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June 15, 2007
Friday's Headlines
More meat on our story, please? There are dirty details to be had in the ongoing Great Park tale. But instead, the Register gives us stuff like this. And this. Tolls to rise: Starting July 2, they'll be taking a little more of your money at selected onramps on the Foothill/Eastern and San Joaquin ... More >>
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August 2, 2007
Thursday's Headlines
Long Beach Losers: In one local weight-loss challenge, participants have to pay $2 for every pound gained. Carona in the clear. Sort of: The Fair Political Practices Commission says there isn't enough evidence to prove Sheriff Michael Carona knew that a Newport Beach businessman (allegedly) funnele ... More >>
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October 5, 2007
Day In Court for Indicted Ex-Sup Delayed
An Orange County judge granted a new pretrial hearing date for ex-superintendent of Capistrano Unified School District, James Fleming and ex-assistant superintendent, Susan McGill. The pretrial hearing was scheduled for this morning, with a jury trial set to begin Oct. 29, but lawyers for both Mc ... More >>
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October 19, 2007
Showdown in South County School District
News of a damning District Attorney report that found four current and three former trustees who served on the board of the 51,000-student Capistrano Unified School District repeatedly violated open meeting laws by holding illegal closed meetings (See, "Brown Act Blues," Oct. 18), culminated today w ... More >>
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October 23, 2007
No More Illegal Secret Meetings at CUSD
Things didn't quite hit showdown tenor last night at a special Capistrano Unified School District board meeting meant to address findings by the OC DA that four of the board's current members had repeatedly violated open meeting laws by holding illegal closed meetings. The meeting was scheduled for ... More >>
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December 7, 2007
No Pretrial (Yet) for Indicted Ex-School Superintendent
Indicted Capistrano Unified School District ex-superintendent James Fleming, and his old cohort, former assistant superintendent Susan McGill had the chance to breathe sighs of relief this morning. Lawyers for the two were granted a motion to reschedule a pretrial hearing which was scheduled for thi ... More >>
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December 21, 2007
Holy Christmas! Embattled CUSD Trustees and Ex-Sup Join Santa!
We couldn't believe it ourselves, but proof arrived in our offices today and it appears that embattled Capistrano Unified School District trustees Sheila Benecke and Marlene Draper have joined indicted ex-superintendent James Fleming in the North Pole! Although the two trustees -- who are the subj ... More >>
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June 25, 2008
Out With the Old (Ladies)
It was predictable that the turnout wouldn't be huge for a special recall election at the end of the month but nevertheless, two 20 year veterans of the Capistrano Unified School District board who have been clinging to their posts were effectively booted out last night after the night's tallies ... More >>
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August 18, 2008
Racist Reductio ad Absurdum: Ahistoric Minutemen
**Originally posted August 6; moved up because of a funny update, which follows original post! Last week, the Campo Minutemen sent out a mass email railing about the mural shown to the left at Marco F. Foster Middle School in San Juan Capistrano. The message sent by one Cheryl Burns is so priceless ... More >>
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January 7, 2009
Is The New Capistrano Unified Board As Creepy As The Old One?
Even with June's final ousting of the remaining trustees who served under Nixon-wannabe superintendent James Fleming, the South-County shitshow that is Capistrano Unified School District hasn't been showing any less shit lately. In fact, the newly monolithic slate of "reform" trustees (the ... More >>
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January 12, 2009
Capistrano Unified Says Mum-ness is Not by Choice
When I wrote that the Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees had walked into a "public relations disaster" by not disclosing why they were suspending the district's superintendent, I may have been a little unfair to the board. Then again, following the law never guaranteed anyone good ... More >>
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February 2, 2009
What Will Capistrano Unified's Rogue Trustee Say Tonight?
