In a better world, inadequate school administrators and teachers would be educated in
how to perform their duties. They would be taught to understand their obligations under
the law.
Unfortunately, many public office holders, school administrators and union leaders in
California value their personal careers over the future careers of children.
how to perform their duties. They would be taught to understand their obligations under
the law.
Unfortunately, many public office holders, school administrators and union leaders in
California value their personal careers over the future careers of children.
Why I Created this Site
Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD) in San Diego County, California, is
one of many districts where this has happened. Problems at CVESD were caused by
the Big Three on the school board (Patrick Judd, Pamela Smith, and Larry
Cunningham), and by former administrators Libia Gil and Richard Werlin, who
worked closely with corrupt teachers' union (CVE) Presidents Gina Boyd and Jim
Groth and their personal friends and allies. These individuals harmed students and
teachers at Castle Park Elementary School, in violation of the law, and with callous
disregard for students, parents and teachers.
one of many districts where this has happened. Problems at CVESD were caused by
the Big Three on the school board (Patrick Judd, Pamela Smith, and Larry
Cunningham), and by former administrators Libia Gil and Richard Werlin, who
worked closely with corrupt teachers' union (CVE) Presidents Gina Boyd and Jim
Groth and their personal friends and allies. These individuals harmed students and
teachers at Castle Park Elementary School, in violation of the law, and with callous
disregard for students, parents and teachers.
We need to fix our schools!
by Maura Larkins
Some people in these positions have
worked together to permit each other to
violate the law and to keep the status quo
because it protects their power.
Unfortunately, keeping the status quo
prevents improvements in education.
worked together to permit each other to
violate the law and to keep the status quo
because it protects their power.
Unfortunately, keeping the status quo
prevents improvements in education.
Lawyers are paid this money to prevent documents from being produced in court
cases, to prevent depositions of individuals with knowledge of wrongdoing, and to
perpetrate frauds on the court.
"Don't prepare a paper trail, and if you do, don't release it even if the court demands
it," seems to be the advice to districts of SDCOE Joint Powers Authority lawyers.
While there are many excellent teachers and administrators in
Chula Vista Elementary School District, the fact remains that individuals who have
violated the collective bargaining agreement, the Labor Code, the Education Code,
and other California Codes, for the purpose of maintaining their personal power, are
still calling the shots in the district.
When will this change?
When we replace corrupt school board members & corrupt teachers union leaders
with citizens who are not in anybody's pocket.
Maura Larkins
Former student (in the 1950's) and teacher at Castle Park Elementary School, Chula
Vista
cases, to prevent depositions of individuals with knowledge of wrongdoing, and to
perpetrate frauds on the court.
"Don't prepare a paper trail, and if you do, don't release it even if the court demands
it," seems to be the advice to districts of SDCOE Joint Powers Authority lawyers.
While there are many excellent teachers and administrators in
Chula Vista Elementary School District, the fact remains that individuals who have
violated the collective bargaining agreement, the Labor Code, the Education Code,
and other California Codes, for the purpose of maintaining their personal power, are
still calling the shots in the district.
When will this change?
When we replace corrupt school board members & corrupt teachers union leaders
with citizens who are not in anybody's pocket.
Maura Larkins
Former student (in the 1950's) and teacher at Castle Park Elementary School, Chula
Vista
With the help of the now-infamous San Diego Municipal Employees Association
("MEA") lawyer Ann Smith, who advised Tim O'Neill on how to violate labor law and
get away with it, they covered up their wrongdoing.
Those in power continue to this day to practice rigid top-down control, and are
determined to preserve the current balance of power at any cost to the taxpayers,
students, teachers and themselves.
Speaking of cost, in several court cases each year, hundreds of thousands of
taxpayer dollars which should have gone to educating children have been misused
by San Diego County Office of Education's lawyers to protect the guilty.
("MEA") lawyer Ann Smith, who advised Tim O'Neill on how to violate labor law and
get away with it, they covered up their wrongdoing.
Those in power continue to this day to practice rigid top-down control, and are
determined to preserve the current balance of power at any cost to the taxpayers,
students, teachers and themselves.
Speaking of cost, in several court cases each year, hundreds of thousands of
taxpayer dollars which should have gone to educating children have been misused
by San Diego County Office of Education's lawyers to protect the guilty.
I saw the harmful aspects of school culture during three decades as an
elementary school teacher. Teacher culture is a very large part of the reason
that schools are failing.
elementary school teacher. Teacher culture is a very large part of the reason
that schools are failing.
