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Beverly Tucker
Chief Counsel, California Teachers Association
Chief Counsel, California Teachers Association
Update: Priscilla S. Winslow took over as head counsel of CTA when Beverly
Tucker retired in 2008. Priscilla Winslow was involved in many, if not most, of
Beverly Tucker's cases.
Original article:
Who is the real power behind the front/president of CTA? Beverly Tucker, head
counsel. How does she maintain her power? Apparently she helps local affiliate
officials hide their mistakes, gaining their loyalty. Then she helps them rise in
the organization.
In 2001, I had no idea that this was true. When teachers at my school
committed crimes, and then tried to silence me by making false claims (see Linda
Watson and Allen Smith reports), I assumed that CTA would step in and set
things right. Instead, Beverly Tucker helped them cover up the wrongdoing of
CTA local leaders Gina Boyd and Jim Groth.
Tucker retired in 2008. Priscilla Winslow was involved in many, if not most, of
Beverly Tucker's cases.
Original article:
Who is the real power behind the front/president of CTA? Beverly Tucker, head
counsel. How does she maintain her power? Apparently she helps local affiliate
officials hide their mistakes, gaining their loyalty. Then she helps them rise in
the organization.
In 2001, I had no idea that this was true. When teachers at my school
committed crimes, and then tried to silence me by making false claims (see Linda
Watson and Allen Smith reports), I assumed that CTA would step in and set
things right. Instead, Beverly Tucker helped them cover up the wrongdoing of
CTA local leaders Gina Boyd and Jim Groth.
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SAN LEANDRO TEACHERS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. GOVERNING
BOARD OF THE SAN LEANDRO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Appellants.
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE
154 Cal. App. 4th 866; 65 Cal. Rptr. 3d 288; 2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 1415; 185 L.R.R.M. 2058
A114679 & A115686
August 28, 2007, Filed
NOTICE:
NOT CITABLE—SUPERSEDED BY GRANT OF REVIEW
SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: Review granted, Depublished by San Leandro Teachers Association v.
Governing Board of the San Leandro Unified School, 68 Cal. Rptr. 3d 528, 171 P.3d 545, 2007 Cal.
LEXIS 13320 (Cal., 2007)
Later proceeding at San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the San Leandro
Unified School District, 2007 Cal. LEXIS 14356 (Cal., Dec. 14, 2007)
Later proceeding at San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the San Leandro
Unified, 2008 Cal. LEXIS 2078 (Cal., Feb. 14, 2008)
Application granted by San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the San Leandro
Unified School District, 2008 Cal. LEXIS 6218 (Cal., May 22, 2008)
Application granted by San Leandro Teachers Association et al. v. Governing Board of the San
Leandro Unified School District et al., 2008 Cal. LEXIS 6232 (Cal., May 22, 2008)
Request granted, Request denied by San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the
San Leandro Unified School District, 2009 Cal. LEXIS 4580 (Cal., Apr. 24, 2009)
Later proceeding at San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the San Leandro
Unified School District, 2009 Cal. LEXIS 5191 (Cal., May 5, 2009)
Affirmed by, Superseded by San Leandro Teachers Ass'n v. Governing Bd. of the San Leandro
Unified Sch. Dist., 2009 Cal. LEXIS 5417 (Cal., June 18, 2009)
PRIOR-HISTORY:
Superior Court of Alameda County, No. RG05235795, Winifred Smith, Judge.
COUNSEL: Littler Mendelson, Garry G. Mathiason and Kimberly L. Owens, for Defendants and
Appellants.
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Bruce A. Barsook and Didier Y. Reiss, for California School Boards
Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
California Teachers Association, Priscilla S. Winslow, Beverly Tucker, Ballinger G. Kemp
and Ramon E. Romero, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Michael R. Clancy, Chief Counsel, and Christina C. Bleuler, Staff Attorney, for California School
Employees Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Rothner, Segall & Greenstone, Glenn Rothner and Jonathan Cohen, for American Federation of
State, County and Municipal Employees, and Service Employees Union, Local 99 as Amicus Curiae
on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
JUDGES: Swager, J., with Stein, Acting P. J., and Margulies, J., concurring.
OPINION BY: Swager
OPINION
SWAGER, J.—The Governing Board of the San Leandro Unified School District, the San Leandro
Unified School District (District), District Superintendent Christine Lim, and Assistant Superintendent
Mike Martinez (collectively referred to as appellants) appeal the trial court's order granting the
petition for peremptory writ of mandate brought by the San Leandro Teachers Association (SLTA)
and the California Teachers Association (CTA) (collectively referred to as respondents), prohibiting
appellants “from restricting the content of communications by SLTA placed in the District's
mailboxes.” Appellants also appeal the order granting respondents' motion for attorney fees. 1 We
reverse.
BOARD OF THE SAN LEANDRO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Appellants.
COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT, DIVISION ONE
154 Cal. App. 4th 866; 65 Cal. Rptr. 3d 288; 2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 1415; 185 L.R.R.M. 2058
A114679 & A115686
August 28, 2007, Filed
NOTICE:
NOT CITABLE—SUPERSEDED BY GRANT OF REVIEW
SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: Review granted, Depublished by San Leandro Teachers Association v.
Governing Board of the San Leandro Unified School, 68 Cal. Rptr. 3d 528, 171 P.3d 545, 2007 Cal.
