Fleming, James
Fleming refuses to testify, takes the 5th; McGill testifies, is charged with perjury
Jul 08, 2007
Fleming speaks "from the heart" by "standing tall" for "the children" and playing the denial game to the bitter end
May 26, 2007
Fleming is the former superintendent of the Capistrano Unified School District.
Fleming dodges real issues in pathetic attempt to take the moral high ground
May 26, 2007
Fleming lists achievements during his tenure, such as building campuses and winning National Blue Ribbons for high-achieving schools, and says a district-commissioned [Judge Waldrip] investigation found no laws had been broken. That report criticized Fleming for actions that were “ill-advised and imprudent.” Hey, earth to Jimbo! Those decisions may have ticked people off, but those aren't the decisions you're being prosecuted for. Just think for a minute. Could it be the years of lies, deceit, retaliation, defamation and other abuses that have finally caught up with you? It was not your "responsibility" to cross every ethical and legal line possible. And as for the district-commissioned Waldrip report, it was only a matter of time before this made-to-order whitewash would be raised as a defense. Fortunately, the District Attorney looked into the same matters, and guess what? He saw at things a little differently.
Fleming publishes CUSD's dishonest admin building spin, lies about savings, CSR and funding source
Jun 29, 2006
The district kept the leases anyway, putting Fresh Start children into the old administration building they said was too dangerous for administrators due to possible train derailments; the $550,000 they expected to "recapture" was offset by more than $1 million in annual interest payments for the financing of the new administration building; and Associate Superintendent Dave Doomey later admitted that the "restricted" construction funds story was a lie. Fleming is the Superintendent of the Capistrano Unified School District.
Fleming confirms selfish, misplaced priorities of trustees and staff
Jun 29, 2006
So, Fleming admits that six years ago, while the district was beginning a series of deficit budgets and student overcrowding and facilities deficiencies had become a crisis at schools like Capistrano Valley High School, CUSD was developing a "comprehensive" plan for its new administration building. During the CUSD Recall campaign in 2005, Trustee Marlene Draper tried to cover for CUSD's embarrassing, decrepit portable classrooms, telling the press that the district had a "strategic plan" to remove them - a plan that was at least two years old. Of course, Interim Superintendent Charles McCully later confirmed that no such strategic plan existed and, to add insult to injury, immediately following the recall campaign, the Trustees showed their true colors by voting unanimously to pay for a study to maximize portables at every campus in the district. Even if Draper had been telling the truth about the "strategic" plan for the kids, it wouldn't have held a candle to the "comprehensive" six-year plan the trustees and staff dishonestly and secretly carried out for the new administration building. Fleming is the Superintendent of the Capistrano Unified School District.
Fleming spins to justify Taj Mahal with more dishonest rhetoric
Jun 29, 2006
Fleming tries to justify the district's new administration building with half-truths that completely ignore the gross inequity of cramming students into substandard portables while splurging on administrative faciliites that aren't just nice, but according the press, is probably the nicest in the entire State of California (KCET, Life & Times) or even the country (ABC 20-20). Fleming is the Superintendent of the Capistrano Unified School District.
Fleming says boundaries couldn't be changed without upsetting someone
Mar 30, 2005
Fleming addresses his controversial image in connection with special education issues
Dec 03, 1999
Fleming was asked about concerns over a special education controversy surrounding Fleming while he was being interviewed as a candidate for the position of superintendent of the Clark County School District in Las Vegas Nevada. Fleming is the Superintendent of the Capistrano Unified School District.
Superintendent Fleming on portables
May 18, 1998
Fleming is the Superintendent of the Capistrano Unified School District.
Superintendent Fleming blames partisan politics for district construction whoas; ignores district's own facilities planning failures
May 18, 1998
The state legislature voted against putting a statewide bond measure for school construction on the June 1998 ballot. A bloc of Republicans thwarted the bill, which would have allocated $6.5 billion for primary and secondary school construction. Of course, Fleming offers no explanation why the Irvine and Saddleback school districts, with similar growth and demographics, were able to cope much better. Fleming is the Superintendent of the Capistrano Unified School District.