HBCSD Corruption

Proof of the lie:

(1) October 19, 2014 – Email from Monique Ehsan FPAC chair to Superintendent Pat Escalante and School Board member Patti Ackerman:

“I am writing just to clarify a matter with regard to the FPAC so that we don’t fan the flames of the opposition. Your [School Board member Patti Ackerman] letter to the Editor last week indicated that the FPAC considered Prospect Heights, South School, the Time Warner building and the Community Center. The FPAC never discussed Prospect Heights or South School because we didn’t understand the history of the School District with regard to the sale of these properties and any leaseback options nor did we have a mandate to do historical research. Katrina Bacallao, on her own time and with her own funds, exhaustively researched the history of the District but her findings were presented to Pat, not to the FPAC.  At a couple of meetings Pat [Escalante] brought up the Community Center* and the fact that we don’t own it but we never had an FPAC discussion about the States rep’s tour of the facility, the Title V inadequacies, the MOA [MOU], etc.”

*NOTE: Superintendent Escalante did NOT bring up the Community Center during the first four FPAC meetings, members of the public brought up the Community Center during FPAC discussions.  There was no substantial discussion of the Community Center in the FPAC meetings.

NOTE: HBCSD School Board members did NOT attend the FPAC's initial four meetings on district facilities. School Board members had NO first hand knowledge about the information told to FPAC members. School Board member Patti Ackerman did NOT attend FPAC "discovery" meetings with HBCSD expert Paul Bunton.

NOTE: FPAC members basically were given NO correct information from the district regarding the Community Center before making recommendations to the school board in April 2013 as to the district facility usage:

Please see: April 10, 2013 – Facilities Planning Advisory Committee Final Report R16-12/13

“RECOMMENDATION: The Facilities Planning Advisory Committee will present a report on their findings on the objectives the Board of Education asked to be examined and advised on: modernization, new construction and property exchange/acquisition."

 “The Facilities Planning Advisory Committee met on January 16, February 6 and 27, and March 30, 2013."

Please see: April 10, 2013 – HBCSD School Board meeting transcripts – presentation by FPAC Chair Monique Ehsan recommendation for North School modernization, new construction and/or property exchange/acquisition

NOTE: There were numerous issues with HBCSD's hired expert to advise the FPAC members. Please see information contained in Facts #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7.

(2) School board member Mary Campbell became a school board member in January 2014. Mary Campbell had NOT attended any of the initial, fact finding FPAC meetings in winter and spring 2013. It is believed that Mary Campbell's information regarding the FPAC process came from Superintendent Pat Escalante with support from school board members. Regardless, Mary Campbell was tasked with writing "information" for the Yes on Q website in fall 2014.

(3) Citizen Ryan Nowicki (and Yes on Measure Q committee official) was a member of the FPAC team and knew that the Community Center was not discussed in detail during the Facility Planning and Advisory process.