Comments on: Should Mt. Diablo school district appeal $1,085 small claims judgment?

By: personal injury lawyer kansas

personal injury lawyer kansas — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:47:28 +0000

OMG this is rediculous! We have had SO many problems with the Mt. Diablo Transpotation department! I hope this Mother does not back down and puts up a good fight! More power to ya Momma!

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:47:57 +0000

Another bus mixup happened this morning, when an MDUSD bus driver was apparently told by the district’s transportation department the wrong time to pick up Northgate Jazz Band students for a trip to the Amador Valley HS Jazz Festival in Pleasanton. Due to the lateness of the bus, students nearly missed their scheduled performance and had to forfeit most of their warm-up time. Parents said next time they use an MDUSD bus, they plan to ask the bus driver to call them an hour before the pickup time, so they can be assured a bus is on the way.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:44:47 +0000

Send the check back if they didn’t add daily interest until you received the check ! Rolen can’t accept responsibility for any of the transportation mess he is in charge of.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:29:39 +0000

Rolen said the district was right to appeal: http://bit.ly/xyhgpr

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:46:35 +0000

A. J. be sure to add daily interest calcuated at 10% per year but accrues daily until paid — don’t be cheated one cent. You deserve every cent. I hope you take the check and have it blown up to one of those mega checks.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:26:48 +0000

WAM: This is a good point. Board President Sherry Whitmarsh merely reported that the board had discussed the case. Since the agenda item stated that action would be taken, I called the superintendent’s secretary after the meeting and asked if there was action taken. She said there was no action taken. Board votes are supposed to be reported out to the public and I will follow up to find out why it wasn’t.

By: Wait a Minute

Wait a Minute — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:18:11 +0000

Theresa,

In your follow up I think you should also look at how did the MDUSD Board vote to settle this matter WITHOUT reporting this out at one of their board meetings!

I believe this is a clear-cut violation of the Brown Act and while I’m very happy for A.J. and his family that they won this case I’m still very concerned at the routine violations of the Brown Act by this board.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:10:48 +0000

A.J., I will want to do a follow-up story about this.
FYI, I received a letter from a couple in San Ramon that was so outraged by the district’s actions that they offered to pay your family the $1,085 if you lost on appeal. And they don’t even live in the Mt. Diablo district.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:31:00 +0000

This is great news for you AJ. I just wish the district would have done this sooner. They can not afford to waste a dime on more attorney fees. I predict after all the blunders that Rolan and Lawrence will be gone soon. Hopefully they take all the other crud with them.

By: A. J. Fardella

A. J. Fardella — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:30:04 +0000

It’s official-

The MDUSD has dropped the appeal of the judgement in this case. It is a good thing for the District that a REAL lawyer (not Greg Rollen) looked at this case and advised the Board…. Oh NO….
Evidently according to a letter from MDUSD counsel which accompanied the request to drop the appeal, “the Board decided on January 9th” in closed session to end the appeal in this case.
There was other palaver from the District’s legal firm’s General Counsel, trying to portray the District as being so compassionate as to not want to “Cross-examine” a 7 year old.
They misspelled my daughter’s name in this letter, and really were clueless as to the claims and basis for them, even though there was considerable pontification on their part in said letter.

In any event the case is closed, and our victory stands.