of CVESD to prevent
deposition of board
member Patrick Judd
(See court documents
below)
Jeffery Morris on behalf
of CVESD to prevent
deposition of board
member Patrick Judd
(See court documents
below)
January 27, 2008
:Patrick Judd of
Mountain Empire
(and Chula Vista)
school districts
takes leave
Here is what today's San
Diego Union Tribune says
about Judd's leave:
Mountain Empire's
superintendent on leave
leave for an undisclosed
condition.
leave for an undisclosed
condition.
Judd, reached by phone
yesterday, declined to
comment on his condition
or his status with the
rural East County district,
which he has led since
2003.
The board voted
Wednesday to hire
Donald Haught as a
consultant to fill in for
Judd while he's gone.
Haught's contract runs
through February. Haught
last year served as
interim superintendent of
the Grossmont Union
High School District.
Judd's contract is to
expire July 31. The board
has not decided whether
to extend it, said Ken
Northcote, president of
Mountain Empire's district
board.
Northcote said he knew
little about Judd's
condition. “He asked for a
leave for medical
reasons. I didn't get into
it with him,” he said.
The board met in
closed session at
the Wednesday
meeting to discuss
potential litigation,
which Northcote
said did not involve
Judd.
Judd is also a longtime
member of the Chula
Vista Elementary School
District's board of
trustees.
:Patrick Judd of
Mountain Empire
(and Chula Vista)
school districts
takes leave
Here is what today's San
Diego Union Tribune says
about Judd's leave:
Mountain Empire's
superintendent on leave
leave for an undisclosed
condition.
leave for an undisclosed
condition.
Judd, reached by phone
yesterday, declined to
comment on his condition
or his status with the
rural East County district,
which he has led since
2003.
The board voted
Wednesday to hire
Donald Haught as a
consultant to fill in for
Judd while he's gone.
Haught's contract runs
through February. Haught
last year served as
interim superintendent of
the Grossmont Union
High School District.
Judd's contract is to
expire July 31. The board
has not decided whether
to extend it, said Ken
Northcote, president of
Mountain Empire's district
board.
Northcote said he knew
little about Judd's
condition. “He asked for a
leave for medical
reasons. I didn't get into
it with him,” he said.
The board met in
closed session at
the Wednesday
meeting to discuss
potential litigation,
which Northcote
said did not involve
Judd.
Judd is also a longtime
member of the Chula
Vista Elementary School
District's board of
trustees.
Pat Judd avoided
deposition in
Larkins v. CVESD
deposition in
Larkins v. CVESD
Mr. Judd was
elected to the
Board of Education
in November 1988
and reelected in
1992, 1996, 2000,
and 2004. His term
expires in
December 2008. He
has a Master’s
Degree in
Curriculum and
Supervision.
elected to the
Board of Education
in November 1988
and reelected in
1992, 1996, 2000,
and 2004. His term
expires in
December 2008. He
has a Master’s
Degree in
Curriculum and
Supervision.
| California Teachers Association (CTA) counsel, including in-house lawyers Michael Hersh and Beverly Tucker and out-house lawyers Emma Lehany and Bernard Rohrbacher, were involved in the cover-up of crimes at CVESD (see service list). |
The San Diego Union Tribune and Chula Vista
Star- News protected Judd from this ad in 2004.
Star- News protected Judd from this ad in 2004.
Feb. 26, 2008
Patrick Judd is a board
member of Chula Vista
Elementary School District,
which recently lost the
Coziahr case.
Judd is currently being sued
as superintendent of
Mountain Empire School
District by Sue Sherbondy.
I asked Sue Sherbondy's
attorney Jon Y. Vanderpool to
let me know when the trial
starts. He didn't answer, and
now I know at least part of
the reason.
I've learned about what is
going on in CVESD regarding
Pamela Dempsey. The board
members blamed her for
losing the Coziahr case, and
fired her. They should have
fired Lowell Billings, Tom
Cruz, and Alex Cortes.