As mentioned in last week's Weekly story about the Capistrano Unified School District, many of the loudest critics of the new "reform" board are concerned about the Education Alliance, a conservative group that helped get the board into power. Are the recall trustees hostile to public education? Do ... More >>
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February 10, 2009
James Fleming Gets An Extension on His Homework
FlemingTwo-and-a-half years since resigning as superintendent of the Capistrano Unified School District, 21 months since being first arraigned, and more than three hours after showing up for trial on the second floor of the Santa Ana courthouse this morning, James Fleming -- along with ex-assistant- ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
It's a Quick Read 2
Orange County Register: Classes sizes will balloon, up to 254 teachers will lose their jobs and frogs will rain down from the sky if Capistrano Unified School District goes through with plans to slash $25 million from its budget. But deputy superintendent Ron Lebs seems more intereste ... More >>
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March 3, 2009
Woodrow Carter, In Your Facial
The Temecula Creek Inn--with its views of miles of verdant, vine-covered hills, a golf course, sumptuous spa treatments and nearby wine tastings--is a splendid spot for a decadent weekend getaway. In late 2007, about a month after beginning his post as Capistrano Unified School District's newest sup ... More >>
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March 10, 2009
CUSD Chief Canned
The Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees voted unanimously to fire superintendent Woodrow Carter late Monday night, after emerging from a fifty minute closed session meeting at 11:45 p.m. The board voted to terminate the embattled superintendent for "material breach of contract," acc ... More >>
News
March 12, 2009
Former Capo Unified Superintendent Didn't Report Swanky Spa Getaway
The Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees voted unanimously to fire superintendent Woodrow Carter late Monday night, after emerging from a fifty minute closed session meeting at 11:45 p.m. The board voted to terminate the embattled superintendent for "material breach of contract," acc ... More >>
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September 4, 2008
In San Juan Capistrano's Schools, White Kids Are Painted Into One Corner, Latino Kids Into Another
The Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees voted unanimously to fire superintendent Woodrow Carter late Monday night, after emerging from a fifty minute closed session meeting at 11:45 p.m. The board voted to terminate the embattled superintendent for "material breach of contract," acc ... More >>
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March 6, 2008
How the Minutemen Drove Mobile Mexican Consulates Out of the Capistrano Unified School District
The Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees voted unanimously to fire superintendent Woodrow Carter late Monday night, after emerging from a fifty minute closed session meeting at 11:45 p.m. The board voted to terminate the embattled superintendent for "material breach of contract," acc ... More >>
Columns
January 17, 2008
Letters
'Normally, writers of your muckracking calibur would drop the context out of a quote, but you actually left it in. Thanks for doing half the job for me'
Features
December 27, 2007
The Real Portables of South County
2007: A year to remember
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October 18, 2007
Brown Act Blues
The DA doesn’t file criminal charges against CAPO Unified School trustees, but their violations of the state open-meeting law will go on their permanent records
Columns
October 11, 2007
Letters
OC Weekly is a stupid tabloid for journalists/writers who could never make it to a real newspaper!
News
October 11, 2007
Caught in Violation of the Act
WEB EXCLUSIVE! DAs report finds Capistrano Unified held illegal closed meetings
Features
October 4, 2007
Hard Knocks
Three years in the life of the Capistrano Unified School District
Columns
September 27, 2007
Letters
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September 13, 2007
Surreal Estate
A short, strange trip up the winding road to the brand-new, landfill-adjacent San Juan Hills High
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July 27, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
July 19 - July 25
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March 20, 2009
Spa Getaway Bites Ex-Superintendent in the Butt
Late yesterday the Capistrano Unified School District released a 54-page termination report detailing the charges that led to ex-superintendent Woodrow Carter's firing on Monday March 9. Carter's spa getaway weekend-- paid for partially by the district and by an architectural firm which was later aw ... More >>
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July 7, 2007
Saturday's Headlines
Bus Stop: Orange County Transportation bus drivers voted to strike this morning. KCBS/Channel 2 is reporting that 50 of 80 routes will lose service. You know what this means? Rich Newport Beach folks could be forced to retrieve their domestic help. Capo School Scamsters: The LA Times reported today ... More >>
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October 30, 2009
Capo Unified's Fleming Delays His Day in Court, Again
Anna, James, Maya: All reminders of a simpler time.Remember 2007? M.I.A. released a really good album, the surge in Iraq was all the talk, Anna Nicole Smith laid to rest her gentle head and everyone assumed Hillary Clinton was going to be the next President.It was also the year in which James Fle ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Traffic Report: Avoid Objects Waving Picket Signs Around Capistrano Schools
CUEA.orgWhile dropping kids off at Capistrano Unified School District's 55 campuses this morning, parents were forced to avoid unmovable objects:Striking teachers.
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April 23, 2010
12 Life Lessons High School Students are Learning Watching "Napoleon Dynamite" While Their Teachers are on Strike
With Capistrano Unified School District teachers on strike, the lesson for the day for students in one class at San Juan Hills High School involved viewing Napoleon Dynamite. Those who scoff at that being a wasted educational opportunity are obviously oblivious to the rich life lessons contained ... More >>
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April 23, 2010
Why Can't Capistrano Unified Find Happiness?
