Superintendent under investigation for inappropriate relationship with student
December 13, 2009 9:16 pm
By KAREN VELIE
San Miguel Joint Union School District board officials have hired an investigator to look into allegations that 55-year-old Supt. Dean Smith had an inappropriate relationship with a former student.
“The school board is concerned and they are investigating, but we are not permitted to discuss the issue at this time,” a board member said.
Smith, a former Baptist minister, recently left his wife of more than 30 years for “Anne” (not her real name), a young woman he began “mentoring” while she was in the sixth grade. Supporters of Smith claim the relationship did not become intimate until after she turned 18.
Earlier this year, board members took their concerns to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department. The investigation, which included interviews with Smith, “Anne” and her mother, concluded that nothing illegal occurred.
“We found no evidence of criminal activity,” said Rob Bryn, sheriff’s public information officer.
CalCoastNews tried to contact “Anne” for comment, but she could not be located.
Smith, who has been the head of the San Miguel School Joint Unified School District for four years, did not respond to requests for comment from CalCoastNews.
Despite the fact that the sheriff’s probe found no illegal activity, some board members and law enforcement officials nevertheless question the thoroughness of the sheriff’s investigation. Just hours after the first report had been made to law enforcement, someone allegedly warned Smith about the impending investigation.
Sheriff Deputy Clinton Cole, the officer assigned to the San Miguel Joint Unified School District beat, is a friend of Smith’s, and at one time lived on Smith’s property.
CalCoastNews interviewed more than a dozen teachers, school officials and law enforcement officials while gathering information for this article. Many have asked to remain unnamed because district officials have asked them not to discuss the issue.
Smith, then principal of Templeton Middle School, first met and began spending time with “Anne” when she was in sixth grade in about 2003. One teacher describes how Smith would ask her to treat the girl differently than the other students.
“He was very protective of her,” the unnamed teacher said, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing her job. “He said she came from a troubled home.”
Smith continued his relationship with the girl after he left Templeton Middle School for his current superintendent position in San Miguel. According to co-workers, Smith would explain that he spent time “mentoring” the girl because she was facing serious health problems and had a problematic home life that included an uncle who had been imprisoned for allegedly molesting her.
“Anne” graduated from Templeton High School in June, shortly after she turned 18. In July, Smith took her to a San Luis Obispo County Office of Education board meeting in which school officials discussed inter-district transfer agreements. When some of his fellow area superintendents realized the teenager accompanying Smith was not his niece, they began questioning what Smith was doing there with the teenager.
“He groomed this young lady for this,” a local school superintendent said.
Last month, Smith and “Anne” arrived hand in hand to the yearly Elegant Evening in Paso Robles, where some onlookers questioned the San Miguel superintendent’s behavior as “inappropriate” for a ranking school official.
“He was grabbing her. . . ,” a school official said. “I find this scandalous.”
Meanwhile, some concerned parents have pulled their children from the district as investigators continue to look into when the relationship became intimate.
“Anne’s” MySpace comments report that she is in a relationship, though she does not mention who her boyfriend is or when the relationship began.
She does, however, provide an “About Me” profile that describes her feelings about school.
“I can’t stand school,” she says. “I’m just trying to get by. I’m ready to move on with life. I hate hearing the alarm in the morning just to know that the only thing my day holds is school filled with nonsense and ridiculousness. I reach for the day when I get to say goodbye Templeton High, it has been nice knowing you….”
i senced the romantic chemistry between the two for years evben when she was in high school i’d always see the 2 of them together and always had a hunch something was wierd there but he was the cool principal so i NEVER would have thought thered be anything going on but then again isnt it always the one kids like that ends up having the innapropriate affair with kids? oh well if its true he had an affair with the girl whos a big time christian also… they both will burn in hell hahhahahahaahaha serves them right ha and the messed up thing is her parents are consenting to her marrying a man old enough to be her grandpa ewwww
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I know this family. and although a little shocking we have to remember that we dont have “facts” and even if it were all true, it is best to not say horrible things as their family must be going through serious pain. “spend so much time improving yourself, that you have no time to criticize others”
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Sorry but this is ridiculous. They are two consenting adults that happen to have a history of friendship. it doesnt appear that he goes around molesting and manipulating little girls. no need for concern. it looks as though they allowed to pursue there strong feelings after she graduated high school and turned 18.
I myself knew him while attending these schools never did i feel creeped out. I guess we just wernt one anothers type (oh the sarcasm.) Im not saying what he did is right or fair but tahats just the way life goes. just like little towns always trying to get there business in other peoples business. it was investgated the was nothing illegal and tehre two consenting adults, and all we do have is speculation.
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Totally inapproprite. Even if he didn’t commit a crime technically, he should be removed and forced to seek a different area of employment. He obviously had sexual feelings for her at an early age. He’s just lucky the head above his eyes won the mental battle and not the one below his belt.
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If you have concernes regarding this issue and feel that there is some oinformation that validates these allegations please contact me as soon as possible at japi@sbcglobalnet
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Who are you and why are you interested in him? Can you do something about this or are you just curious about the situation?
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Just A Private Investigator just a guess
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I am a person that is greatly concerned regarding the allegations against the Superintendent. There are numerous posting from several persons stating that they have information these activities by the Superintendent. I would like to have a confidential discussion with anyone at any time regarding information relative to these allegations. If the allegations are true, it should be a major concern for all parents and District employees. I can be contacted , confidentially at JAPI@sbcglobal.net. I will be more than happy to explain further upon receipt of your email..
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As a father, I shudder at my reaction should this have happened to my daughter. If he indeed, as the article implied, groomed her for this outrage while playing mentor and teacher, get a rope.
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You can force with hate, but only change with love.
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Okay the Cheseburger, is going to melt away from this one, that’s a first, the next article, turned my stomach, for I have had similar encounters, (twenty years ago), this Guy Vagabond is entitled to his opinion and I think I will go be sick now. Signed living in fear! Of the good guys, do I have that right? Let’s let the two love birds, figure things out for themselves! I’m closing the book, and won’t be back on this page. Didn’t get enough negative votes to make the police squad anyway!