LEXIS 13320 (Cal., 2007)
Later proceeding at San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the San Leandro
Unified School District, 2007 Cal. LEXIS 14356 (Cal., Dec. 14, 2007)
Later proceeding at San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the San Leandro
Unified, 2008 Cal. LEXIS 2078 (Cal., Feb. 14, 2008)
Application granted by San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the San Leandro
Unified School District, 2008 Cal. LEXIS 6218 (Cal., May 22, 2008)
Application granted by San Leandro Teachers Association et al. v. Governing Board of the San
Leandro Unified School District et al., 2008 Cal. LEXIS 6232 (Cal., May 22, 2008)
Request granted, Request denied by San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the
San Leandro Unified School District, 2009 Cal. LEXIS 4580 (Cal., Apr. 24, 2009)
Later proceeding at San Leandro Teachers Association v. Governing Board of the San Leandro
Unified School District, 2009 Cal. LEXIS 5191 (Cal., May 5, 2009)
Affirmed by, Superseded by San Leandro Teachers Ass'n v. Governing Bd. of the San Leandro
Unified Sch. Dist., 2009 Cal. LEXIS 5417 (Cal., June 18, 2009)
PRIOR-HISTORY:
Superior Court of Alameda County, No. RG05235795, Winifred Smith, Judge.
COUNSEL: Littler Mendelson, Garry G. Mathiason and Kimberly L. Owens, for Defendants and
Appellants.
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Bruce A. Barsook and Didier Y. Reiss, for California School Boards
Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
California Teachers Association, Priscilla S. Winslow, Beverly Tucker, Ballinger G. Kemp
and Ramon E. Romero, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Michael R. Clancy, Chief Counsel, and Christina C. Bleuler, Staff Attorney, for California School
Employees Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Rothner, Segall & Greenstone, Glenn Rothner and Jonathan Cohen, for American Federation of
State, County and Municipal Employees, and Service Employees Union, Local 99 as Amicus Curiae
on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
JUDGES: Swager, J., with Stein, Acting P. J., and Margulies, J., concurring.
OPINION BY: Swager
OPINION
SWAGER, J.—The Governing Board of the San Leandro Unified School District, the San Leandro
Unified School District (District), District Superintendent Christine Lim, and Assistant Superintendent
Mike Martinez (collectively referred to as appellants) appeal the trial court's order granting the
petition for peremptory writ of mandate brought by the San Leandro Teachers Association (SLTA)
and the California Teachers Association (CTA) (collectively referred to as respondents), prohibiting
appellants “from restricting the content of communications by SLTA placed in the District's
mailboxes.” Appellants also appeal the order granting respondents' motion for attorney fees. 1 We
reverse.
Why did two teachers
tell CVESD assistant
superintendent Richard
Werlin that they feared
that teacher Maura
Larkins might kill
them?
Obviously, either the
two teachers were
crazy, or they were
lying, or there was a
dangerous teacher on
campus.
Yet the school district
never conducted an
investigation, and the
teachers union
president Gina Boyd
made it clear she didn't
want an investigation
either.
CTA head counsel
Beverly Tucker spent
lots of teacher dues to
cover up the entire
episode.
Were lives ever at
stake? How
dangerously
incompetent and/or
corrupt was the district
and the teachers union?
According to the sworn
testimony of these two
teachers
(Jo Ellen Hamilton and
Linda Watson)
and others, the
accusation was false,
designed to get rid of a
teacher against whom
they had strong
competitive urges.
Maura Larkins was the
second bilingual
teacher the Castle
Park Elementary staff
(later calling itself the
"Castle Park Family")
had gotten rid of in a
period of six
years--out of only four
bilingual positions on
the Castle Park
Elementary staff.
The teachers were so
hostile to the idea of
having bilingual
teachers on campus
that the district
actually paid taxpayer
dollars to consultant
Peter Barron Stark to
conduct a training on
how to conduct a staff
meeting without
endless screaming.
This was cheap, I'm
sure, compared to the
$100,000s the district
eventually ended up
paying to lawyers to
cover up the
wrongdoing of the
"Castle Park Family."
tell CVESD assistant
superintendent Richard
Werlin that they feared
that teacher Maura
Larkins might kill
them?
Obviously, either the
two teachers were
crazy, or they were
lying, or there was a
dangerous teacher on
campus.
Yet the school district
never conducted an
investigation, and the
teachers union
president Gina Boyd
made it clear she didn't
want an investigation
either.
CTA head counsel
Beverly Tucker spent
lots of teacher dues to
cover up the entire
episode.
Were lives ever at
stake? How
dangerously
incompetent and/or
corrupt was the district
and the teachers union?
According to the sworn
testimony of these two
teachers
(Jo Ellen Hamilton and
Linda Watson)
and others, the
accusation was false,
designed to get rid of a
teacher against whom
they had strong
competitive urges.
Maura Larkins was the
second bilingual
teacher the Castle
Park Elementary staff
(later calling itself the
"Castle Park Family")
had gotten rid of in a
period of six
years--out of only four
bilingual positions on
the Castle Park
Elementary staff.
The teachers were so
hostile to the idea of
having bilingual
teachers on campus
that the district
actually paid taxpayer
dollars to consultant
Peter Barron Stark to
conduct a training on
how to conduct a staff
meeting without
endless screaming.
This was cheap, I'm
sure, compared to the
$100,000s the district
eventually ended up
paying to lawyers to
cover up the
wrongdoing of the
"Castle Park Family."
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