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Mother alleges district retaliation and misuse of child-protective reports; requests immediate action
Summary
A parent told the board she believes Chino Valley Unified staff have retaliated against her daughter with disabilities by filing child-protective-service reports after IEP meetings and denying accommodations; she urged immediate district action.
Myra Maldonado, who identified herself as a mother and an advocate, told the board during public comment that her daughter with multiple disabilities has experienced what she described as “a disturbing pattern of mistreatment” under district staff supervision since February 2023.
Maldonado alleged the district has filed child-protective-service reports following IEP meetings and formal complaints she submitted, and said those reports were retaliatory and “baseless and traumatizing.” She also said law enforcement had been allowed to interview her daughter without her consent and that the district had denied accommodations required by her child’s IEP. “This is not how we protect children. This is how we silence families,” Maldonado said.
Why it matters: Allegations of retaliation and mishandling of special-education accommodations are substantive claims about district practice and legal obligations. The board did not announce an immediate investigation during the meeting.
What happened at the meeting
Maldonado described a pattern of reporting to child protective services that, she said, followed advocacy actions and IEP meetings. She called for immediate action and accountability. Board members did not make a public ruling on the allegation during the meeting; the record shows no formal motion or vote tied to her complaint on the night of April 17.
Next steps
The transcript does not record a staff response or a board referral to investigate Maldonado’s allegations during the meeting. The board’s public comment procedures and board policy regarding complaints against employees (BP 1312.1 referenced during the meeting) were read earlier in the session and posted to the record.
