CUSD had no chance for accountability with McCully at the helm

May 15, 2007 Filed in: McCully, Charles

Grand Jury transcript, page 1036 “…I never got involved to know the details at all. My focus at the time was to keep the District focused and engaged in a positive direction…I never dealt with the past.”

Tags: Grand Jury 2006-07, Accountability

McCully intentionally buried his head when it came to the CUSD Enemies List

May 15, 2007 Filed in: McCully, Charles

Grand Jury transcript, page 1049 “Q. Was it your intention then not to even look into these matters that were basically, let's say, a hit list? A. The answer is, yes.”

When former Interim Superintendent McCully came to CUSD, the existence of the CUSD enemies lists was well known. Accusations that elected officials and high ranking CUSD staff members created the illegal lists were everywhere. So what actions did the superintendent take to ensure that this type of abuse was no longer happening? What actions did the superintendent take to ensure that this type of abuse would never occur again in the future? Once again, McCully admitted under oath that he basically chose to put his head in the sand and completely ignore this obvious abuse by the CUSD leadership!

Tags: Enemies Lists, Accountability, Conflicts, Grand Jury 2006-07

Admin building controversy is just one of many to plague CUSD in recent years

May 09, 2007 Filed in: Mehta, Seema

Seema Mehta, The Los Angeles Times "The administrative center is just one of the controversies to dog the district in recent years. Although many of the district's 56 schools are ranked among the state's best, other brouhahas have included an Orange County Grand Jury probe; a raid of district headquarters by the district attorney; the resignation of its longtime superintendent after accusations he kept an "enemies list"; and disputes over attendance boundaries, a high school's location and portable classrooms."

Mehta is a reporter for The Los Angeles Times.

Tags: Administration Building, Grand Jury 2006-07, DA Investigations, Enemies Lists, Attendence Boundaries, SJHHS, James Fleming, Portables

CUSD scandals followed by DA raid and grand jury subpoenas

Aug 21, 2006 Filed in: OC Register

Editorial, The Orange County Register "Nothing but bad news has come from the Capistrano Unified School District over the course of the summer, with the latest story coming last week. Investigators from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office showed up at Capistrano district headquarters with a search warrant and seized computers used by Superintendent James Fleming’s assistant. Several district employees also appeared before the grand jury after being served with subpoenas."

Tags: DA Investigations, Grand Jury 2006-07

ABC slate ran on platform to reform CUSD corruption

Jan 02, 2007 Filed in: Winsten, Mike

Mike Winsten, Trabuco Canyon News “The ABC Reform Slate candidates ran on a reform platform, vowing to restore honesty, integrity and accountability to CUSD – a school district whose leaders are involved in a number of high-profile scandals and who are currently the subject of a criminal investigation being conducted by the Orange County District Attorney and Grand Jury.”

Tags: ABC Reform Campaign, Reform Election 2006, Grand Jury 2006-07, DA Investigations

Trustees agreed to pay Fleming's attorney fees as long as no evidence of wrongdoing

Feb 13, 2007 Filed in: Volzke, Jonathan

Jonathan Volzke, The Capistrano Dispatch “The district is under investigation by the Orange County Grand Jury for a litany of alleged acts of wrongdoing, and trustees agreed to pay Fleming's attorney, as long as there was no evidence he acted inappropriately.”

Volzke is the publisher of the Capistrano Dispatch.

Tags: Grand Jury 2006-07, Legal Costs

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