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Paso Robles principal removed from campus for public intoxication

November 11, 2025

Megan Fletcher

By KAREN VELIE

Update: Paso Robles police officers charged Megan Fletcher with DUI. Shortly after 9 a.m., a school staffer reported Fletcher was intoxicated. Officers arrived, escorted Fletcher from the campus and charged her with driving drunk to the Paso Robles High School campus.

Law enforcement officers removed the principal of Paso Robles High School from campus on Monday because of alleged intoxication, according to a school official.

On Monday morning, officers walked 42-year-old Megan Fletcher from campus. Shortly afterwards, Paso Robles Joint Unified School District administrators placed Fletcher on administrative leave.

According to the San Luis Obispo County Jail logs, Fletcher was not booked into jail. The Paso Robles Police Department has not yet responded to questions about the incident.

For months, members of the community have accused Fletcher of excessive drinking and questionable driving.

On June 15, while driving a school district Expedition, Fletcher allegedly made a U-turn on Highway 46 East near Shandon and hit a boat trailer. While the other driver pulled over, Fletcher allegedly drove by while flashing a peace sign.

Area residents have voiced concerns that she was not held accountable at the time. CalCoastNews will provide additional information after it becomes available.

 


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The BS continues in “Darn Near Parricide”.


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Next job, Paso Robles City Manager! What a hot mess, her and Paso government.


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Chompers taint smiling now..


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If I had to ride herd on those little darlings I’d be shooting up heroin…


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LOL me too…


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What is everyone complaining about, she only cost the district just over $193,000 in compensation for 2024, not yet a member of the $200,000 club, well maybe she was with 2025 raises. What I did see that was interesting was the high number of personnel with “Principal” in their title, either as a full principal, assistant or other, with even the lowest person at over $150,000, for a single school district, clear where a lot of the district’s budget goes.


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Remember, every time the teachers union goes on strike, it’s for “higher wages”, because they insist only THEY must buy classroom supplies. That darn union never seem to strike for, you know, classroom supplies.


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I wonder how much our PR school board will pay her after she is let go. Should be a big ZERO after she has been drunk on the job, but watch the money mismanagers give away our precious resources to her. They did it with superintendent Williams. Peterson and Co will likely give her a fat behind closed doors check on the way out.


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The Superintendent of this district has zero prior superintendent experience. PRUSD has a 108 million dollar budget. Imagine letting a person with no CEO experience to run a 100 million dollar company. Probably wouldn’t do so hot the first five years. When you hire the person who knows the community but has limited skill and knowledge in the job, bad people take advantage of that weakness in the leader. There is an expectation of preferred treatment because well, we know her.

But hey dont feel bad, A town just hired a guy with less than 2 years experience in public school administration as their Superintendent. Everyone standing around wondering why the public schools are awful in these communities. Start with experienced leaders who have a track record of verifiable success. Not just lip service.


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108 million dollar budget for PRUSD?! Pardon me, but that seems like a fortune. How many students are they teaching for 108 million a year? Anybody?

I just don’t see how that much money is sustainable in the long haul…


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6300 students. $17k annual per student. 180 school days X 6.5 hrs per day =1170 hrs. That’s less than $15 an hour, cheap daycare. The issue is this, isn’t a daycare, its a school. We spend all this money so when these kids take the wheel they dont run us all into the ground. We cant let slick talking amateurs run this important mechanism of our society. Since I wrote the original comment the Paso superintendent turned her linkedin experience to private. Shady People.


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SLO North County does not have the best track record in choosing its’ superintendents. Dean Smith was the principal of Templeton middle school and was promoted to Superintendent of San Miguel School District. This perv groomed an 11 year old student from Templeton for 7 years! Cal Coast News did an investigative piece at the time. He literally left his wife of over 30 years on the day this girl turned 18, went public with her, and they eventually married. He retired with a full pension. She insisted their relationship was not romantic or sexual until the day she turned 18 so charges were ever filed. He was in his mid to late 50’s at the time. He was an elder in his church, and the father of 2 twenty something year old children. Yes, this might be old news but nefarious adults continuing to educate and influence children is obviously alive and well.


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Right!? How is that man still out there? Gross. Its not just North county, look how Prater and his cronies protected that coach. Its the way school boards hire. People run for the seat with a political agenda, they make decisions based on that narrow view. Which ever superintendent candidate has those views, disregarding the other 90% of what it takes to do the job. You can always spot this type of superintendent, ask a direct question and get a very clever non-answer, usually strewn with education buzz words and acronyms. They give the “Im here to listen line.” Next thing you know you are thanking them for a great job.


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And since when does a DUI mean you don’t get arrested and booked into jail?


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Good Grief!!! Paso Robles used to be a great small town 20 years ago. It’s now become a town that has corrupt, ineffective political leadership, more money spent on lawsuits than fixing the potholed roads, scandal after scandal from the city manager to the city council and the people who are supposed to be educating children. The downtown caters to the rich wine tourist and has become very local unfriendly. I live outside the city limits and avoid the whole town as much as possible. I’ve lived in North County for 50 years. It’s sad to see how pathetic it’s become.


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Towns that lean the furthest left and the furthest right are a hot mess. More proof that the most stability is in the center.


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Towns don’t lean.


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