I have written three articles this week covering Arizona Teacher sexual misconduct with students which all seem to be covered up by Superintendents and School Boards including:
This is bad enough, but Public Records requests by @ALegalProcess reveal an Epidemic of Arizona teacher misconduct with students (see below and here and here):
Astonishing trend continues. Teacher certificates voluntarily surrendered include: ➡️7 out of 16 cases involving sexual interest in minors ➡️That’s 44% of all cases for the month, up from 41% last month
Teacher in Sunnyside USD found to be on 12-year probation for RAPE of a minor girl
Teacher discovered to have fathered a child with former student in California, sexual relationship for two years while still in school,…eventually divorces wife to marry former student. >>certificate REVOKED
PHX Union teacher asks for nude photos from female student, texts sexual comments:
Agua Fria Union HS: ➡️District discovers allegations of molestation of a 13 yo step-daughter over a two year period
No district identified, arrest in Mesa ➡️Teacher has contact with 9-yo female student, asks to “lift shirt up” to use a stethoscope on her bare breast and nipple area. ➡️Admits to police he has a “stethoscope fetish” ➡️Arrested for 3-counts of sexual abuse of minor
Sunnyside USD ➡️Teacher engages in sexual contact with student off campus ➡️Sends text messages, nude photos and porn videos to student, multiple times ➡️Arrested for felony sexual conduct/abuse of minor
ASU Prep Academy ➡️Substitute tells female student: “I’m going to have fun with [her] today”, repeatedly touches her and others ➡️Says 13-yo female “dressed as a model, knee high boots, skirt, pearls, silk shirt” – that she’s “vibrating” and “highly sexed”
Substitute under investigation out-of-state for “inappropriately touching female students”
Douglas teacher pursues coffee dates with female student, asks what she thought “if a grown man asked a younger girl out of coffee” – slips a photo of a coffee cup with a heart inside in her notebook
Willow Canyon HS teacher texts female student: “Hey cutie,” “I’ll slap you like Will Smith” SRO called to investigate “grooming” – district turns over to Surprise police.
PVUSD teacher uses social media to have “inappropriate communication” with “at least one” student
“Lonely” teacher has “inappropriate communications” with a minor female, sends hand-written letters and text messages…says he has “feelings” for her because he’s alone
Flagstaff police investigating teacher for unrelated matters, finds text history w/female student: “I will do anything for you,” “angel,” “I will do whatever needs to be done to make your dreams come true.” Father intervenes. Uses other students to convey more messages.
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I wrote briefly about the Higley Unified School District Power Ranch Principal Chris Reuter allegedly covering up sexual misconduct that Teacher Aaron Dunton had with a 14-year-old student. This was in an article about Higley USD School Teacher Kaitlyn Atienza Arrested Friday for Alleged Sexual Misconduct with Student. See the screenshots of text messages between Dunton and the student from the police report below.Is the Higley School Board and Superintendent involved in yet another coverup? Some background:
According to an anonymous parent, “Last year another teacher there also had a relationship with a 14 yo student. What you probably don’t know is Aaron Dunton was a teacher at power ranch. He received several complaints from parents and teachers about his conduct with female students. The principal, Chris Reuter knew of his behavior and wrote him a rec for a position there. 6 young girls from power ranch came forward. In addition to this the district was aware of his behavior because parents made complaints with them as well.”
Another anonymous teacher confirmed this report saying: “The principal at Power Ranch, Chris Reuter, is currently suspended and the assistant principal, Michelle Cota, was suspended for a month in 2021. I know all the details of the Aaron Dunton case and how Sherry Richards and Chris Reuter covered it up”
“Aaron Dunton was the last teacher from power ranch elementary. They wanted to move him from power to another elementary and he declined. They then offered him a position at the high school where he lasted less then a year. There is a lot of police reports regarding this and multiple news stations picked it up. Police reports regarding girls from power ranch that reported him and nothing was done. Coincidence he was best friends with the principal”
“Higley sweeps a lot of stuff under the rug. Including writing up teachers at the elementary school that complained about Dunton.” said another anonymous commentator close to the story.
Dunton’s case was dismissed pending further investigation which is still active. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchel sent the case back to the Gilbert Police Department for more investigation to be done following the arrest. Dunton resigned from the school after the allegations were made. During the investigation, police said another victim came forward with allegations against Dunton from when he was a teacher at Power Ranch Elementary, which is in the same district as Higley High School. Police said the victim was 11 when the alleged incidents happened. Dunton was booked into a Maricopa County Jail on four counts of aggravated assault, one count of tampering with a witness and two counts of contributing to delinquency and dependency. “We have a responsibility not to proceed with prosecution unless and until we are able to support our burden of proof,” MCAO said in a statement. According to Karla Navarrete-Contreras, an MCAO spokesperson, the motion to dismiss was filed without prejudice, meaning the office can re-file charges against Dunton once more information is collected. “The case is still active, the investigation is still active and we’re working with the police agency on that,” Mitchell said.
