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Parents, employees ask Evergreen board to place superintendent and COO on leave amid allegations of misleading law enforcement and auditors
Summary
Multiple public speakers accused district counsel and senior administrators of providing false or misleading information to the Vancouver Police Department and the State Auditor's Office and urged the board to place Superintendent Maloney and COO Janae Gomes on administrative leave pending an independent investigation.
Several parents, current and former employees and union representatives told the Evergreen School District board on March 10 that district leaders and the district attorney have given false or misleading information to law enforcement and the State Auditor’s Office and urged the board to order an independent investigation and place the superintendent and chief operating officer on administrative leave.
Angie Bunda, a parent who spoke during public comment, said she had tracked repeated requests from a Vancouver Police Department detective for documentation about September 2023 supplemental contracts and that responses from the district or its attorney were misleading. "The ESD provided false information to a public servant and then let it go to the PA," Bunda said, and asked the board to "place the COO and…
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