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| “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). http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061018/news_1s18p-notes.html |
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| Patrick Judd Mountain Empire School District Supt. (In early 2008 Mr. Judd went on unexplained leave, then retired.) Chula Vista Elementary School District board member (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." http://www.cta.org/media/newsroom/releases/archive/2005/__20050218PR.htm |
| 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, below.) |
| Objection filed by atty. 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. |
| Pat Judd avoided deposition in Larkins v. CVESD |
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| 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. |
| 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). |
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| The San Diego Union Tribune and Chula Vista 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 |
| Lawyer Jeffery Morris of Stutz, Artiano, Shinoff & Holtz helped Judd avoid being deposed in the Maura Larkins v. CVESD case. |
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| Pat Judd in the Chula Vista Star-News |
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stands by his
record
record
(contd. below)
It is "broke,"
Mr. Judd. 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.
Mr. Judd. 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.