Mr Roger’s Elementary School

In the wake of the arrest of 53 year old 5th grade teacher Roger Wayne Talley, it is likely that the Chino Valley Unified School District board of education and administration will be patting each other on the back and telling the public that they were vigilant in keeping children safe. But the back story of the last two years of a grandmother’s efforts to keep her granddaughter and other girls safe at Walnut Elementary School will prove to be less than complimentary to the school district from the board on down.

According to my source, she had gone all the way to the school board to complain over the past two years after her granddaughter and other girls had been discussing their fear of their teacher and describing obviously inappropriate behavior. What did the school do: the powers that be threatened the children with disciplinary action if they kept spreading “rumors” about teacher Roger Wayne Talley!

What did the Board of Education do? Apparently nothing as this situation has been festering for the past two years while the administration at Walnut Elementary intimidated the children who were complaining into silence.

This is just the beginning. In the near future we’ll be naming names, titles, and the misconduct of those who effectively covered up this “WalnutGate” scandal which has now exploded so publicly. While I’ve got your attention, ponder this little tidbit: with national attention to the issue of sex offenders and human traffickers, it turns out that California exempts convicted pimps and panderers from the requirement of Section 290 of the Penal Code that otherwise requires sex offenders to register with the authorities, unless they pimped out minors. So you have to register if you victimize a 17 year old, but if you wait until she’s 18, you won’t be tracked as a matter of law. That’s got to change.

For more information on the Roger Wayne Talley case, check out the ABC News story:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=8564624