Certain school board members have made serious allegations against us. There is no truth whatsoever to these allegations.
What is particularly disturbing about these allegations is their intended affect on our community. A group of concerned parents went to these board members with troubling information they discovered regarding the board's implementation of the PARS retirement plan. Instead of addressing these concerns, these board members made baseless criminal allegations against us and used the regular board meeting to discredit and falsely accuse us of wrongdoing. Their inexcusable actions will now have a chilling effect on the First Amendment freedom of speech rights of our entire community.
Who will be brave enough to speak out to these elected officials with the threat of criminal retaliation looming overhead? Freedom of speech is one of our most basic constitutional rights. This attack on that right should be alarming to everyone.
Don’t let this political maneuvering distract you from the truth about what we discovered about the PARS retirement plan: 1) According to California law regarding conflicts of interest, the plan may be void since Gordon would financially benefit from the very plan that he negotiated and signed; 2) The Board failed to provide an accurate analysis of the cost of adding Gordon and Zoll to the plan (their inclusion decreased the total savings to the district); and 3) The Board neither publicly discussed nor properly authorized the inclusion of Superintendent Gordon and Jim Zoll into this plan (potential Brown Act violation).
Bottom line, there are serious questions as to whether Gordon and Zoll are entitled to their combined $327,727 retirement benefit.
The board should address these serious issues, not launch personal attacks on the people that uncovered the misconduct.
Kevin Alfaro
Jeanne DeVincenzi
Sharon Harris
Kathy Zelazny
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