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CUSD Trustees and Superintendent engage in improper coercion, intimidation and fear

Jul 10, 2006
• Superintendent Fleming Has Created a Mafia-like Organization and Infrastructure
• Specific Examples of Coercion, Intimidation and Fear
• We call upon the District Attorney to conduct a full and complete investigation

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Superintendent James A. Fleming and the seven CUSD Trustees have institutionalized a district-wide atmosphere where parents, teachers and administrators are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation. They improperly use their official office/capacity to intentionally create an environment within the district that makes it virtually impossible for any one to express disagreement with the district without being subjected to retribution or the threat thereof. The CUSD leadership routinely punishes (or threatens to punish) parents and their children, teachers and administrators who dare to speak out against them or their agenda. Conversely, the CUSD leadership rewards those who are loyal and willing to carry out their “dirty work.” Read More...

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$65,000,000 Measure A Bond: Fraud, Conspiracy, Misuse of Public Funds, Conflicts of Interest, Brown Act Violations

May 01, 2006

• 25% of funds improperly diverted to Fleming pet project
• District employee improperly chaired Oversight Committee meeting
• Oversight Committee disbanded with $20 million still unspent
• Oversight Committee members had financial conflicts of interest
• More Brown Act violations

On November 2, 1999, voters approved Measure A – a $65,000,000 bond measure designed to repair and modernize aging schools, bring them up to current earthquake standards, build four new schools, including a new middle school in San Juan Capistrano and a new high school, and new classrooms throughout the district to relieve overcrowding and solve problems associated with portables, which had covered so many playgrounds, the children lacked places to play.

The ballot measure (and legal bond documents) required that an “Independent” Oversight Committee be established to supervise spending of the bond proceeds. That Oversight Committee was convened on December 15, 1999 when CUSD appointed eleven (11) members. After carefully reviewing the ballot measure and minutes from the Oversight Committee meetings, it appears that CUSD officials made numerous false statements to the public and to Oversight Committee members, several committee members had financial conflicts of interest, and Brown Act violations occurred.

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Parents Declare War on School Board

Mar 25, 2006
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Angry parents and citizens in South Orange County are featured in an eleven minute Full Disclosure Internet video, describing the unsafe and unsanitary classrooms, gross fiscal mismanagement and school corruption which has sparked their 2005 campaign to recall all seven members of the Capistrano Unified School District. Featured in the video are campaign leaders Tom Russell, acting spokesman, Mark Neilsen, campaign research and analysis and Jennifer Beall, a campaign organizer citing the various conditions that sparked the "mini-uprising". Read More...

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The $133 Million Lie

Jun 11, 2005
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In the recall notices, we accused the Trustees of "...recklessly spending over $100 million for a single high school." Their rebuttal was published by the Superintendent on the district web site on April 26th, the day after the recall notices were served. The rebuttal was, "CUSD is by no means out of the average with a $100 million-plus total expenditure for a state-of-the-art facility. San Diego Unified is building a middle school for almost $133 million." This is a bald faced lie - and we'll prove it. Read More...

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