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Well, N. County who are you going to hire now to do what you are too lazy to do yourselves?
Kick out all the lying cheerleader thieves and mind washing pedophiles and what’s left? I know! Jesuits!
Uh, OK maybe not them, the boys might be irreversibly emotionally damaged and end up, ghasp!, GAY.
Think I’ll start a torch store in Tempelton,
Post in sympathy to Booty’s being kicked.
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This is an overall summary of all your posts, you think coercing young and not fully developed mentally challenged, physiologically injured young girls, is okay because of words printed or not printed on paper, wait until one of these young ladies fathers get to have some words with you, the conversation might get heated and in turn you my friend would be treated to a tasty knuckle sandwich, we do however agree on one thing, we should not send kids to war, especially before they can get drunk enough to kill! Now go to work and stay out of the penny arcades too.
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Booty,take your meds and stop staring into the sun,it will continue to damage the 2 brain cells you have left.
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Bring’em Young.
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Wow! Disgusting!. No matter how you paint this picture, it is wrong. The board should be doing more than just trying to get rid of this guy. Another good example of our local sheriffs dept flopping on a real case. Again, disgusting.
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Hahah Booty, good one. LOL
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Interestingly, another Smith, Joseph Smith, had as many as 30 extra chicks, reportedly as young as 14 years old. He was able to start his own religion. Now, over a hundred years later, millions of dudes in pressed white shirts walk and ride bikes all around trying to tell people about the amazing crap that he made up. Wow! He was also tarred and feathered and eventually killed by a mob though. There are always differing opinions I guess. So does baggin extra chicks make you less of a man, or mor-man? Maybe both. But hold on before you all go assuming that we have ourselves a baby coddler and interpreting every interaction you ever had with the man as “gross”. Hey, she probably looks like a grownup, it’s confusing. Confusion, mix that with some stupidity and a mid life crisis and many of us could find ourselves in such a predicament. Maybe not exactly the same, but I bet we will all be caught violating even our own set of standards at some point. So before we all head out as one mob to cast our stones, let us hope for the best where hope is still alive. Well Jo is dead and gone, maybe he is living on in a spirit world populating his kingdom planet with all those underage girls…maybe not. But for the latter-day-smith…let this be the lowpoint. Send the young girl home to her parents and embark on a new journey in the direction of dignity and self respect.
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Good post! We all have the same rights, but what if he were a homeless bum instead of a superintendent, Hum, any feed back, at least she will eat better now!
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Kudos to you Karen, finally someone reports the truth, minus the “adult” aged “child’s” real name, why was that left out, we all know it! The article talks about her MySpace account, but her Facebook relationship status that states “It’s complicated.”
Facts: EX-Baptist Minister, Deacon in his church, school official, husband, father, grandfather. No it is not legally wrong NOW at 18, but get real, it is morally wrong and absolutely disgusting, embarrassing and not to mention devastating to his wife and family. Yes they were seen by many at Elegant Evening, and not just as “friends.” Public displays of affection all around! Special treatment at school, YES!
Facts not reported: the confusion, devastation and all out mental torture to the girl students that had him at TMS, mine included. To think I trusted this man with my daughters just makes me ill. I thought having a Principal that looked after our kids, took special interest to make sure they were ok in devastating events and was a religious man in a public school totally awesome, boy was I wrong and that HURTS as a mother!
She is not the only child that needed assistance from a troubled home life. There are county government agencies for that, which do not include sick child molesting authority figures. I sure hope the San Miguel School District finds a legal way to protect their students from this man.
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I am wondering why “her” parents have allowed this relationship to continue…she still lives at home. What kind of parents are these? I know that if I had a daughter, I would NEVER EVER allow her to “hang out” with a MUCH older man, any man…even the pope himself, under any circumstances. That is purely wrong. I also wonder where her pastor is in all of this…he denies that anything is going on…wake up, people, who is kidding whom here. Somebody needs to “man up” and put their foot down and say “no” to this relationship. It matters not if it is sexual – it is wrong even if it is platonic as they claim it is. He is still a much older married man- I surely would not want MY daughter to hang out with him. I don’t care if she is 18 or not- she is still hardly an adult and the parents should open their eyes and NOT allow this relationship to continue. They (the parents) have allowed this man into their homes and even included him in Holiday celebrations….that is just wrong . Parents of “anne” take a stand for what is right. Your daughter is cavortin around town with a MARRIED man and no matter what they call their relationship..mentoring, friendship, platonic, romantic-it matter’s not- it is wrong, wrong wrong and you should be ashamed that you allowed this, as should her pastor!
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dude her parents are thrilled shes married to him they think hes a catch and will NEVER rat him out
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Vagabond….I hope you are not a parent. What Chese thinks is immoral now has everything to do with how it will affect his daughter when she is eighteen…..it’s called good parenting. You have to set an example for your kids and teach them right from wrong and most importantly about the consequenses of thier choices. What he teaches her now at this young age will stick with her the rest of her life.
If you think there is nothing wrong with an eighteen year old being with a man in his fifties you are just as sick as he is. There is absolutely no legitamite reason a normal fifty-something year old man should be with an eighteen year old girl-and vice versa. Something is wrong.
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Not a parent, but I do see, and just maybe because I’m NOT a parent my view has some worth.
Like I said, If the skills are there and he’s LUCKY his daughter will turn out to be the next Pres. o America, Yea!
Now let’s look at the age differential prejudice you have.
Why is it immoral for a fifty year old guy to have a 18 year old wife?
What religious decree or for that matter ANY decree says this is immoral?
Sick?
Just maybe ( and as far as we know by this article) She loves him and he loves her, and are seeking the happiness that is secured by our constitution, and they, being adults, are simply exercising their RIGHTS AS AMERICANS.
I think the sick folks are the ones that deny our rights, Don’t you?
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It is SICK because she has no life experiences at the age of 18!! Even if he was 25 It still wouldn’t make it “better”! And her rights were taken away from her by this sociopath that has been brainwashing her since she was in middle school. THINK Before you claim that RIGHTS are being stepped on!
