MORE SHENANIGANS IN THE S.U.S.D.

By Bob Walsh

 

 

Regular readers will know that I have reported a little bit on the trials and tribulation of the Stockton Unified School District.  Two weeks ago the cops raided the house of the board president, AngelAnn Flores.  The search warrant was unsealed (possibly in error) yesterday.

They were looking for evidence supporting the theft of government funds, failure to produce government documents, witness intimidation and Brown Act violations.  The allegations of theft of public money relate to alleged misuse of a district credit card.

Deputies seized two iPhones, an iPad, a Mac Book Air laptop and assorted documents.  The cops also asked Google and Meta for access to Flores' accounts.  Also a USB drive with info related to Flores' credit card was seized from the SUSD offices.

The investigation has been running for seven months.  It was triggered when the former interim superintendent, Traci Miller, contacted the S.O. and blew the whistle.  It seems that Joann Juarez, who is still the Chief Business Official, has also given input to the Sheriff's Office and possibly the FBI which is looking into matters involving the SUSD.

The suspected problems appear, at least to me, to be sort of small beer.  Things like spending money on meals and other personal expenses when there was no travel involved.  The total of maybe flaky expenses for this calendar year appears to be something like $1,000 for the whole year. She is also accused of being kind of casual about turning in expense receipts.  She is blaming that on the idea that her expense reports are being leaked to the media.  I am unsure why that should be an issue as long as the expenses were kosher.

The intimidate beef comes from an email Flores sent informing staff that she needed to be informed BEFORE any conversations with pretty much anybody that wanted to know pretty much anything about her personally or professionally.  The Sheriff and D.A. seem to be considering this an attempt to dissuade a witness from reporting a crime.

The Brown Act concerns public meetings and public notice. Members of pretty much any government legislative body are forbidden to meet in the majority to discuss or decide public business.  This can include serial meetings, like Joe calling Fred who calls Mary who calls Joan etc. etc. etc.