San Jacinto school board censures member for ‘unacceptable conduct’
In a special meeting Sunday, Feb. 27, the San Jacinto Unified School District Board of Trustees passed a resolution to censure Board Trustee Jeremy Fontes. The board met virtually to discuss the Resolution to censure Fontes for “unacceptable conduct” based on Board Bylaw 9000, “Role of the Board” and BB 9005, “Governance Standards.”Resolution No. 21-22-19 listed 11 incidents where “Mr. Fontes has engaged in inappropriate, unprofessional, harassing and disrespectful conduct toward District staff and other Board Members.” Four of these items refer to being absent or tardy for regular and/or special meetings that were called.During the course of about 90 minutes, SJUSD Superintendent Dave Pyle and board members Deborah Rex, Trica Ojeda, Jasmin Rubio and Sandra Peñaloz