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Oh goodness. There is in no way any proof to him “brainwashing” her. Maybe she is completely aware of the situation and chooses for it to be like that. And besides, she is an adult and is making her own decisions and it’s not our place to decide if that’s ok or not. This isn’t the first time people with a large age gap are interested in each other(if that’s what it is) and it sure as heck wont be the last.
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Anne most certainly was coerced by this man and has no way of even knowing that. She has no real life experiences and this has gone on from the time that she reached puberty. Anne is a victim of a pervert IMO. Eventually as she gets older , she will come to realize this and then God Help Smith. That is how I predict this outcome, its inevitable.
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Kittie, The nations foremost expert on morality and legality!
I base my arguments on the Constitution.
Name one single document, religious or secular that empirically
states that a 25 year age difference in consenting adults is “Sick”
I’m waiting.
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Counseling a child from the age of 12 and then having sex with her when she is (supposedly) legally of age is SICK. If he had a license to practice counseling it would be revoked.
BTW I seriously doubt that he waited until she was 18 but she won’t admit that until she grows up (if she ever does) and figures out what he has taken from her.
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Vagabond means homeless, and I guess you flunked mathematics, because fifty five minus eighteen is, I don’t give out answers, buy a calculator! And bush did away with the constitution anyway! No other documents that I know of exist, except maybe, common sense, and to all the people who give me minuses, thanks, I’m not here to win any popularity contests, suck it up, you read it, that’s good enough for me!
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Cheesy, All who wander are not lost.
Here is a little clue for your entertainment.
I was replying to Kittiie who wrote:”Even if he was 25 It still wouldn’t make it “better”! (50 minus 25= 25!)
Now take your shoes off so you can count to twenty and add five.
Go ahead insult me all you want, the beauty of being anonymous is that attacks against the messenger just bounce off and land in a pool of disorganized vowels and consonants at the bottom of the post,
Here let me reorganize your thoughts in a meaningful manner:
…… I didn’t read the posts and I am an ignoramus….
There, that’s way better than insulting my math skills.
You are welcome!
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sorry kittie your comment was removed ?email
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You seem to be missing the point that he started ‘mentoring’ her when she was 12 years old and ended up in bed with her by the time she was 18. He crossed the line and took advantage of a confused, needy little girl and his position. His behavior was highly unethical, immoral and obviously self serving. He betrayed the trust placed in him by everyone.
If she met him at 18 and decided that she liked older men it wouldn’t be a big deal but that isn’t how this happened. He ‘mentored’ her into bed is what happened. That dirty old man.
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its not like she is forever commited to him, she has a right later on in life if she wants to keep dating him.
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Moron it depends on the brand of diapers he will wear, DEPENDS or SERENITY now? And to correct your reading comprehension and attempt, to fool the public he is fifty-five. Sorry to call you a Moron, but if the shoe fits the Chese will put it on!!!!
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Oh, 55 eh, Well that makes all the difference,
55 years= 1/12 a normal lifespan. vs. 50 at 1/14
Yep, morality has a definite cut-off line in N.County
I am simply amazed at the obtuseness!
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Sorry, got it backwards, wish we could edit.
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So an average lifespan is 660 years !
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Cheese, I would suggest that you are living in some kind of fantasy world if you think that what you might consider immoral now will have any effect on your daughter when she’s eighteen, thirteen years from now.
You may be lucky, and your parenting skills just might do the trick, but there is no guarantee.
You just might have to accept it if she picks someone even WORSE than Mr. Smith, He might ever be her same age!
Will you then rant and rave about the poor choices your adult offspring make?
I don’t think so, I’ll wager you would go hide under a rock.
Let the investigation go forward, and if there is no legal impropriety, suck it up and admit that there are more ways to achieve happiness than what resides in your limited intellect.
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This relationship was and is completly INNAPROPRIATE. No matter what the girls home situation was, Smith was wrong. If he was really concerned about her he would have taken the appropriate steps to get her help. I have 2 girls, ages 5 & 7 and this makes me so mad. If I ever heard of a teacher/principal even looking at my daughter in a questionable way I would make sure he/she was never near her again. When you are an adult and in an authoritative position like that you had better watch yourself cause I am watching you. It’s even rediculous today that he is with her…..what could they possibly have in common? NOTHING. So irritated….
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Sorry to monger all over this blog but my little girl is five and I’m with you, if in the future, some school official takes a special interest in my daughter, and/or crosses the line, the cheseburger would make him into hamburger, you write,”This relationship was and is completely INNAPROPRIATE,” I second this and have your back!
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ME TOO! No teacher should even come close to this. and I think its because we dont take anybody out back and shoot them any more!
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Right on, kitty if I weren’t married and faithful, I’D SCRATCH YOU UNDER THE CHIN, THANKS! P. S. you must have misread my previous blog, we are on the same side, believe the same thing, some confusion is apparent, unless you approve of this nut case.
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OH no! I don’t support this sociopath! Please remember the first year he was in this county in Templeton he made comments to some of my friends! I think I was in reference to vagabong!
LOMAO! Thank you for the good giggle!
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I’ll tell what they have in common, he is mentoring her in the ways of , oh never mind I won’t say it,
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I imagine she has more power in this affair then gossip mongers would be comfortable admitting, she may have this guy wrapped around her finger, doing things she wants done. Sex is power.
posturing Anne as victim may not be correct .Mary Kay Letourneu was seduced by a fourteen year old man, while she was married with four children, (after she gets out of prison they all live happily ever after), “it was the first time in my life I felt love “she said, “she is my life!” he said. The only real victims in the whole affair were the babies who did not go to prison with their mother saddest thing in the world a motherless baby.
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Mary Kay also went to prison for 7+ years. I wouldn’t be so fast to say they lived happily ever after, she is now approaching 50 and he is 26, we shall see.
Granted – It’s a strange one.
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Based on the nature of the posts I am going to make an educated guess here and sugget that Elle is the young lady (Anne) in question. My heart and intuition tells me this is the case.
