Comments on: View from inside Mt. Diablo High

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:49:01 +0000

Theresa, I chime in with G — Liane Cismowski came to Mount with Kate McClatchy — they were approved at the same board meeting. No one doubts her accolades. However, I didn’t find where the board ever approved her as a VP at Olympic — but apparently she had that title. Where was Liane when the QEIA rules were being violated at MDHS ? Where was Liane when the MDHS bathrooms were locked, not stocked, and horribly filthy — take a look at the pics above ? Where was she when the “no confidence” vote against McClatchy ? She may not have been in charge, but she was selected by Kate McClatchy, is the VP of MDHS and should have been leading the “preventative and corrective action” to avoid these conditions.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:41:57 +0000

“We all” did not forget about Cismowski’s political ties to Torlakson. I reported on this when she was first appointed to his team.
Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla also praised Cismowski during her comments at the Pleasant Hill Town Hall meeting (although she erroneously assumed Cismowski still worked at Olympic HS).
Cismowski is a former Teacher of the Year in the district, achieved National Board Certification as a teacher and mentored others seeking National Board Certification. She has also served on the National Certification board and supports the idea of offering National Board Certification to administrators. She told me she was piloting the idea of being a teacher/administrator at MDHS.
She is very well-respected in the education community and she is not in charge of MDHS. She reports to Principal Kate McClatchy.

By: g

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:40:18 +0000

Considering her many talents and affiliations and seating on National and State education boards, one can’t help but wonder where she was during all of the Mt D “gates”.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:31:55 +0000

The political connection we all forgot about on “Toiletgate”, “QEIAgate”, “McClatchygate” and all the other Mount issues, plus perhaps others, is LIANE CISMOWSKI Vice-Principal of MDHS and formerly of Olympic High, and appointee of State Supt Tom Torlakson to his Transition Team and Co-chair of the Education Quality Team.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/bp/documents/yr11bp0709.pdf#search=LIANE%20CISMOWSKI&view=FitH&pagemode=none

By: Realia

Realia — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:42:54 +0000

I am troubled by the student’s report that McClatchy isn’t allowing rosaries to be worn on the MDHS campus. Other district schools ban red and blue rosaries only as gang affiliation symbols; banning them all has resulted in many districts across the country being sued. So, if McClatchy has said ‘no rosaries, period,’ the ACLU and other groups may be very interested. It wouldn’t take the Amnesty International club long to do a web search and learn more about the fallout from banning rosaries. Perhaps the school could make the national news – again.

By: Wait a minute

Wait a minute — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:36:44 +0000

Anonymous Says @48,

What your statement doesn’t take into account is that MCClatchy is a well known failure at running safe and sane schools when she was also given a Vote of No Confidence by her staff at her previous job in the MDUSD as the Principal of Olympic (Alt Ed) HS. As a Principal of an Alt Ed school she should have been very experienced in handling troubled students but it is obvious that she is a failure at this basic duty.

Aside from her failure at Olympic, McClatchy’s NEGLIGENT SUPERVISION at MDHS goes back to the beginning of the year, see this thread from Claycord.com:

http://claycord.com/2011/10/03/mount-diablo-high-school-teachers-fed-up-with-abuse-on-campus/

Now look at comment#88 by Students at Mt Diablo says in here:

http://www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment/2012/02/11/complaints-mount-at-mt-diablo-high/

Students are afraid of their lives at MDHS!!!

This is bad, very bad. If students don’t feel safe then students are not going to learn (or test) very well. So when McClatchy issues her top-down edicts (that probably come from Mr. top-down Stevie Lawrence), nothing gets solved without administration willing to truly collaborate.

McClatchy, along with Stevie, Greg, Gary, Sherry, Linda are THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION here and must be ousted to bring positive change to not only MDHS, but also the rest of the MDUSD–since currently its Where Failed Administrators Come First” like Kate.

By: Clayton Squirrel

Clayton Squirrel — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:31:35 +0000

My husband works for Kaiser and they are given the option to work on a community service project every Martin Luther King Jr. Day. He chose to join the large crew that was fixing up and cleaning MDHS all that day. He thought they had that place spotless regarding litter. He did say that it was quite a mess before.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:50:25 +0000

The bathrooms are definitely a problem but how many people on the campus are willing to help? I hear many people blaming McClatchey and the administration but there is just too much space to supervise for the administration and the campus supervisors. Here’s an idea, how about some of the teachers help supervise the bathrooms and the campus in order to keep the vandalism down and help keep the campus safe? How many would be willing to do that? I’m no huge supporter of the admin at Mount but there are more people to blame here than just the admin. It is not the admin who use all of the toilet paper and paper towels to shove down the toilet or set on fire. They do not defecate on the floor or write graffiti on the wall but they are the ones held responsible. Yes they should be held accountable for many of the problems at Mount but when it comes to the bathrooms there is definitely more sides to this story than what is being told. I hear people complaining about the problem but how many are offering possible solutions?

By: Wait a Minute

Wait a Minute — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:20:27 +0000

Good one!

By: MDHS Teacher

MDHS Teacher — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:25:08 +0000

MDUSD: Where failed administrators come first.