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P. S. If my case had been a fluke, I wouldn't have pursued it in court. In fact, my
case is the direct result of an unhealthy power structure in schools that devotes
huge amounts of tax dollars to preserving its power. The system that CVESD and
similar districts relies on mediocre (or worse) teachers who use politics to keep their
positions. They are loyal to administrators and board members with shockingly little
understanding of education, finance, or the American legal system. The only thing
they seem to understand is that their lawyers will help them get away with just about
anything--if they paid enough.
case is the direct result of an unhealthy power structure in schools that devotes
huge amounts of tax dollars to preserving its power. The system that CVESD and
similar districts relies on mediocre (or worse) teachers who use politics to keep their
positions. They are loyal to administrators and board members with shockingly little
understanding of education, finance, or the American legal system. The only thing
they seem to understand is that their lawyers will help them get away with just about
anything--if they paid enough.
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| Distrito escolar de Chula Vista insistió que la profesora Maura Larkins regresara a trabajar aún siendo peligroso para ella . . . Reporte de Maura Larkins de Castle Park Elementary: Yo fui despedida porque falté a trabajar. Mi razón era que mi escuela era peligrosa para mí por acoso en mi contra. Yo dije al distrito escolar de Chula Vista en 2001 que era necesario que hicieran una investigación sobre el reporte de las dos maestras en mi escuela que me acusaban de que yo las iba a matar. Claro que el distrito debía de haber investigado algo tan serio. ¿Dos profesoras reportando que temían por su vida? Pero el distrito nunca investigó. Ahora, después de siete años, todavía hay problemas enormes en Castle Park Elementary. El problema NO es que alguien va a matar a alguien. Eso fue mentira. La realidad del problema es que profesores sin honestidad y sin respeto están arruinando la escuela. Han tenido 11 directores en 11 años (septiembre 1997-septiembre 2008). Los profesores están fuera de control. Ahora el distrito CVESD debe de hacer la investigación para que Castle Park Elementary pueda funcionar normalmente. En 2001, sin investigar nada, el distrito me invitó a regresar a trabajar. Obviamente, eso es una prueba de que no creyó a los maestros. Yo regresé y una de las mismas profesoras que mintió la primera vez, hizo otra queja falsa, y me mandaron a mi casa. El acoso continuaba. Luego el distrito quería que yo regresara otra vez sin ninguna investigación y ninguna garantía para mí. Pero yo tuve miedo de que los maestros hicieran más mentiras contra mí, por eso no regresé. Luego yo hice una demanda en contra del distrito. Entonces el distrito me despidió en contra de la ley, Labor Code section 1105.2. También fue en contra de la constitución de nuestro país, que dice que todos tenemos el derecho de pedir ayuda del gobierno cuando alguíen nos hace daño en contra de la ley. Ahora ya es tiempo de no seguir ocultanco la verdad. Es hora de resolver los problemas, y de que la verdad salga a flote. ¡Nuestros niños de Castle Park Elementary lo agradeceran! ¿Si los maestros tratan así a adultos, cómo tratan a los niños? Urge una solución. |
My reason for maintaining this website is not the events of 2001-2010. Those events
merely gave me the opportunity and the courage to talk about something far more
important: what I learned from 1974 to 2001. I saw the willful failures of adults in schools
to teach children, and the unwitting mistakes of adults who simply have not been given
the opportunity to learn and understand what is needed to educate our children.
merely gave me the opportunity and the courage to talk about something far more
important: what I learned from 1974 to 2001. I saw the willful failures of adults in schools
to teach children, and the unwitting mistakes of adults who simply have not been given
the opportunity to learn and understand what is needed to educate our children.
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I witnessed a unique confluence of circumstances, and at the same time it was a typical
experience in the system that prevails at many schools across the United States. This
system values politics and personal loyalty among adults over the duty to educate and
protect children. Teacher culture is surprisingly similar to high school girl culture. Adults
in the school hierarchy value each other above taxpayers and students. Administrators,
of course, are usually former teachers, and masters of school politics.
experience in the system that prevails at many schools across the United States. This
system values politics and personal loyalty among adults over the duty to educate and
protect children. Teacher culture is surprisingly similar to high school girl culture. Adults
in the school hierarchy value each other above taxpayers and students. Administrators,
of course, are usually former teachers, and masters of school politics.
Getting rid of bad
teachers
teachers
If we want to fix schools,
we have to think
carefully about OUR
ALLEGIANCE to
politicians on BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE
who care more about
personal power than
they care about the
education of children.
we have to think
carefully about OUR
ALLEGIANCE to
politicians on BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE
who care more about
personal power than
they care about the
education of children.
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I taught grades 1 through 6 at Chula Vista Elementary School District from 1974 until
2001. Some people are alarmed by the costly and illegal tactics of several board
members, administrators and influential teachers at CVESD and Castle Park Elementary
School, but I am more concerned by what I saw in classrooms and teacher lounges over a
period of 27 years.
2001. Some people are alarmed by the costly and illegal tactics of several board
members, administrators and influential teachers at CVESD and Castle Park Elementary
School, but I am more concerned by what I saw in classrooms and teacher lounges over a
period of 27 years.