If I am right, then I will implore this young lady to seek the help of professionals because you are indeed a victim and there are people who will advocate for you and who can help you. If your friends know the truth they can show their love and help you too by standing up for you and contacting the authorities. It only takes one person to make a difference in this world.
The following link and phone number can help you
http://www.sarpcenter.org/services/crisis.htm 805 545-8888
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Sorry to disappoint you but I am not Anne. I have two daughters around her age though and feel strongly that this situation is being blown out of proportion without the facts.
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Hey Elle can’t the chese date one of your girls, when she turns eighteen, I surf and am in shape and quite handsome for a man over FIFTY! If they saw me surfing they might be intrigued enough to go to a matinee with me for some Pepsi and popcorn, better rethink your opinion. This guy took Anne to the movies and opened the bottom of the popcorn box and inserted something hot, but not completely editable, unless you are a cannibal, get it. Better to leave one’s mouth shut and be thought an idiot then open it and remove all doubt. That’s just my opinion, but if one of your daughters married me (which would be completely legal when they turn eighteen), would you want them burdened with changing my serenities, in another ten years or so. Would you really let your daughters date men over fifty? Seems to be enough evidence that they are a couple.
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Except that you or your daughter weren’t “hit upon” by him! Like Many girls 17 years ago were in TEMPLETON!
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Can anybody name a single tradition more established then buggering the flock? Not even. And being that this is north county we’re talking about, extra credit points are automatically given for staying within-species, with extra bonus points for opposite sex.
So, what’s all the fuss about?
High public office, law enforcement authority, fat-pensioned public service, Citizen of the Year – it’s all part of the required training and generations old culture.
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The DEVIL finds work for idle glands!
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Like I said before bootyjuice you are a great and dignified writer and I for one am almost always impressed by your posts, stay within the species, LOL, so true, so funny and did he make citizen of the year too, or is he just running for that office.
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Hey closed minded one…this type of “buggering” isn’t just isolated to the north side of the grade. I wouldn’t want to live in the south county anymore than you would want to reside here. Contrary to your popular belief…we are not a bunch of inbred toothless idiots. This is not another dumb north county redneck issue… this has to do with trusts being broken by yet another “Christain” doing good in the crusade to make our world a “better place” and to “help humanity”. Bullshit is all I can say, wait…I can also say this…stopp bagging on the north county and look in you own front yard for a change.
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The Chese took his daughter, out of a SAN LUIS OBISPO SCHOOL TODAY, in protest of the actions of this superintendent, unless you approve of this man’s actions towards little girls, you might follow suit and surprise the district with the same option, I’m sick of the slow court system and this is a direct way to show your children you want to change things and protect them, I am only one, but if 1000 or 10,000 didn’t show up for school this predator would be ousted immediately, take action instead of blogging, give your kids a Xmas they will never forget, they will love you for it, kind of like a parents union, with an option to go on strike, this is something new and it possibly, just might work! To the parents of the alleged victim, you might file suit!Merry Xmas everybody including the ones who don’t like Cheseburgers!
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get a life and grow up …….. let’s put the kids further behind. They are not in harms way. If they were he would have already been arrested, there was an investigation. If the idiots that wrote the story did there own investigation the would have found that Deputy Cole had nothing to do with the investigation and it was legit!!!
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Good mourning sunshine, I had a life, before Gearhart ruined it and I’m quite grown up, my daughter is in kinder garden and to tell the truth had a slight cough and temperature but, I still think a parents union with volunteers for leaders could keep these high payed perverts, out of the school system, good by sunshine. Please go back to your cozy little bed with your husband of 42 years senior age, beyond yours, where there’s smoke there’s soon to be fire, and you get a life too.
We grind these kids through 12 years of school for what a worthless diploma, you can’t get a minimum wage job with, the cheseburger graduated early and left his at San Luis High, it’s still there, and no, I did not finish college and have hired many a college graduate to dig footings ( ditches ) for houses because they couldn’t find a job after graduating from college, to each his own and if your kid has a brain like mind does, what would a week hurt.
P. S. To tell some one to get a life for voicing their opinion, is inflammatory, see what happens, a little chese for you sunshine, good moniker though I like it. You are definitely entitled to your opinion but to tell some one to get a life, is childish, so you grow up. OOps maybe your not yet.
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Sure the investigation was legit, that is why Smith got tipped off two hours after he was reported. He and Elle had plenty of time to get the story straight.
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hello, my name is “andy smith” and i am dean smiths son. i recently have moved back from the seattle area to san luis obispo county for family support. i am currently residing with my father before i leave for west hollywood. i can assure you that there has been no inappropriate behavior that i have witnessed between said “anne” and my father. the relationship is strictly platonic and by no means is inappropriate by any professional standpoint. our family has had an extremely rough year regardless of any of the slander involving my father. it would be kind of the uninformed “meanie heads” to please let the situation diffuse. in no way am i writing this out of spite- merely trying to inform the public that our family has endured enough this past year and please try to be a little more kind in your discussions. thankyou.
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Andy you write,”uninformed “meanie heads”” if you don’t like it spit it out, every body has had a rough year regardless of their dating habits, your father seems to have no ethics to teach the young people and should resign, and I want to know why your sister won’t even talk to him? If your really his son, is that peachy enough for you?
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You prove Andy’s point perfectly chese.
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Good for you to be a support to your dad, too bad your mom ,who is going through even worse pain than your dad, you won’t even speak to. Way to go…
Also, as far as this being a platonic relationship– HA! You should see the text pics that I’ve been sent of your (55 year-old) dad and his (18 year-old) “friend”. Holding hands, snuggling in line at In ‘n Out, Hollywood Video, etc. I’ve got the proof. Maybe you should have a heart to heart with dear ole dad and better yet, give your mom a call!
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You should see the text pics that I’ve been sent oh please!
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I am in no way writing this as a disrespectful statement. I have had the heart to heart. I am the real “andy.” my mother and i speak on a daily basis. If you have this so called proof, than why hide your name on this blog. Grow a set. Show your name and we shall text the pix back and forth. yes ma’am????
