Articles Tagged With ‘San Luis Obispo High School’




Time to fire SLO High School officials who covered up misconduct

OPINION by AMBER WILKERSON As I reflect on the past 14 months, I have so many emotions. Anger, sadness, anxiousness, disbelief, and confusion. As my daughter’s story becomes public, and so many other stories related to San Luis Obispo High... (Continue reading)

Fire burning behind San Luis Obispo High School

By KAREN VELIE A fire is burning behind San Luis Obispo High School, with a large plume of smoke visible throughout the city. At 2:49 p.m., a caller reported the fire burning behind the high school at 1499 San Luis... (Continue reading)

San Luis High School’s long history of covering up sexual misconduct

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo High School recently made headlines when its district board fired head basketball coach and history teacher Jeff Brandow amid allegations of sexual misconduct with a student. The decision to terminate a winning coach appears... (Continue reading)

SLO High School coach Jeff Brandow fired amid sexual misconduct allegations

By KAREN VELIE Amid sexual misconduct allegations, the San Luis Obsipo Unified School District Board vote unanimously to fire head basketball coach and history teacher Jeff Brandow during a closed session meeting on Tuesday. Rather than directly terminating Brandow, the... (Continue reading)

Parents accuse SLO High officials of enabling sexual misconduct, video

By KAREN VELIE The mother and the sister of an underage student at the center of a San Luis Obispo High School sexual misconduct investigation accused school officials of protecting the alleged perpetrator during a district board meeting on Tuesday.... (Continue reading)

SLO High School students need to come first

OPINION by LISA WASHMUTH Open letter to San Luis Coastal Unified School District Board: With the recent enlightenment about the San Luis Obispo High School’s athletic director’s behavior, came information about the former principal and the superintendent being more concerned... (Continue reading)

SLO High School officials buried sexual misconduct allegations for years

By KAREN VELIE A female San Luis Obispo High School trainer accused head basketball coach and history teacher Jeff Brandow of sexual misconduct nearly a decade ago, but officials squelched her complaint and the harassment allegedly continued. Despite the 2014... (Continue reading)

Police capture wanted suspect in San Luis Obispo

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The man whom police officers hunted down on Wednesday, prompting a lockdown of San Luis Obispo High School, had been wanted for several months for allegedly committing a string of crimes in SLO. He also had evaded... (Continue reading)

Tennessee student threatens to shoot up Laguna Middle School

A 14-year-old girl in Tennessee allegedly sent an email that appears to have been a threat to carry out a shooting at Laguna Middle School and possibly San Luis Obispo High School. [Cal Coast Times] At about 4:50 p.m. on... (Continue reading)

SLO High grad avoids more jail time for arson

One of the three former San Luis Obispo High School students who was accused of burning down the campus computer lab received a sentence Monday that will allow him to avoid spending more time behind bars if he complies with... (Continue reading)