Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association Raps CUSD

The CUSD Recall Committee alerted me to this column by Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association President Jon Coupal:

A Vile Weapon in the Hands of Public Officials

By Jon Coupal

Ivan the Terrible did it. So did Hitler and Stalin. We know that at least one American president — and probably others — did it, although for slightly less diabolical purposes.

Some did it with murderous intent, others to intimidate or silence opposition.

Yes, tyrannical rulers and politicians making lists of political enemies is nothing new, but a school district?

The Capistrano Unified School District, which serves a string of idyllic Orange County communities, is accused of compiling lists of those parents who supported the recall of all seven school board members.

District officials, reported the Orange County Register, had in custody three spreadsheets listing the names of parents and teachers who had been in contact with the recall campaign. The lists included the neighborhoods in which the activists lived as well as their community affiliations and were annotated with comments like “NIMBY” and “outspoken.”

When CUSD Superintendent James Fleming was confronted over the lists, he first denied their existence and blamed the report on a “disgruntled” former employee. However, within days, Fleming sent a memo to district trusties saying the “mystery” had been solved.

According to the schools chief, the issue had nothing to do with monitoring recall proponents. The spreadsheets had been innocently generated as part of a security check to see if anyone had hacked into school records. At least one observer wondered if the district had been seeking hackers with monikers like “NIMBY” and “outspoken.”

You can read the entire column here.

Comments

[Theodore]

Its so sad to see all the corruption at CUSD. Everyone seems to see it except for the elected Trustees. No wonder there was finally a revolt. The parents and taxpayers have simply had enough! Throw the crooks out!!!