Public Comment Alleges District Mishandled Staff Misconduct Involving Minor and Child Exploitation Cases

What happened

During public comment at the June 9, 2026 board meeting, a former board member publicly alleged that HR leadership delayed reporting a staff member's inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student for 120 days, allowing the employee to retire before arrest, and separately allowed a custodian charged with viewing child exploitation images to retire with severance rather than being terminated. The speaker called for the superintendent's removal, citing a pattern of favoritism.

Why it matters to families

These are serious, documented public allegations of delayed reporting and lenient treatment in cases involving a student and child-exploitation charges against district staff, representing a potential material safety/legal/operational risk to student safety and district accountability that has now been raised in an official public board meeting record.

The evidence

"Ron Henrich, over 60, was caught in a sexually inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student... Rob Fogleman waited 120 days before reporting... Custodian Dennis Lear was charged with two counts of viewing photos of naked young children and destroying evidence... HR director... drove to the home of Dennis Lear and did him a favor so Lear could sign retirement papers while on house arrest and walk away with severance instead of being fired." Superintendent response: "I personally will not speak about personnel issues at this table... there are certainly inaccuracies and new information in the statement that was just shared."

The source