Parent tells Oak Grove board site administrator demanded $12,500 and retaliated after child’s false accusation

Christina Bravo, a parent of two students at Sakamoto Elementary, used the board’s public‑comment period on June 26 to accuse a base program administrator of a pattern of retaliation and an improper monetary demand.

Bravo told trustees she received a late‑night email on June 21 from the administrator, identified in her remarks as Mrs. Tran, that “demanded I pay her $12,500 by June 25th, and if I failed to pay, she would proceed to file a lawsuit in small claims court.” She said the administrator also filed a police report and that the alleged threats followed Bravo’s efforts to document and escalate prior misconduct she said harmed her 11‑year‑old son.

The parent said an internal investigation overseen by Dr. Dorsey found the original accusation against her son to be baseless, and she described a June 5 debrief with school supervisors during which one supervisor, she said, acknowledged prior concerns about the administrator’s conduct. Bravo said she shared alleged retaliatory legal threats with supervisors on June 22 and that, after receiving an official response on June 25 from Dr. Dorsey’s office, the district characterized the matter as a personal issue and “did not involve the district.”

Bravo said she retained legal counsel and sent an official notice to involved parties, including the superintendent, and asked the board not to remove the administrator from the district but to “have no contact with or supervisory authority over my children now or in the future” and to outline remediation steps to prevent further harm.

The district’s response to Bravo’s June 22 communications was relayed in a message from Dr. Dorsey’s administration stating the issue was personal and not a district matter; that language was cited by Bravo in her public remarks. The board did not take action during the public‑comment period and made no immediate public statement changing personnel assignments on the record that evening.

Trustees did not debate the specifics of Bravo’s allegations during the meeting’s business agenda. The superintendent and board have not recorded subsequent board action on the allegation in the meeting minutes presented at adjournment. Bravo said she has documentation to support her claims and that she is willing to share it with district officials.

The board’s meeting packet and later minutes should be checked for any formal complaints or personnel actions filed after the meeting. The district’s written statement characterizing the matter as personal appears in the record referenced by the parent; the board did not announce any investigatory outcome or personnel action during the June 26 session.