Brian McDonald and Cynthia Kurtz (Photos – cityofpasadena, PUSD)
Much has transpired after the incident at San Rafael Elementary School.
There have been many difficult conversations in the City and in the District that have surfaced pain points and areas where we can and must grow. It’s now time to look to the future and to put to work what we have all learned together.
In the last week, we as Superintendent of the Pasadena Unified School District and Interim City Manager have met and held long and candid conversations to discuss the interests of the people we serve. Foremost in our minds is that we must work together every day to serve the children, youth, families, employees, and residents of our great community. We rely on each other both as institutions and as leaders.
Our focus is on affirming the strong relationships between the City and its first responders and the District, its schools, students, employees, and families. We will work jointly to improve interagency communication and collaboration and build better mechanisms to prevent and quickly resolve any issues in the future.
One of our shared goals is to make certain that the entire community knows that the children, educators, and staff are safe and secure at school. In that regard, the Pasadena Police Department will continue to meet its obligation to respond to all calls for service. Officers often approach these calls with many unknown circumstances and it is critical that the Police Department and the District integrate communications to minimize any uncertainties.
Our mutual goal is civility. We will continue to foster a climate of civility, collegiality, tolerance, and reasoned debate, embracing our diversity as a strength that adds vibrancy and creativity to our perspectives, deliberations, and decisions.
The District and the City often have to navigate sensitive situations that impact the lives of our students, employees, and residents. We affirm our commitment to respecting the personal dignity of all students, employees, community members, and residents. Each of us, and those we serve, are deserving of respect and courtesy and this must underlie every interaction and communication.
We are privileged to serve a vibrant and diverse community rich in its perspectives.
We know that it is imperative to maintain a consistent line of communication on a day-to-day basis that will continue to work even in times of crisis.
We commit to our entire community that we will continue to move forward and work together.
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I agree that it really says nothing at all, but I think that’s the point. It might be best to move on and hopefully some people will learn from it to the overall benefit. It brought a lot of things to the surface for all to see, and thankfully nobody got physically hurt. I am glad people think enough to call the police on potential intruders at out schools. I am glad our custodians are willing to put in extra work on weekends for the kids, and am glad his principal will drop everything to have his back. I am glad the police respond so promptly. I am glad our mayor so clearly showed his true colors. What else can we reasonably expect from this? No one else is going to admit any fault.
OMG – What utter feel good gibberish…
Now “the incident” as well as the victim have BOTH been FULLY erased! Reading that, you wouldn’t have any idea of what they were, or why they were even making a statement!
Quite obviously both parties ‘leaders’ feel that nothing that happened was a miss in any way – It was the conversations afterward that concerned them…And they want it to stop ASAP.
What happens to a janitor – The only guy who is wiling to climb over a fence to DO HIS JOB, is truly of ZERO concern. Outrageous.
They are saying being cuffed at gun point is simply a part of his job description as there was no harm and no foul in their written statement.