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Andy, I think the person that needs to grow a set is you. You really need to take a deep look into the mirror and do some serious soul searching. You have been so caught up in your own selfish destructive behaviors that you forgot about the ones that love you the most. Sadly, your dad and mom didn’t work and grow together while dealing with your actions. Instead they grew apart. Dad always gave you the excuse and easy way out while mom was harder on you. If you haven’t figured it out yet, you have contributed to a huge part as to what has happened and what your family has endured. The true victims here are your mom and sister. Go get some help!
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Dean smith and dean smith alone is to blame for his actions!!.He is a big boy and knows right from wrong. his sons actions have nothing to do with his affair!
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if you have em…fire them off to the web or new times or even youtube so we can be done here.
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Or better yet, if you have pics of them before she turned 18 then send them to the School Board, the article says there is an investigation maybe the pictures can help get this man out of their school, and protect other children from a pervert.
To those of you who say you care about his wife, and daughter, if you have evidence why don’t you take a stand against this man and come forward to the Board? Everyone likes to talk here, but it’s not going to help if the information isn’t in the correct hands.
If you have any evidence get it to the correct people.
PLEASE TAKE A STAND AND PROTECT THE CHILDREN HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR AS A SUPERINTENDENT!!
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Less CAPS please, no need to shout, everyone can hear you.
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Andy – you know the truth. Your father did not leave your mother of 30 years or decide not to have a relationship with his daughter or grandchild over a “platonic relationship”. I concur with ‘blackdeath’ commenter, you need serious help – your selfish actions continue to break your family’s hearts. I hope that you begin to realize that much of the turmoil endured by your family this year (and many years before this one) was due to your behavior. Many marriages cannot survive when a child dies, is ill or is as destructive as you have been. Its not difficult to deduct that your dad looked for validation elsewhere (though at the very least wish he would have stayed within legal age limits), because he obviously felt as though he failed as a father. The specific reasons why things have happened may not ever come to light – but its no secret you play a huge role in this and the sooner you begin to understand that, the sooner your family can (hopefully) begin to experience even just a sliver of healing. Please seek help and commit to improving your life for good. People care about you, your family loves you and no one wants to witness you destroying yourself. Please get help….please.
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andy ,that is crap, You did not cause your father to have an affair! no matter what you did! HE is reponsible for what HE has done.YOU are reponsible for only your actions.
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Andy just be thankful that you were not one of the many girls that you father propositioned. People like him prey on the weak. That’s why he is able to have a “relationship” with this GRIL. They are the slim of this society. I am so sorry for what your father has done by blinding you so greatly that you still can’t see straight. And I am truly sorry for your mom she is a sweet heart…Thank goodness she saw well enough to leave him!
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why did your dad leave your mom then? then all this came out explain that he was the principal when i was at TMS then left when my grade left and this girl happened to be in my grade and at our graduation they had a whole handshake routine… this is gross…. and what are you doing in west hollywood i heard you have a wierd job with many girls
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I know this man. He is a liar and not the Christian he claims to be. His family is devestated and his own daughter will not even speak to him. (Nor will she let her son see him.) I saw this ‘relationship’ developing six years ago when Mr. Smith would flirt among the girls at Templeton Middle Schools. He’s a liar and a lousy adminstrator. Sorry San Miguel, you’re test scores for the last four years only validate what a poor leader he is. Mr. Smith, your karma awaits you!
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The test scores have improved.
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is that why you’re in program improvement and students are leaving as fast as they can? You obviously are under his “spell”, but you’ll see soon enough when he stabs you in the back– which he most definitely will! He’s spiteful and self-absorbed.
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Elle look at the AYP scores they have gone down from 20-21 for the AYP criteria, to 14-21 AYP criteria.
Deputy Cole did live on Mr.Smiths ranch.
If Mr.Smith wasn’t a minister then why did he tell people he was?
If the student felt uncomfortable with the comment about her dress, then she felt it was inappropriate.
Finally you say that the article is a lie, I think the reporter of this article researched her information before printing this article, witnesses have seen Mr. Smith with this young girl out in public including the superintendents meeting. Are all these people liars?
The fact of the matters is, what ever the age of this girl he is a married man, and as far as I know he still is. What kind of example is this for the young people he is educating?
Open up your eyes Elle.
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I think what is being missed out on is not that she is 18 and she’s legal rather the actions that he has known her since she was in 6th grade. To think that the thought never entered his mind before 18 is just ridiculous! The actions alone say predator. She should have been referred to a counselor and he had no business getting involved. Also the test scores are up in some areas but very few, overall they are low and have continued to be low. I think the person was meaning overall. Study your data!
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I believe that an investigation should be opened towards other students. He was my principal for two years when he first came to this community from the La area.
Sure he is a nice guy, and I liked him.
BUT he made inappropriate comments like ” you look very pretty in that dress today”. EWW! My friend never wore that dress again. There is a huge line of what is ok and not ok to say to students.
Esp when we are no older that his own daughter (at the time)!!!
Another creepy thing was running into him years later, at least 10, and he remembered my name. I told my mother and thats when she reminded me of the dress incident. We wern’t suprised that this is happening!!
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That is not an inappropriate comment………grow up!
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It isn’t always what is said but the way it is said. We all like to feel that we look good. If this young woman got creeped out it’s because of the way he looked at her when he said it or how he said it. I don’t think there is a woman alive that doesn’t know exactly what I’m talking about. Never doubt your instincts kittie, the fox was obviously guarding the hen house.
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the way he said it (over and over again) was. if you were there, you would be horrified! He had his flock of girls who’d play with his tie and giggle. He was reliving his own admittingly painful teenage years! just GROSS!
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How dare he nicely compliment girls AND boys on their appearance when they are at their lowest points on life. I bet those kinds of things kept kids from killing themselves by helping their self esteem. And perhaps he’s just good with names, teachers remember your names too. Will you persecute them too?
