Comments on: Mt. Diablo district parents complain about special education bus problems

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:23:49 +0000

Hank: Have you asked the district to change this situation? What has the response been?

By: Hank Hartgraves

Hank Hartgraves — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:39:56 +0000

I feel I need to comment about this issue. my son has CP and is in a wheelchair. he is transported by the district. Pick-up s not a problem, drop off is. He gets out of school at 2:20pm and does not arrive home until 3:45-4:00pm. One hour and twenty five is too much time to spend on a bus when your seven years old, in a wheelchair, and have fine motor issues, which can affect bladder control.

By: Wait a minute

Wait a minute — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:59:06 +0000

OK, sorry Theresa and Mr. Rolen. I took it that the reader who contacted the CC Times was Greg Rolen.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:50:38 +0000

I don’t think Rolen complained either. Someone on the Board complained. Lets leave the identity of the innocent children out of it. But lets identify the guilty adults.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:10:10 +0000

Greg Rolen has not complained to the Contra Costa Times.

By: Wait a minute

Wait a minute — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:52:06 +0000

So Greg Rolen has complained to the Contra Costa Times.

So he wants to try and pretend he is a victim!

Lets see what tactic he tries to use to deflect the blame he has as the manager in charge of transportation for the 4 children Dr J. points out were driven to the wrong school?

By: Wait a minute

Wait a minute — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:29:32 +0000

NOTE: This comment was edited for privacy reasons.

I think we have all seen enough here. Greg Rolen has to go…

This is made especially egregious considering that Rolen engineered a $27,000 raise for himself to oversee transportation and the disaster that he has wrought for the 2 years that he has been in charge.

Then he has the gall to lie about and understate about the large number of complaints being recieved and assure us that he is “working” on a solution. Really!

Something that should also be mentioned is Gary literally “throws another under the bus” a subordinate who is on “leave” in a blatant attempt to deflect the blame that Rolen as leader should be taking.

Combine this with the fact that as “General Counsel” Rolen is subbing out virtually all the real legal work including sending district lawyer Deb Cooksey to to “negotiate” (i.e.-Stall) the charter people.

Also of significance is Rolen’s naked attempt to stiff and charge Alicia Minyen’s lawful request for documents as part of her oversight duties on Measure C.

Shameful and probably illegal, I hope someone makes a complaint to the State Bar against Rolen because in the real world he would be long gone from the MDUSD.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:50:57 +0000

Rolen said the district didn’t have any transportation dept. complaints today. However, the bus driver I interviewed disputed that.
Rolen didn’t dispute that the special education dept. received numerous complaints in the past. He merely stated that he wasn’t sure how many complaints were received.
Here is a link to a new blog post that includes bus driver concerns and Rolen’s response to the issues: http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2011/09/19/bus-driver-speaks-out-about-special-ed-transportation-problems/

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:45:39 +0000

A little discrepency at Dent — Mildred getting 100 complaints a day and Greg Rolen says they weren’t getting any. Which is the truth ?

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:07:25 +0000

Here is the story that will appear in tomorrow’s Contra Costa Times regarding the district’s busing problems: http://bit.ly/o9NPM3