Comments on: FUSD/MSJHS criticized

By: Teacher

Teacher — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:59:34 +0000

In response to Ms. Steward’s statement regarding the time frame of when the district received the letter: The district is using the victim as a scapegoat. The teacher and administration told the district about the letter on Monday and questioned why the police did not release it to the district for review. Permission was granted prior to Friday. The real issue is that the district does not have a clear plan or policy in placed when this happens and needed to buy some time to figure out what to do. Or, I feel, the district hoped this would “go away” or the police would solve this crime before the need to notify parents occurred. Meanwhile, the safety of the school’s staff and students are at sake.

By: Parent MSJHS

Parent MSJHS — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:50:14 +0000

Why in the world would anyone hold a community feedback meeting? This is a very silly comment from Bob. The district and the principal were negligent in their duties as usual. No matter what the time frame was of receiving the copy of the letter, the principal, as the leader of the school, should have taken responsibility and informed the parents, no matter what the letter actually said. The fact was that it was a threatening letter. That is all. Remember most of our police force do not live in Fremont. I guarantee you that if this were to happen in their communities they live in,( Tracy, Modesto, Brentwood,) these cops would be all over the school protecting their children and it wouldn’t take them days to make a decision. Will someone please start going to City Council meetings to complain about our cops. I know noone is going to complain about Mr. Wonderful, Kew. That is clearly a lost cause.

By: Mission parent

Mission parent — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:02:05 +0000

Between the police dept and the school district, I hear a lot of defensive posturing. What I want to know is what is actively being done to secure our children’s environment today. The police department and the distict cannot act unilaterally. The fact that the police department does not concern itself with whether the parents are notified is a big problem. That actually deepens my concerns that their plan of actions don’t include parent and student involvement,awareness and training for dealing with threats to our teachers and students.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:31:53 +0000

It looks like the FUSD Staff and Board forgot to hold a community feedback meeting to discuss what to do next on the threatening letter issue. That is the reason for the delay in informing the parents. Time to elect new Board members who are not affiliated with Fremont Education Foundation and current City Council members.