Since Patrick Judd is the
most powerful member of
the CVESD board, I assume
he also fired Dempsey as his
lawyer in the Sherbondy
case, in which he is being
sued as superintendent of
Mountain Empire School
District. If I'm right about this,
I imagine the court will give
the new lawyer a good deal
of time to get ready.
Judd and the rest of the
board apparently expected
Dempsey to behave like Mark
Bresee, the former Chula
Vista Elementary School
District lawyer who helped
employees as they
committed perjury, prepared
"notes" about events that
had occurred long before,
and altered documents.
The fact that these things
were not done in the Danielle
Coziahr case is a testament
to the growing decency of
Tom Cruz and Pamela
Dempsey. At least, I'd like to
think so.
Apparently CVESD is asking
for a new trial. Perhaps
Patrick Judd, Larry
Cunningham, Pamela Smith,
Bertha Lopez and David
Bejarano are hoping that a
new lawyer will be as helpful
as Mark Bresee, and lots of
"new" evidence will appear.
And perhaps the new lawyer
will instruct school
employees to intimidate
witnesses, as Asst. Supt.
Richard Werlin did at the
behest of Kelly Angell
Minnehan and Stutz law firm,
and there will no longer be
any witnesses to support
Danielle.
Ah, such thoughts must give
much pleasure to a
daydreaming CVESD board
member.
But reality interferes. What
judge in his right mind would
give them a new trial?
As a longtime lawyer for
California Teachers
Association, Vanderpool is in
a bit of a pickle in the
Sherbondy case. The more
you attack Mr. Judd, the
more you weaken a longtime
co-conspirator of CTA. (CTA
and CVESD relied on each
other not to tell the truth in
my case.) But I would be
SHOCKED, SHOCKED if he
undermined a client to keep
on the good side of CTA. He's
no Elizabeth Schulman, after
all.
Patrick Judd is a board
member of Chula Vista
Elementary School District,
which recently lost the
Coziahr case.
Judd is currently being sued
as superintendent of
Mountain Empire School
District by Sue Sherbondy.
I asked Sue Sherbondy's
attorney Jon Y. Vanderpool to
let me know when the trial
starts. He didn't answer, and
now I know at least part of
the reason.
I've learned about what is
going on in CVESD regarding
Pamela Dempsey. The board
members blamed her for
losing the Coziahr case, and
fired her. They should have
fired Lowell Billings, Tom
Cruz, and Alex Cortes.
Since Patrick Judd is the
most powerful member of
the CVESD board, I assume
he also fired Dempsey as his
lawyer in the Sherbondy
case, in which he is being
sued as superintendent of
Mountain Empire School
District. If I'm right about this,
I imagine the court will give
the new lawyer a good deal
of time to get ready.
Judd and the rest of the
board apparently expected
Dempsey to behave like Mark
Bresee, the former Chula
Vista Elementary School
District lawyer who helped
employees as they
committed perjury, prepared
"notes" about events that
had occurred long before,
and altered documents.
The fact that these things
were not done in the Danielle
Coziahr case is a testament
to the growing decency of
Tom Cruz and Pamela
Dempsey. At least, I'd like to
think so.
Apparently CVESD is asking
for a new trial. Perhaps
Patrick Judd, Larry
Cunningham, Pamela Smith,
Bertha Lopez and David
Bejarano are hoping that a
new lawyer will be as helpful
as Mark Bresee, and lots of
"new" evidence will appear.
And perhaps the new lawyer
will instruct school
employees to intimidate
witnesses, as Asst. Supt.
Richard Werlin did at the
behest of Kelly Angell
Minnehan and Stutz law firm,
and there will no longer be
any witnesses to support
Danielle.
Ah, such thoughts must give
much pleasure to a
daydreaming CVESD board
member.
But reality interferes. What
judge in his right mind would
give them a new trial?