Screenshots of Text Messages Between Dunton and the Student from the Police Report
A FULL Investigation is needed immediately along with an immediate and transparent email and statement from the Higley USD Board and Superintendent to ALL Parents of the district calling for other victims to come forward and providing support.
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UPDATE: Gilbert PD has confirmed that there is an active investigation, that there were allegations made against Kaitlyn Atienza about misconduct, and that she has been placed on administrative leave. There is some question as to if Kaitlyn Atienza was placed under arrest or according to a witness “Placed in handcuffs with clothing to hide them and then escorted by an Officer on Thursday, October 26th”
Now another astonishing story of an alleged LGBTQ teacher grooming and preying on a student, this time after an arrest of a Higley Unified School District High School Science Teacher named Kaitlyn Piper Atienza in Gilbert, Arizona who was arrested on Friday, October, 27, 2023 by Gilbert Police Department for alleged sexual misconduct with a female student. Multiple witnesses including parents close to the story have confirmed it.
One anonymous witness confirmed that the below photo is of the suspect Kaitlyn Piper Atienza and an anonymous Parent confirmed it saying “My son has her right now. The substitute told him on Friday that she was expected to be out for 2 weeks. I can confirm that’s her. I just showed my son.”
Neither Gilbert PD nor Higley USD has responded so far to requests for comment. If the nearby PVUSD is any indicator, the Superintendent and School Board of Higley will attempt to cover up the story by hiding behind “an active police investigation” and leave parents, students, and victims completely in the dark with minimal and dishonest communication to the smallest possible groups.
According to an anonymous parent, “Last year another teacher there also had a relationship with a 14 yo student. What you probably don’t know is Aaron Dunton was a teacher at power ranch. He received several complaints from parents and teachers about his conduct with female students. The principal, Chris Reuter knew of his behavior and wrote him a rec for a position there. 6 young girls from power ranch came forward. In addition to this the district was aware of his behavior because parents made complaints with them as well.”
Another anonymous teacher confirmed this report saying: “The principal at Power Ranch, Chris Reuter, is currently suspended and the assistant principal, Michelle Cota, was suspended for a month in 2021. I know all the details of the Aaron Dunton case and how Sherry Richards and Chris Reuter covered it up”
“Aaron Dunton was the last teacher from power ranch elementary. They wanted to move him from power to another elementary and he declined. They then offered him a position at the high school where he lasted less then a year. There is a lot of police reports regarding this and multiple news stations picked it up. Police reports regarding girls from power ranch that reported him and nothing was done. Coincidence he was best friends with the principal”
“Higley sweeps a lot of stuff under the rug. Including writing up teachers at the elementary school that complained about Dunton.” said another anonymous commentator close to the story.
Dunton’s case was dismissed pending further investigation which is still active. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchel sent the case back to the Gilbert Police Department for more investigation to be done following the arrest. Dunton resigned from the school after the allegations were made. During the investigation, police said another victim came forward with allegations against Dunton from when he was a teacher at Power Ranch Elementary, which is in the same district as Higley High School. Police said the victim was 11 when the alleged incidents happened. Dunton was booked into a Maricopa County Jail on four counts of aggravated assault, one count of tampering with a witness and two counts of contributing to delinquency and dependency. “We have a responsibility not to proceed with prosecution unless and until we are able to support our burden of proof,” MCAO said in a statement. According to Karla Navarrete-Contreras, an MCAO spokesperson, the motion to dismiss was filed without prejudice, meaning the office can re-file charges against Dunton once more information is collected. “The case is still active, the investigation is still active and we’re working with the police agency on that,” Mitchell said.
Earlier this month, Highley USD made news covered in AZ Family, as a father undressed to a crop top to emphasize the change in new dress policy. “The former policy, which hadn’t been updated for more than two decades, wouldn’t allow for a student to expose their chest, abdomen or midriff. The updated version only restricts students from exposing their underwear.”
“Before they had some guidance, but now they have no guidance. It’s just ‘kids cover your underwear’,” the the father said.