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nope, always the girls and always the vulnerable ones. how about comments like, “I wish my wife would highlight her hair like that”. He told my daughter’s friend that one. You may say, “oh what a nice compliment”, but that is highly inappropriate to a 12 year old.
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I grew up in Templeton… And no Even My MOST favorite Teachers Dont remember my name. So I dont believe that I am that memorable!
Its like what Cindy said ITS HOW he said it! Even so a Teacher/Principle Should NOT be saying comments like that. If I remember correctly he wouldn’t say comment on things like that when other adults were around. BIG RED FLAG. That is why we told my mom!
If you get the “UH Oh feeling” and he’s sneaking around…..THEN HE’S DOING SOMETHING WRONG!
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In reponse to Dauntless who wrote below “Shame on you all for attacking one of your own. ”
If Mr Smith is indeed a former Baptist minister as reported, I wonder how his flock would react to news that he left his wife of 30 years for a teenager whom he had mentored in his capacity as a principal of her Jr High School?
Aside from any judgement concerning improper behavior prior to the young lady attaining the legal age of 18, this man’s conduct is deplorable and I am sure that 99.9% of all educators would agree on that point.
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He wasn’t ever a Baptist minister. That is just another proof that the information in the article is false along with Deputy Cole living in the Smith home, etc.
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he WAS a minister in so cal.
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yes but he wasnt a BAPTIST minister. just more flaws in the story. sorry to burst your bubble.
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Not to burst your bubble Defined, but this story has WAY more truth to it than flaws!
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I also have to question what this ‘superintendent’ thought he was doing when he was mentoring a young woman from the 6th through the 12th grade. That in itself is cause for alarm and derelict of duty. She should have been referred to professional counseling , particularly since she supposedly had suffered sexual abuse at the hands of an uncle. The outcome of his ‘mentoring’ speaks for itself. He sure fixed things, didn’t he? There is no possible excuse for this.
To Elle – You obviously don’t get it, please get HELP.
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I get it. I’ll conform to this as soon as they find it to be true. But as far as we know there is absolutely nothing going on just a bunch of rumors that no one can prove. If a trained detective couldn’t find anything on it then I doubt there is any new information considering she is of age now.
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Elle,
I understand not wanting to believe something about someone who you trust and who you can’t imagine could ever do such a thing. I didn’t want to believe it either. What kind of minister he was or if Cole lived on his property (article never said he lived in the “home”) or not, is really insignificant in the scheme of what is true and what is not and how it relates to unethical and unlawful behavior. What is important is that he be removed from his position first and foremost. So there was an investigation that didn’t “find any evidence of criminal activity” – how are they to prove NOW (a year later) that the relationship was inappropriate and sexual? Obviously it would be pretty difficult at this stage to “prove” it. You want “proof” – go ask his wife or daughter. They know the truth which is why their world is shattered. You are in denial and I get that – sometimes the truth hurts and sometimes it sets you free. He has ripped his family apart with all this. This will all come to light soon enough, but if you are looking for the “Monica Lewinsky dress” to appear for your ‘proof’ you may be waiting a long time for that kind of evidence (unless of course she is pregnant). The fact that he is flaunting his relationship with “Anne” now by showing up to board meetings and town events, is sickening.
Since you say you have daughters, you should be able to understand that when an adult (in any capacity) mentors and/or has been apart of a student’s or any child’s life since they were in 6th grade and then begins an intimate and/or sexual relationship with them before they are 18 (while he is still married, mind you), this is predatory behavior that should be treated as such. Bottom line – whether the girl “Anne” knows it or not, she needs professional help because she is/ was victimized twice.
Mr. Smith needs to be called out for the man he really is, his son needs rehab, and his wife and daughter need support and love because they are dealing with unimaginable grief and heartache.
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slotowngirl,
you hit the nail on the head! let’s hope for healing, strength, and sensibility for this family.
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FOR THE RECORD. she was getting professional help as well. sorry he was being a friend through it all. sucks having human feelings doesnt it?
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“being a friend…”, no, he was her principal and mandated to protect her from the likes of himself. Mr. Smith, those ‘human’ feelings are what put men like you in prison, and hopefully for a very long time! Also, great job bringing andrew in on your little lie!
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ha mr.smith? silly you’d refer to me as a man- definitely a woman. sorry youre mistaken. and as far as bringing andrew into this “lie” i can honestly say grow up. you care this much as to put effort into hurting this man?
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FOR THE RECORD – A 54 year old married man (Administrator, Superintendent, teacher, etc.) has absolutely NO business “being a friend through it all” with a 17 female student. Only he knows when unethical thoughts entered his mind – perhaps it was when she was in 6th grade, perhaps not – we will never know. Bottom line is – it was and is wrong. There’s no way around it. If his true intentions in the beginning were to ‘help’ then he should have directed her to a professional counselor. Instead, he decided to play the role of father figure which turned sexual and that is – sick and twisted.
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How did you pull a sexual relationship from any of this?
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They were seen in public groping each other. That’s how we know there is a sexual relationship. His wife and daughter believe there is a sexual relationship, do you think they don’t know the truth?
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Elle,
I did not “pull a sexual relationship” from this article. I did not learn any of this from this article. The “sexual” nature of this relationship is 100% without-a-doubt the truth and I didn’t need this article to tell me so. While I know it to be so now, I believe it was so when she was 17 – possibly younger, but again that will be very difficult to prove.
I would like to suggest that you err on the side of caution and be very careful about defending a stance on something you know very little about, if for no other reason – than as a mother of daughters. Big life lessons can be learned from all of this – including parents honestly and consistently talking to their kids about difficult topics rather than allow your disillusions about reality cloud your judgment.
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“Being a friend”… come on….! So lets take your word for it (defined) that Mr. Smith was just being a “Friend” and having human feelings for this girl. ONE girl!
How are you going to explain to all of us why he didn’t have those ” Human Feelings” toward every 1 out of 10 kids in the 6th-12th grade that are living in a unstable, unhealthy, un-secure home? Anne was NOT the only child that needed Mr. Smiths “HELPING HAND”. So how come he only chose to help a pretty, young, female for over 3 years?
