The TRUTH is Revealed!

The full story of the botched attempt, made by the Victor Elementary School District, to viciously revoke the teaching credentials of one of their former teachers has now been fully uncovered. In addition to the information on this page, be sure to examine ASEE's page on VESD's personnel director, Janet Young! Wow! (. . .or perhaps yeeeeech might be a better term!) 

Here are the FACTS

. . .regarding the harassment of a former teacher from the Victor Elementary School District. (Please note that the preceding link points to many additional shenanigans perpetrated by this same district.)

1. April 19, 2000 - Barbara J. Moore, "Coordinator/Staff Counsel" from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The teacher receives this pernicious drivel on Good Friday 2000. The teacher IMMEDIATELY (that date) files charges of retaliation against the Victor Elementary School District. As the letter clearly demonstrates, Ms. Moore DID NOT state what the phony  charges were and expected the teacher to PAY for a copy of these phony charges. ASEE believes this to be highly inappropriate and unethical.  Double click on the images at the left to view. 

2. No response, of any  kind, is received from Barbara J. Moore until AFTER the teacher's attorney contacted the illustrious Ms. Moore personally.  At that time, the teacher's attorney is told that "the charges had already been dropped." The teacher knew absolutely nothing about this sudden (but not unexpected) turn of events.

3. April 28, 2000 - Barbara J. Moore then replies to her original letter stating that it had been "inadvertently sent." The teacher contacts Ms. Moore and demands an explanation as to the meaning of "inadvertently sent." Ms. Moore responds - "You don't know what inadvertently means?" Come on Ms. Moore, if YOU received a letter such as the one you signed your name to, wouldn't you want an explanation? Gosh, you "apologize for the 'inconvenience'???????"  By the way, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the second half of the play? Apparently, any understanding on the part of Ms. Moore, is beyond her capabilities. Double click on the image at the right to view. 

4. May 24, 2000 - The extraordinarily articulate Mary C. Armstrong, Director of "Professional Practices" (is that an oxymoron?) of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, sends the CTC's highly insightful (and prolific) final response. (One can't help but note that she, apparently, is incapable of writing anything more than a simple sentence.) Double click on the image at the left to view. 

Further Details

Nowhere, in ANY of the correspondence from the CTC, does this state agency explain, in any manner, exactly what the phony charges were other than to mention the malicious charges of "unprofessional practice." Also, nowhere in their correspondence does the CTC identify exactly who filed the original charge except for Ms. Armstrong's "cc" at the bottom of her letter that was forwarded to the "Director, Victor Elementary School District."

ASEE would like to assist Ms. Armstrong and now list some of the "Directors," and other "administrators" from the Victor Elementary School District who may have had something to do with this cute little attempt to intentionally and viciously attack a teacher who had ALWAYS received outstanding job evaluations (listed below). While the "directors," listed below, may have had a part in VESD's shenanigans, ASEE has learned that it was Janet Young, VESD "Director of Personnel Services" (or, perhaps, Dictator of First Amendment Suppression), was the individual directly responsible for this farce. Some of these "directors" may have included:

While it was not known, specifically, who was responsible for this harassment, it is known that the teacher had worked at Lomitas Elementary School and it must be assumed that both Ralph Baker and Janet Young, due to their "exalted and esteemed status" must have played a role. Also, the "award winning" Denise Edge, as the illustrious principal of "Lomitas Elementary School - A 'National Blue Ribbon School (please observe a moment of silence)", is known to have been that teacher's final supervisor. Others are listed simply because they are also "directors" for the Victor Elementary School District. 

FACTS About the Teacher Who Was the Victim of
the Victor Elementary School District's and
the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing's Nonsense

As noted above, the teacher attacked by the VESD and the CTC ALWAYS obtained GREAT job evaluations and other assessments (both before and after leaving the Victor Elementary School District). Here's a sample:

Letter of Recommendation signed by Ralph Baker, approximately ONE MONTH before this teacher quit working for the Victor Elementary School District. Please note that the CTC correctly noted [in their first letter], that the teacher had quit voluntarily. Double click on the image at the left to view.

A job evaluation this teacher received from Denise Edge, principal of Lomitas Elementary School, during the last year of employment with the Victor Elementary School District and while employed at Lomitas Elementary School. Double click on the image at the right to view.

Just a few months prior to resigning, this teacher served as a "master teacher" (someone who was responsible for supervising a student teacher). The following is an example from that student teacher's evaluations, received from the supervising professor, regarding both the teacher, as well as the classroom environment created by that teacher, that the VESD has so viciously attacked. Double click on the image at the left to view.

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