| Saturday Night Phone Calls |
| Who has aided and abetted every criminal action of the President of the Chula Vista Elementary teachers' union? Every single member of the Board of Directors of CVE, including a 2005 San Diego County teacher of the year! |
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| Guillermo Gomez Would Guillermo Gomez have been honored by SDCOE as 2005 Teacher of the Year if he had blown the whistle on CTA and CVESD violations of law? It is not very likely. He would have been considered a troublemaker. |
| At her termination hearing, not one teacher or administrator testified to ever having witnessed Maura Larkins saying or doing anything to cause anyone to fear for his or her life. |
| CVE Directors who chose to support CVE Presidents Gina Boyd and Jim Groth in the Larkins case: Jim Groth Monica Sorenson Gayle Calliger Nancy Potts Yolanda Abrenica Paula Lee Perry Andy Johnston Guillermo Gomez Donna Padilla Joyce Abrams Lasha Allen Sandra Casares |
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FEBRUARY 12, 2001
MAURA LARKINS WAS REMOVED FROM
HER CLASSROOM BY ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT WERLIN DUE TO
ALLEGATIONS THAT SHE WAS GOING
TO KILL TWO TEACHERS.
This case addresses the scenario which developed in CHULA
VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT when a false accusation
was thrown into a human resources
department which had a policy of
keeping no written records of
investigations and no written records of
personnel actions connected to those
investigations.
In addition, the Superintendent was unable or unwilling to
exercise any supervision over the actions of the Assistant
Superintendent of Human Resources Richard Werlin.
Petitioner Maura Larkins was removed from her classroom and
placed on administrative leave on February 12, 2001 due to
wild rumors that she was going to kill two teachers. To this day,
she has never been told what caused anyone to make such
statements. To this day, neither those allegations nor the later
allegation that she was going to come to school and shoot
everybody has ever been retracted.
And yet, at her termination hearing, not one teacher or
administrator testified to ever having witnessed Petitioner
saying or doing anything to cause anyone to fear for his or her
life.
In fact, the District’s only two witnesses, Assistant
Superintendent of Human Resources Richard Werlin and
Principal Gretchen Donndelinger, testified under oath that Mrs.
Larkins was removed from her position because teacher Jo Ellen
Hamilton called Mr. Werlin at home on February 10, 2001 and
reported an incident which had occurred on February 6, 2001.
Mrs. Hamilton’s written account of the incident was accepted
into evidence (Exhibit R-25). It describes a simple
conversation.
It is simply not believable that Petitioner Maura Larkins would
be removed from her classroom because of the event described
in Exhibit R-25. And it is even more preposterous that the
COMMISSION found that such removal was reasonable for the
reasons stated by the District (Factual Finding 12).
The action only becomes reasonable if one believes the
testimony of Petitioner Maura Larkins, which is in stark contrast
to the testimony of the District’s two witnesses.
The evidence indicates that the hazing Mrs. Larkins endured
before her Jan 23, 2001 letter (Exhibit 9) got out of hand after
she informed her principal about it.
On February 12, 2001, Mr. Werlin told Mrs. Larkins that two
teachers and Principal Donndelinger had reported to him that
Mrs. Larkins had the intent to kill teachers and the capability to
do so. Petitioner was placed on administrative leave. On about
March 7, 2001, Mr. Werlin illegally changed her administrative
leave to sick leave.
MAURA LARKINS WAS REMOVED FROM
HER CLASSROOM BY ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT WERLIN DUE TO
ALLEGATIONS THAT SHE WAS GOING
TO KILL TWO TEACHERS.
This case addresses the scenario which developed in CHULA
VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT when a false accusation
was thrown into a human resources
department which had a policy of
keeping no written records of
investigations and no written records of
personnel actions connected to those
investigations.
In addition, the Superintendent was unable or unwilling to
exercise any supervision over the actions of the Assistant
Superintendent of Human Resources Richard Werlin.
Petitioner Maura Larkins was removed from her classroom and
placed on administrative leave on February 12, 2001 due to
wild rumors that she was going to kill two teachers. To this day,
she has never been told what caused anyone to make such
statements. To this day, neither those allegations nor the later
allegation that she was going to come to school and shoot
everybody has ever been retracted.
And yet, at her termination hearing, not one teacher or
administrator testified to ever having witnessed Petitioner
saying or doing anything to cause anyone to fear for his or her
life.
In fact, the District’s only two witnesses, Assistant
Superintendent of Human Resources Richard Werlin and
Principal Gretchen Donndelinger, testified under oath that Mrs.
Larkins was removed from her position because teacher Jo Ellen
Hamilton called Mr. Werlin at home on February 10, 2001 and
reported an incident which had occurred on February 6, 2001.
Mrs. Hamilton’s written account of the incident was accepted
into evidence (Exhibit R-25). It describes a simple
conversation.
It is simply not believable that Petitioner Maura Larkins would
be removed from her classroom because of the event described
in Exhibit R-25. And it is even more preposterous that the
COMMISSION found that such removal was reasonable for the
reasons stated by the District (Factual Finding 12).
The action only becomes reasonable if one believes the
testimony of Petitioner Maura Larkins, which is in stark contrast
to the testimony of the District’s two witnesses.
The evidence indicates that the hazing Mrs. Larkins endured
before her Jan 23, 2001 letter (Exhibit 9) got out of hand after
she informed her principal about it.
On February 12, 2001, Mr. Werlin told Mrs. Larkins that two
teachers and Principal Donndelinger had reported to him that
Mrs. Larkins had the intent to kill teachers and the capability to
do so. Petitioner was placed on administrative leave. On about
March 7, 2001, Mr. Werlin illegally changed her administrative
leave to sick leave.
| It is simply not believable that Maura Larkins would be removed from her classroom because of Jo Ellen Hamilton's Saturday night phone call to Werlin on February 10, 2001 regarding a minor incident that had supposedly happened four days earlier. |
| Assistant Superintendent Werlin testified that he was alarmed to have a teacher call him at home, but teacher Jo Ellen Hamilton testified that he had suggested she call him at home. |
| Who was behind this travesty? The President of the teachers' union! |
| What was the real reason Maura Larkins was taken out of her classroom? It was the result of a crime committed by teacher Robin Donlan and her brother Michael Carlson. |
| EXHIBIT R-25 Jo Ellen Hamilton's note regarding February 6, 2001 incident |
| In her deposition, Jo Ellen Hamilton contradicted the district's sworn (perjured) testimony that Hamilton had been afraid for her life. |
| What happened at CVESD? |
| Petition for Writ of Mandate Page 2 |
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