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Cannibal and the Headhunters...

well, according to the News-Press cub reporter Jordan Ecarma, Harding School recently welcomed a new principal and everything is hunky dory...what Jordan forgot to include in the story brief was the school put the prinicpal they hired in July, Nuh Kimbwala on paid leave for some undisclosed reason...hmmmm..is this dude another refugee from Uganda? David Cash brought his pal Uganda refugee Ben Drati from Fresno to fill a high paid administrative position.. I've covered Drati before and the troubles he had in Clovis, but is the problem that these Uganda guys are cannibals? Idi Amin remember him? maybe Superintendent David Cash has a thing for Uganda guys??

and Jordan, you need to dig deeper for stories dude(ette)!!

PRINCIPAL NUH KIMBWALA

Following the recommendation of an 11-member panel comprised of teachers, classified employees, administrators, parents, and a UC Santa Barbara representative, the board approved Nuh Kimbwala to serve as the principal of Harding University Partnership School...

here's some more on Drati
Drati claimed a Facebook parody of him by a student amounted to identity theft!! but that was not the case..there's difference between parody and felony ID theft...believe me, I know!!! and the student didn't even create the parody page!!

http://legalclips.nsba.org/?p=6376

another free speech and opinions issue which are guaranteed by the First AmendmentIn December 2010,
On Point reported that Pembroke Pines Charter High School (PPCHS) in Florida had agreed to settle a (federal) free speech suit brought by former student Katherine Evans. Evans was suspended by PPCHS Principal Peter Bayer after she used her home computer to write, "Ms. Sarah Phelps is the worst teacher I’ve ever met!" in a Facebook posting. As part of the settlement, PPCHS will expunge Evans’ three-day suspension from her disciplinary record. The school has also agreed to pay Evans $1 in nominal damages and $15,000 in attorney's fees.

Although Bayer had argued in federal district court that the suspension was justified on the grounds Evans’ online rant was not protected speech in part because of its "potentially defamatory content," the court, in February 2010, denied his motion to dismiss the suit. The court found that Evans expressed an opinion about a teacher that "was published off-campus, did not cause any disruption on-campus, and was not lewd, vulgar, threatening, or advocating illegal or dangerous behavior."

and the Santa Barbara school district was on the verge of hiring a convicted child killer Raymond Gularte to mentor at risk youth in Gularte and his wife's shady Smiling Faces Youth Program at San Marcos High....the program did not happen and the
Smiling Faces people sued the school district for breach of contract, but then disappeared after we busted them on this blog for their criminal past!!

and now I hear a member of the board of the nonprofit Carpinteria Education Foundation was busted for DUI in Santa Barbara!

 

Organization’s history and accomplishments:

The Carpinteria Education Foundation (CEF), a nonprofit organization of volunteers formed in 1993, provides financial assistance and support for public schools in the Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD). CEF’S Mission is threefold: 1. To Promote Excellence in Education; 2. To Channel Private Sector Resources to the Carpinteria Unified School District; 3. To Inform and Involve the Community in the Needs of the School District. Since its inception, CEF has distributed over $700,000 in funds towards the enhancement of educational opportunities for Carpinteria and Summerland students.

I think instead of unleashing the drug sniffing dogs on the students, we need to focus on the administrators who are in leadership roles guiding the kids, but who are doing a dismal job of providing any real leadership...