AM1440 - The Information Station : Local Starts Here.: Teachers at Cabrillo High School Call in Sick in Protest Over Placing Basketball Coach on Paid Leave

Teachers at Cabrillo High School Call in Sick in Protest Over Placing Basketball
Coach on Paid Leave
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Beth Ward on September 03,2010 10:23am
 
29 TEACHERS AT CABRILLO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LOMPOC VALLEY TOOK PART IN A PROTEST
ON THURSDAY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE HEAD BOYS' BASKETBALL COACH, WHO WAS PLACED
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. 29 OF THE 65 FACULTY MEMBERS CALLED IN SICK, FORCING
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO BRING IN SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS TO HANDLE CLASSES. IT
HAPPENED AFTER COACH GARY WEST WAS INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION WITH A STUDENT ON
CAMPUS. THAT STUDENT HAS RETURNED TO SCHOOL AND SOME TEACHERS FEEL THAT HE IS
DANGEROUS. THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THE
ALTERCATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CHARGES WILL BE FILED. THE BACK TO SCHOOL
NIGHT SCHEDULED FOR LAST NIGHT AT CABRILLO HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 16TH.