If she was receiving professional help like you said then what was the need for Mr. Smith to continue to be a forceful part of her life?
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There is a definite line between being a friend and having a relationship with a 17 year old girl, and he absolutely crossed it! And I can also tell you with out a doubt their relationship has crossed several lines!
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Smith crossed the line when he started mentoring “Anne” in the 6th grade. If in fact she had a difficult family life and health problems the appropriate response would have been to refer her for professional counseling. Teachers who recognized something was wrong were in a difficult position as he is their boss but they too had a responsibility to report his behavior to the school board. It would be interesting to know if the school board had been apprised of his behavior or did everyone just want to pretend he really, really had her best interest at heart.
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Why is the quote “Anne” (not her real name)” being used? When you become an adult and make adult decisions your name is and can be public. So my question is why are we protecting an adult that made a decision to become a party to an adultress affair, because we are treating her as a child. This man is in a position of authority and has abused it. Sadly the 18 year old adult does not have a clue as to the child she really still is.
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AHHH. Let me explain the reason why “anne” is being used, and not her real name. This would be a tool used by media to manipulate circumstances to make them a tad more appealing to a naive and uninformed audience. If a false name is used it connotes the impression that one “anne” is a victim. However (using our common sense), one would know “anne” has not spoken any negativity toward the matter so cannot be a victim in this situation.
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This is completely ridiculous! I can’t believe that people find gratitude in tearing others down with such unbelievable slander. This piece is nothing but lies and when the investigation is over and he’s clean you guys will feel stupid.
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“when the investigation is over and he’s clean you guys will feel stupid”
How many times have we heard this before?
CCN has never had to retract a story, watch for the follow up story in the Tribune.
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Well, that’s why there is a first for everything.
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Elle people do find gratitude, in tearing, others, (pants) down, 55 hand in hand with 18, this could be his granddaughter, he is a sexual predator, this has been going on for sometime, probably before she was 18, and it will be brought to light and uncovered, the guy on the news arrested for unlawful sex with a minor, he met on the internet, has a closer age gap then this superintendent, when this is over he will be a gas station attendant hopefully! He abused a position of trust, parents should boycott by pulling all the kids from the school for a week, lost revenue from the state, the water will get hotter then, the chese, says give all the students an extra week of X-mas and watch the faculty turn on him. Money talks, perverts run!
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It sounds to me that Dean Smith should be commended. His relationship with this student could very well be appropriate. It sounds like he was merely looking after her as she went through some seriously trying times in her personal life. Having a friendly bond after an ordeal like that hardly merits it being inappropriate! Templeton has often been synonymous with close knit, small town values. I see a pack of gossips and back biters preying on an upstanding public servant who went the extra mile to help someone in need. When this all clears up and Dean is found to be in the clear I will relish seeing those with their accusatory fingers put in their places as Justice runs it’s course. Shame on you all for attacking one of your own.
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please do not pull children from school…not only is this more devastating to them, but the school suffers monetarily (especially in this state’s budget fiasco) for the actions of one man. Yanking kids from school is NOT the answer to this issue, investigation and facts ARE the answer!
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I’ve worked for the Templeton School District, the students who go their are children. I don’t care if they have just graduated or not. Theirs a code of ethics that we all must abide bye. Dean has crossed this line, If some one is having fellings for a student then you need to distance himself and get a different type of job. Never leave a wolf in a chicken coop. This would not have been a story if Dean would have retired from the education field. I hope the Smith family can get beyond the pain that Deans poor judgement has inflicted.
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Your spelling is awful.
Mr. Smith has never been a hazard to students in the past and remains to be. This “child” is an adult. If they can be held accountable for their actions in the sight of the law then they can also walk on their own two feet in this case as well. And besides, there is yet to be any proof to this article.
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Word: gratification
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Elle you write “This “child” is an adult.”, maybe she is now, but the frontal lobe of a teenager’s brain, is not fully developed until sometime after twenty, they lack judgment and so does this delusional superintendent, if he encroached on this young woman before she was eighteen, he may be doing some jail time! And to pick on Kenya for a typo is childish, are you eighteen too, and wish you were her. I know you have no sense of write or wrong, and if you have a daughter how would you like this inflicted on her! When she is 28 he will be 65, is this fare to the girl? And 38, 75 and impotent! You can’t win this one but keep trying, the chese loves a good debate, as much as this pervert loves little girls!
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Brains are developed at 25 years.
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first of all i am close with both of these individuals AS WELL as this ADULT’S mother and there are no issues. god forbid this happens to your child? that is such a ridiculous statement. stop thriving on others “problems.” and besides- they are just friends anyway and he is in no way preying on her and didn’t when she was under the legal age either.
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“The frontal lobe of a teenager’s brain, is not fully developed until sometime after twenty,”
Gee, and we let them enlist in the services and get killed. but OH MY GHOD! let one have sex with another adult thats “too old” for your made up set of morality and it’s a major problem.
Booty is right, the N. County is suffering from inbreeding.
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Your acting as though she is commited to him until shes 38.
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I find it ironic that you worked in the school district your spelling is so atrocious.
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I agree with you. This man’s reputation is too valuable for us to stand by and let slanderous people drag his name through the mud. We won’t have this.
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This man’s reputation is false! Every thing we knew about him was, and is a lie! This man isn’t worth slanderous people like yourself standing up for him!
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Elle- I am new to posting my own opinion on CCN (only because there’s really nothing worth voicing it over except for this subject) I’ve read top to bottom everyones postings. Some, yes are a little ridiculous but others are fair and true.
You say that this “Piece” is nothing but lies and when the investigation is over and he’s clean you guys will feel stupid.
And I say, I think you’ve yet to understand and know what is happening and being talked about here.
The article that starts this whole page off may have some things in it (like all articles) that aren’t true. But I will say what is TRUE because I’ve seen, herd and watched it with my own eyes and ears. And which are all very disturbing.
Mr. Smith showing special attention to a underaged girl.
