The lawsuit also argues that the recent arrest of another Eleanor Roosevelt High School teacher on suspicion of criminal behavior with a student suggests a pattern. “The district will not be providing comment on any potential or pending litigation,” Corona-Norco spokeswoman Brittany Foust said in an email Thursday. Officials at Corona-Norco Unified School District declined to comment. The two former students subsequently reported the abuse to the school principal and campus police, among others, in September 2019, triggering the criminal investigation and Robles’ placement of leave, Lewis said. Lewis, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said two of Robles’ victims who were on the cross-country team reached out to former teammates after graduating, asking if any of them had also been sexually abused by Robles. His alleged victims ranged in age from 14 to 17 when they attended Eleanor Roosevelt High in Eastvale from 2014 to 2017. Robles, according to the lawsuit, was arrested in October 2019 and subsequently charged with 15 counts of sexual assault, including rape of a minor under 14 years of age, unlawful intercourse with a minor and oral copulation of a minor. The lawsuit, filed April 21 in Riverside County Superior Court, names both the district and former teacher and coach Joe Robles Jr., who was convicted in September 2020 of sexually abusing students and is serving a four-year prison sentence at California State Prison in Lancaster. The role of the Board of Trustees is to establish policies to assure the quality, integrity and effectiveness of the colleges’ programs and services as well as the financial stability of the District.Five former students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School have filed a lawsuit alleging the Corona-Norco Unified School District failed to protect them from sexual assault by a former track-and-field coach. He had a successful career in public education as a teacher and advocate. She is president of Blumenthal Law Offices in Riverside.Įlected to the Board in 2016, Hedrick is a former member of the Corona-Norco Unified School District Board of Education. Blumenthal, who has served as the Board’s president six of the last eight terms, has been a trustee since 2006. Figueroa retired from the State of California Department of Corrections where she was a correctional counselor.īlumenthal and Hedrick will function as members. She is also on the California Community College Trustees board of directors. For Green, a retired educational administrator and nurse as well as a US Veteran, this will be her sixth time serving as Board vice president.įigueroa, who was elected to the Board in 1995, is the longest serving trustee. Green has served as a District trustee since 2006. She is a former member of the Moreno Valley Unified School District Board of Education and is currently executive director of College, Career and Economic Development in the Fontana Unified School District. Vackar, Board president, was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2014. The RCCD Board of Trustee officers for 2017-18 are: For the first time in four years, the Board has a new president. Riverside, CA – The Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees announced new officers for 2017-18. RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ANNOUNCES 2017-2018 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS
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