Comments on: Transfer of Walnut Creek principal causes outrage

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:11:32 +0000

There has to be more to the story for the Supt to reverse himself so fast !!! Who was behind the move ? And for Lawrence to do it just before the Board meeting — wow, that is suspicious. Someone had to threaten to blow the lid off the truth ! Who is going to tell us the truth ?

By: bancroft staff

bancroft staff — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:56:41 +0000

All I can say to Teacher says, is THANK YOU! You should be smarter than to make statements that you have absolutely no information on which to base them. If Linda Schuler had wanted to stay at Bancroft all she had to say was no when Supt. Lawrence called her Tuesday night prior to the meeting and asked her if she wanted to stay at Bancroft. Instead she said a resounding YES! And yes, I am proud of my Bancroft community!

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Plentiful principal replacements in Mt. Diablo district | On Assignment — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:10:33 +0000

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By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:36:45 +0000

Diablogate is just like Watergate: its the coverup that will sink them. Destroying public recore emails is illegal. Don’t give up — the free press will prevail but I think you will have to take them to court.

By: tharrington

tharrington — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:36:48 +0000

I sent a June 4 e-mail asking the district to reconsider the original request, based on the fact that board members relied on polling results when they voted to put Measure C on the June 8 ballot. I also pointed out that Pete Pedersen has already told me he is perfectly willing to show me the correspondence from principals regarding the 2010 Measure C Facilities plan.
Since I haven’t heard back from the district, I’ve sent another e-mail asking for a response.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:21:40 +0000

Theresa, what is the status of the public records requests to MDUSD ?

By: Teacher

Teacher — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:25:31 +0000

Did anyone consider that the Bancroft principal wanted to go to Valle Verde? Of course, the principal is not going to say publicly that she wanted to go there. Principals when they see openings let it be known to those who can make it happen. Now she’s stuck there. Good job Bancroft parents.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:26:55 +0000

Emergency school closures need to be made NOW ! Millions can be saved NOW ! How can anyone in these dire economic circumstances justify staffing multiple schools of 300 children compared to a school of 700 children with the same amount of administrators, same amount of clerical staff, same amount of support staff ?

By: ajsmom

ajsmom — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:22:16 +0000

I want to commend the Superintendent for listening to the parents and students of Bancroft and reversing the decision to transfer Mrs. Schuler. There are no easy roads to take here and I know these situations will come up again. My hope is that the experience of how this was handled will be remembered when an unpopular decision needs to be made in the future so all persons affected are given the chance to process the changes.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:27:25 +0000

And we are paying this guy $250,000 to shoot from the hip ??? Sounds like he shot himself in the foot. The Supt. obviously wasn’t getting input from his staff and underestimated the power of the parents. Depends which Board member didn’t know — perhaps some of the transfers were based on “demands” from other board members. Hmmmmmmm. Is this just a distraction away from Diablogate ?