| Mr. Shinoff did a poor job "investigating" the Maura Larkins case at Chula Vista Elementary School District. Shinoff didn't bother to talk to Maura Larkins! He apparently advised the district to fire Larkins for filing the lawsuit, thus violating California Labor Code 1102.5 as well as the constitutional right to petition for redress of grievances. Shinoff also oversaw subornation of perjury, alteration of documents, and intimidation of witnesses by the district. |
The booklet below was passed out as training for Guajome Park Academy (Vista Unified
School District) staff regarding student-on-student bullying.
The Office of Civil Rights was given a list of staff members who were given the booklet.
The booklet concerns adult-on-adult harassment cases, such as the Castle Park
Elementary/Maura Larkins case.
VUSD used the courts to try to force a paid expert witness to testify as the school
district wished. Vista schools charged that the witness violated her contract by not
testifying as Vista Unified School District determined she should testify. The witness,
a doctor, felt she had to testify as to her own expert opinions.
School District) staff regarding student-on-student bullying.
The Office of Civil Rights was given a list of staff members who were given the booklet.
The booklet concerns adult-on-adult harassment cases, such as the Castle Park
Elementary/Maura Larkins case.
VUSD used the courts to try to force a paid expert witness to testify as the school
district wished. Vista schools charged that the witness violated her contract by not
testifying as Vista Unified School District determined she should testify. The witness,
a doctor, felt she had to testify as to her own expert opinions.
Vista Unified School District and the US Office of
Civil Rights
Civil Rights
| Real world: School districts often refuse to produce notes, detailed or otherwise, in court cases. Principals get up on the stand and say they threw away their notes. |
| Bully booklet: "Detailed notes should be taken." |
| "Attachment 3" does not concern student-on-student bullying. > > > |
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| Bully booklet: "...protecting employees from harassment and discrimination..." |
| Real world: The agreement with the Office of Civil Rights concerned student-on-student bullying. VUSD did not interfere with the bullying of Peters' son. VUSD wanted the boy to leave the school because he was disabled. |
| Real world: Why hide the truth? The public is paying to have their children educated. A public school shouldn't be using tax dollars to protect wrongdoers in court. |
| Bully booklet: Attorney as Investigator Many employers retain attorneys to act as investigators of complaints of discrimination. Doing so may allow the information obtained during the investigation to be protected by attorney-client privilege or the attorney work-product doctrine...care should be taken that privilege is not waved... |
| Attachment #3 (Bully booklet) "Attorney as Investigator" "Many employers retain attorneys to act as investigators of complaints of discrimination. Doing so may allow the information obtained during the investigation to be protected by attorney-client privilege or the attorney work-product doctrine...care should be taken that privilege is not waved..." |
| Real world: Review what prohibition against retaliation? Where will school employees learn about this? Why isn't it in this booklet? Why doesn't the booklet simply say: "It's against the law to retaliate"? |
| Bully booklet: "Review the prohibition against retaliation." |
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The letterhead of
Vista Unified School
District's lawyers
(Stutz Artiano Shinoff
& Holtz law firm) is no
longer concealed on
this page because
the Court of Appeal
overruled Judge
Judith Hayes on
August 5, 2011.
Vista Unified School
District's lawyers
(Stutz Artiano Shinoff
& Holtz law firm) is no
longer concealed on
this page because
the Court of Appeal
overruled Judge
Judith Hayes on
August 5, 2011.