Our CUSD cover story from 2007.The teachers' strike at Capistrano Unified School District is grabbing a lot of news coverage, from KCAL to KPPC. Anyone who doesn't live in South County and/or who hasn't been paying attention to CUSD before this, though, doesn't appreciate the fact that the turmoi ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Our Shortlist of Superintendents for Capistrano Unified
Illustration by Evan YarboroughFormer CUSD Supt. Woodrow Carter, presumably resting in retirement.The beleaguered Capistrano Unified School District has been through about, oh, 732 different superintendents in the past, say, four years. Following the firing of facial-loving supe Woodrow Carter la ... More >>
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October 12, 2010
OC's Broken School Lunches
Flickr user bookgrlAs sad as this is, it's better than CUSD's high school lunch.Earlier this year, the Conseil régional de Bourgogne (Regional Council of Burgundy, France) released a four-year charter called "Qualité de la restauration scolaire"--the quality of school food. It states that at ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
To Strike, Or Not To Strike? That Is The Question Facing La Habra School Teachers
It could happen soon in LHCSD.If the two dueling parties can't come to some settlement in the coming days, teachers from the La Habra City School District may be on the picket lines in the very near future. So far, the La Habra Education Association, which represents the teachers, and repres ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
James Fleming, Ex-Capistrano Unified Superintendent, Wins Appeal in "Enemies List" Case
Three years after James Fleming, the former superintendent of Capistrano Unified School District, was indicted for allegedly creating an "enemies" list of parents and students and then lying about it, a state appeals court has let him off the hook.All of the ex-administrator's actions were legal ... More >>
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February 10, 2011
Capistrano Unified School District Has a Problem With 'Boobies'
Loserkids.comBusted is what kids may be if they're caught wearing an "I Love Boobies!" rubber wristband on some school campuses in OC. The accessory, which raises funds for the Carlsbad-based nonprofit Keep a Breast Foundation, has become popular among teens across the country, but school a ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
[UPDATED:] OC High School and College Coaches Received "Slush Account" Kickbacks From Athletic Retailer, PBS SoCal Report Says
UPDATE, MAY 10, 1:35 P.M.: As the details of the Slush Fund controversy continue to develop, with a second report due out from PBS SoCal, the Weekly decided to follow up with the Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD_, which had stressed the fact it had been investigating this issue for some time ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
[UPDATED with District Response:] Capistrano Unified School District Board Accused by DA of Violating State Open Meeting Law
Mr. BrownUPDATE, MAY 6, 3:14 P.M.: The Capistrano Unified School District today issued a short response to a letter from the Orange County District Attorney's office alleging the district's Board of Trustees committed "multiple violations" of the state's open-meeting law, the Ralph M. Brown Act.H ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
OC Law Enforcement Targets Parents of Truants
Five people were arrested this morning in what the Orange County district attorney's office (OCDA) hails as its first case against the parents of children who have been chronically truant despite repeated warnings from cops and schools. The parents--who face probation, jail and/or fines if convi ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Charges Ditched:] OCDA Boasts First-Ever Case Against Parents of Truants
What truant?UPDATE, JUNE 21, 4:02 P.M.: Last month, the Orange County district attorney's office announced the first OCDA case against parents of children who have been chronically truant, despite repeated warnings from schools and police.Yesterday, charges against one of those parents disappear ... More >>
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August 18, 2011
[UPDATED: San Clemente Coach Football Coach "Removed"] CUSD Confirms Coach Kickback Scheme; Investigation Moving to Sheriff's Department
UPDATE, AUG. 18, 6:22 P.M.: The first axe has fallen. After 11 years as the head coach of the San Clemente High football team, Eric Patton has relieved of his duties as a result of his involvement in an elaborate kickback scandal, OC Register reported.Patton remains an employee of CUSD, but it is ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
[UPDATED: Lights On!] Life in South Orange County; CUSD Schools Closed Friday
UPDATE, SEPT. 9, 9:43 A.M.: While most of South Orange County was already asleep or elsewhere--seeing as how the power had been out for hours and SDG&E was expecting the blackout to extend into Friday--the lights came back on in Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano and parts of Laguna Niguel, shor ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
San Clemente High School Bus Drivers: Unsung Heroes of the Bomb Scare
As you may have previously read, an empty bomb threat on the first day of school at San Clemente High School drew a response from the FBI, the Navy, the Marines, U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, a regional counter-terrorism team, the Capistrano Unified S ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
[UPDATED with Supt. Farley's Reaction:] Capistrano Unified School District Off the Hook for Brown Act Violations, DA Decides
When we get behind closed doors ...UPDATE, SEPT. 20, 3:05 P.M.: Capistrano Unified School District Superintendent Joseph M. Farley, who was informed in May by the district attorney that he and his Board of Trustees violated the state's open meeting law during three of the previous six months, tod ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Capistrano School Program To Teach Kids in Chinese
Ni hao. Recognizing that China is set to become the next global superpower and that Mandarin is the most-spoken language in the world, Capistrano Unified School District trustees approved what will be the county's first Chinese-English language program. Those in the program, which ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Ex-Superintendent James Fleming Sues Capistrano Unified School District For Damages
FlemingNearly a year after a state appeals court dropped charges against him, James Fleming is suing Capistrano Unified School District for in attorney fees and lost wages--which one of Fleming's attorneys once estimated at more than $1.6 million.The former superintendent filed a complaint in Ora ... More >>
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