Mr. Smith being in a relation (NOT A FRIENDSHIP) with a NOW 18 year old girl. ( i put now is caps only to say this. June when she graduated and turned 18 was only 6 moths ago. So don’t tell me you think that with in a 6 month time span their relationship grew that fast)
Mr. Smith and Anne walking around holding hands, touching each other for all whose around to see.
Mr. Smith being in a another relations ship with another women while being married.
Mr. Smith being a superintendent, principal for an elementary- middle school wrongly flaunting a immoral relationship in public for all to see.
These are all very “wrong” to me. If we were to take away the article thats posted at the top and lay out the points that I KNOW to be true wouldn’t you too think that this man has done something wrong?If you can still say you honestly don’t think he’s is the wrong then I would have to say that I think there might be something wrong with your thinking.
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Something doesn’t add up here. The piece mentions a religious nutter of some sky pixie persuasion. From north county. With a daughter-aged girl. In a school / religious setting.
How is this news worthy?
I just don’t see how this resonates with your target audience. In fact, I expect the majority of the locals, and posters here, would admire the discipline required to maintain the focus of such enthusiasms intraspecies, wouldn’t you?
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Aren’t sex crimes a common theme on this website? Hard to say whether this is due to tabloid instinct or a bad personal experience of the proprietors.
But this makes the McMartin Preschool case, which the local TV news in L.A. covered around the clock for ten years, look like an episode of Sesame Street.
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Deputy Cole never “…lived in Smith’s home.” That is an outright lie, or at best a statement of an untruth. It is sad that so many are willing to waste time dragging people through the mud, casting stones, and/or even expressing an opinion when they don’t know the facts. Even worse is that you may feel you’re getting the facts from this site.
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Kudo’s to the San Miguel School Board for hiring a special investigator and not sweeping this under the carpet ( like the Atascadero School Board has done with Rossi’s misappropriation of tax dollars) the chese endorses this comment, and ads this type of thing happens all the time,,,,,,, in freaking third world countries,,,,,,, hope he fries like a fish on hot sand! And the tip off,,, definitely unacceptable,,,,,,, you know what comes next,,,,,, she gets pregnant! She is a victim! No wrong doing my ass!!!!!! Kudos to cal coast for having the guts to print this story,,,,, wonder when we will be abducted and jailed, for speaking out, anybody else scared of the people who run this county?????? Please reply!
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.Cheseburger you need to learn how to reply to,rather than repeat a previous comment. make use of the reply button a little more please.
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Got it, my mistake, I caught myself a few times but it was to late,if you had given me back my delete button, I could of fixed it, and how come “I” can’t vote I get no thumbs what’s the secret to voting? And I too have a young wife and daughter, but not that freaking young and I’m not that freaking old either. One thing is for sure I don’t have as much freaking money as the superintendent, this is why this blog is heart felt by me I can relate and am getting older, is it fare to the girl, she will be changing his diapers before long!
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I will be on the Dave Congalton KVEC show at 5 p.m. to discuss this issue. Turn your radio to 920 AM or listen live at http://www.920kvec.com.
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Kudo’s to the San Miguel School Board for hiring a special investigator and not sweeping this under the carpet ( like the Atascadero School Board has done with Rossi’s misappropriation of tax dollars). At best Smith is guilty of poor judgment, at worst he is guilty of grooming and exploiting vulnerable students for his own predatory gratification and should be exposed so he can’t move from school district to school district with impunity. If he decides to return to his previous employment the Baptist Church can deal with him.
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As if the Atascadero principal story wasn’t bad enough … Now this!
This guy needs to be fully investigated.
Templeton School District is wonderful and it sounds like they tried to alert the law of the problem but something went sideways in the investigation. Did the Deputy investigate his landlord? I hope that wasn’t the case.
How in the world did this guy get a Superintendent job in San Miguel? Wasn’t there a vetting? Most everyone here in Templeton knew of the problem. San Miguel needs to do a complete an assessment of this hiring practice. PLEASE !!!! …. We owe it to the kids !!!!
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Thank You!!! If we as children knew it in 1993 then wtf were the adults doing… praying that he’d just go away!!
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This sounds very much like grooming and like he did a very good job of it. How can Dean’s friends possibly “know” they were not intimate? If Deputy Cole tipped Dean off, how will that be proved and what will come of it? I fear nothing. Maybe he can expand his role to include being a secret agent tipper-offer for the select public, tape record officers at table dancing events, and have an affair with Ace Reporter Karen Velie so she goes easy on him in the future. Thanks for the thorough reporting, Karen.
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HAHA You are funny “secret agent tipper-offer” hopefully I’ll be able to use that soon:)
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I know for a fact that deputy Cole did not live in Dean’s house or tip him off. Also, do you think that deputy Cole or any law enforcement officer that is a mandated reporter would risk his reputaion or job for a friend or anyone else that was involved in this kind of behaviior. As far as deputy Cole tipping Dean off; again why on earth would he risk his job and everything else he has worked for, for such a stupid man. Why in the world does this reporter not get her facts correct before she prints her so called investigative report.
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dover49 your facts are slightly correct, Deputy Cole didn’t live in the house, he lived in a motor home on the Smith Ranch.
dover49 you have never felt that someone helped you out when you were down, and going through a bad time yourself, so you returned the favor when that person was going through a hard time. When you trust a friend you want to help them.
I think Deputy Cole was struck by this mans “charm” just like everyone else, and trusted that he wasn’t involved with this girl when the investigation began. If Dean could fool the Deputy who he worked with everyday how was anyone else supposed to know?
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All I have to say about Deputy Cole is that I have had the pleasure of working with him. He is a funny, trust worthy, honorable guy. I think this whole situation with Mr. Smith needs to stay on just that “Mr. Smith” and not on who did or who didn’t tip him about being investigated. Even if he did get tipped by him what dose it matter? Every one has seen him and Anne together. He has publicly said they are seeing each other. That in its self should be all the SLO Community needs to remove him from his position. Unless that is if he’s willing to stop and change and fix what he’s done.
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