Monday, May 21, 2012
Roman Cisneros, a students dean turned PE teacher, hasn’t come to school since May 14.
An Eagle Rock High School physical education teacher accused by some parents of sexual misconduct has not been on campus since Monday, May 14, and has been replaced by a substitute teacher. The PE teacher, Roman Cisneros, has been moved to the so-called "rubber room," a reassignment center at LAUSD headquarters downtown, according to an ERHS staff member who spoke to Patch on condition of anonymity. Cisneros is scheduled to retire in July, according to ERHS Principal Salvador Velasco, and has not been charged with any crime. The ERHS staff member’s account of the PE teacher’s absence from campus confirmed a tip e-mailed to Patch Thursday evening by someone who claimed to be an LAUSD substitute teacher. Patch called LAUSD District 4 …
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Eagle Rock High principal tells parents that if they were concerned about allegations of sexual misconduct by the PE teacher, they were 'very negligent' in not reporting them to him.
This is the fourth installment of a video recording by Patch of a May 9 Q&A between Eagle Rock High School Principal Salvador Velasco and a group of parents who attended a meeting moderated by LAUSD District 4 Coordinator of Operations and School Safety Stephen Koffman. Almost the entire clip revolves around allegations of sexual misconduct by Roman Cisneros, a former students' dean who was voted out of the position by the school faculty in 2011 and who went on to become a PE teacher. Click here to see the previous (Part III) video recording from Principal Velasco’s May 9 Q&A with ERHS parents. Click here to see Part II of our video recording from Principal Velasco’s May 9 Q&A with ERHS parents. Click here to see our first video recording …
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The May 9 firing of Dale Widolff provides the right 'timing' for Redell's return.
Signatories pledge to cease financial support to Oxy unless it honors Dale Widolff ‘in a manner commensurate with his immense contribution to Occidental College.’
This past Thursday, we reported that Occidental College fired Dale Widolff, a legendary football coach, following a National Collegiate Athletic Association probe into alleged recruiting violations. During Widolff’s 30 years at Oxy, the college won 11 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles, and Widolff’s 178 victories ranked him fifth among active NCAA Division III coaches. In response to the coach’s termination last week, a group of Oxy alumni has launched an online petition aimed at pressuring the college to reconsider its decision to fire him—or to honor him “in a manner commensurate with his immense contribution to Occidental College.” By signing the petition, titled "Honor Coach Widolff," signatories pledge to …
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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Eagles dance their way to victory in a contest aimed at helping less fortunate students.
If unsuccessful, the suit could could harm students' interests.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Margeau Valteau is an urban and environmental policy major from Arizona.
Will Steven Jovanelly’s May 2 "goodbye" to his football players be his last?
To hear Steven Jovanelly recount the events leading to his dismissal in February from Eagle Rock High, it all began in the school’s weight room in October 2011, about a month after the faculty voted out a students’ dean who then became a PE teacher. A voluntary football and basketball coach who was also a substitute teacher, Jovanelly was talking to the junior varsity football team after a weight-training session when, he recalls, the dean turned PE teacher, Roman Cisneros, walked into the weight room and interrupted the meeting. “He told me that we need to clean up,” says Jovanelly, referring to Cisneros. “He was in my face, challenging me in front of my kids and I basically told him ‘we’re not janitors—we’re football players.’” Jovanelly…
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'Students Matter' nonprofit sues LAUSD, governor on behalf of 8 Southland and Bay Area students.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A custodian is injured in Tuesday’s walkout—the latest twist in a dramatic conflict between a popular coach and the school administration.
An estimated 100 to 200 Eagle Rock High School students staged a walkout Tuesday in what appeared to be a spontaneous show of dissent on the part of some to protest the recent firing of a junior varsity football and basketball coach. The protest began after “nutrition” (snack time) at about 10 a.m. and lasted till school ended around 3 p.m., according to an ERHS staff member and a student on the football team, both of whom spoke to Patch on condition of anonymity. Patch repeatedly called Eagle Rock High on Tuesday and was told that Principal Salvador Velasco was either “in and out” of his office or locked in meetings, including one with school teachers from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Many students evidently left classrooms after receiving a text …
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Janet T
5:14 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Yazira...really..let's be honest...if it was ur daughter u would just..." give it to God and let God deal with it"????? Really??? I doubt it....and if so I hope ur charged with neglect!!!! But...it is ur opinion and I can THANK GOD FOR THAT...I can agree with u on one thing...it is the bullshit part....but it is HIS bullshit that he has to be accountable for 20 years ago or 2 months ago..there is… more ›