As a longtime lawyer for
California Teachers
Association, Vanderpool is in
a bit of a pickle in the
Sherbondy case. The more
you attack Mr. Judd, the
more you weaken a longtime
co-conspirator of CTA. (CTA
and CVESD relied on each
other not to tell the truth in
my case.) But I would be
SHOCKED, SHOCKED if he
undermined a client to keep
on the good side of CTA. He's
no Elizabeth Schulman, after
all.
Pat Judd fires
his lawyer
Judd prefers
lawyers who
intimidate
witnesses, suborn
perjury, and submit
falsified documents
his lawyer
Judd prefers
lawyers who
intimidate
witnesses, suborn
perjury, and submit
falsified documents
Lawyer Jeffery Morris of Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz helped Judd avoid being
deposed in the Maura Larkins v. CVESD case.
deposed in the Maura Larkins v. CVESD case.
More about Judd and CTA
Pat Judd in the Chula Vista Star-News
| ard incumbent |
stands by his
record
record
(contd. below)
Note to Mr. Judd:
It is "broke." How can
you not have noticed?
Obviously, we need
someone other than
you to fix Chula Vista
schools.
You can't turn back the
clock to a century ago.
We have to adapt to
the world we live in. If
you can't adapt, you
can't help.
It is "broke." How can
you not have noticed?
Obviously, we need
someone other than
you to fix Chula Vista
schools.
You can't turn back the
clock to a century ago.
We have to adapt to
the world we live in. If
you can't adapt, you
can't help.
| San Diego Education Report |
HP CEO Hurd Resigns After
Sexual Harassment
Investigation
By Kathryn Glass
August 06, 2010
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ: 46.27 ,
-0.08 ,-0.17%) shocked Wall Street
Friday afternoon with the
announcement that its chairman and
chief executive, Mark Hurd, is resigning
immediately in the wake of a sexual
harassment investigation that revealed
ethics issues.
The company also announced better-
than-expected fiscal third-quarter
preliminary results and boosted its full-
year view after the market closed.
Hurd’s announcement follows an
investigation by outside legal counsel
regarding a sexual harassment claim
by a former contractor against Hurd
and the company, according to a
release from the company. H-P said
there was no violation of its sexual
harassment policy, but the
investigation did unveil violations in H-
P’s Standards of Business Conduct...
Sexual Harassment
Investigation
By Kathryn Glass
August 06, 2010
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ: 46.27 ,
-0.08 ,-0.17%) shocked Wall Street
Friday afternoon with the
announcement that its chairman and
chief executive, Mark Hurd, is resigning
immediately in the wake of a sexual
harassment investigation that revealed
ethics issues.
The company also announced better-
than-expected fiscal third-quarter
preliminary results and boosted its full-
year view after the market closed.
Hurd’s announcement follows an
investigation by outside legal counsel
regarding a sexual harassment claim
by a former contractor against Hurd
and the company, according to a
release from the company. H-P said
there was no violation of its sexual
harassment policy, but the
investigation did unveil violations in H-
P’s Standards of Business Conduct...
Why This Website
Stutz Artiano Shinoff
& Holtz v. Maura
Larkins defamation
SDCOE
CVESD
Castle Park
Elementary School
Law Enforcement
CTA
CVE
Stutz Artiano Shinoff
& Holtz
Silence is Golden
Schools and Violence
Office Admin Hearings
Larkins OAH Hearing
Stutz Artiano Shinoff
& Holtz v. Maura
Larkins defamation
SDCOE
CVESD
Castle Park
Elementary School
Law Enforcement
CTA
CVE
Stutz Artiano Shinoff
& Holtz
Silence is Golden
Schools and Violence
Office Admin Hearings
Larkins OAH Hearing
CVESD lawyers protected Judd from being deposed
in Maura Larkins case (see document below), then
Pat Judd protected CVESD lawyers
in Maura Larkins case (see document below), then
Pat Judd protected CVESD lawyers
See news clippings at bottom of this page.