The Highly Board Members Made Some Ironic Remarks, Given this Breaking News of Sexual Misconduct:
“I would ask you to look at Queen Creek, Chandler, Gilbert and other Arizona schools who have developed more lax dress codes. We want teachers to be teaching and not having to waste time measuring a girl’s shirt or making a girl feel uncomfortable.” – Tiffany Shultz, Governing Board President
So Tiffany’s concern is about making a girl feel uncomfortable about clothes but not a Teacher sexually assaulting her?
“I believe Higley is doing that, we have remarkable academic programs, high student achievement, athletic programs, and extracurricular activities that continue to make Higley a wonderful place to receive an education.” – Amanda Wade, Governing Board Member
Not so wonderful after all. Is grooming and predation by teachers the kind of extracurricular activites you meant Amanda?
A FULL Investigation is needed immediately along with an immediate and transparent email and statement from the Higley USD Board and Superintendent to ALL Parents of the district calling for other victims to come forward and providing support.
Brian Ference is an Independent Journalist and Citizen Reporter covering Politics in Arizona.
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After significant pressure of a Coverup by the Principal and Superintendent of PVUSD over the sexual abuse of multiple students by a Teacher, the Paradise Valley High School Principal Ian Deonise has finally released a new message to parents confirming that “on Monday, October 16, 2023, Chemistry Teacher Keiko Yoshimine, was placed on leave pending a Phoenix Police Department investigation related to misconduct with a student.” They confirm that “investigations are ongoing” and “We do not tolerate misconduct of staff…”. We contacted several staff members including the District Supervisor Troy Bales (call was not answered or returned nor was email) and Assistant Principal at Paradise Valley High School, as well as the Director of Marketing and Communication Matthew Droge. The Assistant Principal mentioned “I am not at liberty to discuss that” and “I can’t answer that question”, and “I’m going to end this conversation” before she hung up. Please listen to the audio recordings of those conversations below which seem to highly suggest a coverup as well as the below message just sent today.
Listen to Audio Call with PVUSD Director of Communications and Media:
Admission Letter Sent to Parents of ONLY Paradise Valley High School and Horizon High School Girls Basketball Team:
If anyone knows any of the alleged victims or their parents, please ask them to come forward using the contact form on my site and their anonymity will be fiercely protected. A full investigation is needed into these related criminal activities in PVUSD including Liberals caught on video stealing No on Bond Signs, along with the Bond Election and any bribery on contract pay-2-play schemes.
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I previously wrote about Paradise Valley Sign thiefs caught on camera stealing No on PVUSD Bond. This is a class 2 misdemeanor punishable by $750 per offense and 4 months in jail. One of the suspects has been confirmed as Jay Carter, husband of former AZ Senate Member Heather Carter, a liberal who masquerades as a Republican while helping the Democrats and is allegedly tied to a PAC or group supporting school Bonds. Per video evidence, Jay Carter and Heather Carter must be charged and investigated for class 2 misdemeanors immediately, and if found guilty, fined $750 per violation, and thrown in jail for 4 months! In 2013 Heather Carter was essentially censured with a “Vote of No Confidence” by her own Legislative District 15. Voted 54 – 5 to issue a vote of “No Confidence” in their state Rep. Heather Carter. The Motion read: We issue a vote of no confidence on Representative Heather Carter, because of her support of HB 2010 “The Medicaid Expansion.” She did this in direct opposition to the overwhelming majority of LD 15 Precinct Committeemen. Heather Carter did not immediately answer a call, and refused to answer any questions by text.
This news comes among a stunning swirl of media about the Paradise Valley Unified School District in Arizona including allegations of a Superintendent and Principal coverup of alleged confession to sexual abuse of students by High School Teacher Keiko Yoshimine. The school allegedly leaked to Yoshimine that there was an active police investigation and imminent arrest and Yoshimine was soon after dead by alleged suicide. Is the School District covering this up in a coordinated attempt to protect the $340 Million dollars from the current PVUSD School Bond Election? Are the Carters connected to the district or Bond PAC in a coordinated effort to illegally remove opposition signs? School Bonds have been proven to often be contractor and bribery scams and that appears to be the case in Paradise Valley School District. A full investigation is needed into these related criminal activities in PVUSD along with the Bond Election and any bribery on contract pay-2-play schemes.
In 2022 a woman was cited by police for stealing signs in the Cave Creek Unified School District opposing a school override. This article mentioned hundreds of signs were being stolen.
