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Parent tells board Saturday Homecoming date excludes band, alleges admin overreach
Summary
A parent told the board the decision to move the Homecoming dance to Saturday excluded band students who competed that day and said district administration contacted his employer about his social-media post; a separate board member reported a child was struck by a football at the Homecoming game.
During the Oct. 14 meeting, Thomas Paredes addressed the Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District Governing Board to object to moving the Homecoming dance to a Saturday. Paredes said the change excluded band students who had competitions that day and described the scheduling decision as unfair to participating students.
Paredes also said he had posted his opinion on his personal social-media page and that district administration or others contacted his employer, prompting his employer to ask him to remove the post because of backlash in the comments. He told the board he considered that outreach an "extreme abuse of power" and said he feared his daughter might suffer repercussions as a result of his post. The transcript records Paredes’s statements but does not record a response from the board or administration on the matter during the meeting.
Separately, Member Ralph Moran reported an incident at Friday’s Homecoming in which a child was hit on the head by a football before the game. Moran said paramedics examined and cleared the child; Athletic Director Michael Ibarra said he had not heard from the parents but had apologized at the time and ensured the child was examined.
No formal action was taken on the Homecoming scheduling or on the allegations about contact with an employee’s workplace during the meeting; the public comment was entered into the record.