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Just yesterday, I wrote about the Paradise Valley Unified School District Superintendent potentially covering up a Teacher who allegedly confessed to sexually assaulting a student before committing suicide–also during the PVUSD Bond Election. Since that article was written, a former student from last year has verified that Teacher Keiko Yoshimine, who allegedly assaulted one or more female students in her role as Chemistry Teacher and Horizon Assistant Girls Basketball Coach, is indeed lesbian and “married” to a woman (conflicting reports indicate a former live-in partner who she separated from 6 months ago)
Anonymous Tip Confirming Reports:
Today, I received a tip from an anonymous whistleblower who provided this information:
“Definitely keep digging… there’s dirt on her mom, too, and the school tipped her off on the investigation, which is why she was able to avoid arrest and shoot herself. She briefed her mom of everything ahead of time, including transferring all of her assets even as early as the Wednesday prior (monies were all deposited with mom by Monday). and her mom has seemingly not grieved, but only focused on removing social media, and wiping Keiko’s computers. She’s made it clear she didn’t want anyone discussing what Keiko confessed — even to answer people or console them on why Keiko committed suicide even if it would help them not blame themselves for Keiko’s death.
For the record, Keiko wasn’t married (had a live-in partner, but split up ~6 months ago) and has three dogs.
Use these to keep asking the right people questions, definitely think multiple victims, and that mom was trying to erase evidence of all but the one confessed to.
These kids need to know they were the victims, they aren’t to blame for her suicide, and that there are people trying to protect them from people like Keiko who would prey on them.”
Copy of the Email Sent to Parents of Paradise Valley High School
The below message to parents makes no mention of the alleged sexual assault, possibility of multiple victims, or suicide, and could be construed as attempting to coverup the entire situation during the PVUSD Bond Election:
If anyone knows any of the alleged victims or their parents, please ask them to come forward using the contact form on my site and their anonymity will be fiercely protected. A full investigation is needed into these related criminal activities in PVUSD including Liberals caught on video stealing No on Bond Signs, along with the Bond Election and any bribery on contract pay-2-play schemes.
Brian Ference is an Independent Journalist and Citizen Reporter covering Politics in Arizona.
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In the below videos, Liberals in Paradise Valley School District were caught stealing No on Bond signs, a class 2 misdemeanor with a penalty of $750 each and 4 months in jail. There is a repeated pattern of liberals theft of opposition signs. The culprits were confronted on camera and police called. The AZ Daily Independent was given the story and published 2 videos.
In 2022 a woman was cited by police for stealing signs in the Cave Creek Unified School District opposing a school override. This article mentioned hundreds of signs were being stolen.
School Bonds have been proven to often be contractor and bribery scams and that appears to be the case in Paradise Valley School District. A full investigation is needed into these related criminal activities in PVUSD along with the Bond Election and any bribery on contract pay-2-play schemes.
Brian Ference is an Independent Journalist and Citizen Reporter covering Politics in Arizona.
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On Tuesday October 17, 2023, Paradise Valley High School Chemistry Teacher and Assistant Girls Basketball Coach at Horizon High School, Keiko Yoshimine, allegedly committed suicide after allegedly admitted to sexually abusing a student at Paradise Valley High School in Arizona. Other reports placed her death on Thursday, October 19th. This story broke on Wednesday, October 18th on the James T Harris show around the 48 minute mark as a “heads up form Judicial Watch“. Listen to the clip here:
Anonymous sources close to the story have confirmed the report and further that an “arrest of Keiko Yoshimine was imminent Monday, the day before, following an active police investigation.” Another source who spoke on the condition of anonymity stated that “there were multiple victims“. Requests confirming these reports to Principal Ian Deonise and Superintendent Dr. Troy Bales were not immediately returned.
Strangely, all social media of teacher Keiko Yoshimine appears to have been completely scrubbed of all images and posts and her linkedin profile did not even mention she was a teacher.
Superintendent Dr. Troy Bales sent out an email to parents of Paradise Valley High school, treating the situation as a tragic death while failing to mention any of the details about an active police investigation, admission of student sexual abuse, or multiple victims. Is this a coordinated coverup? Is this coverup happening because of the current PVUSD Bond Election? A full investigation of all details, victims, and potential coverup is immediately needed.
Grooming of students by teachers in the LGBTQ community has been a hot button recently, and Paradise Valley School District and Horizon High School has been in headlines before. In December of 2021, Horizon High School “Principal Linda Ihnat was terminated after parents found sexual content in a book on an optional Advanced Placement English reading list.” and “On Nov. 16, Superintendent Troy Bales issued a letter of apology to parents about the book. He said it was not on a district-approved book list and was not age appropriate. Bales pledged to better implement procedures regarding informing parents about assigned books, the AP reported.”
On Sunday, October 22, 2023, children marched in a Phoenix Pride Parade in Downtown Phoenix according to the Arizona Republic (photo credit). What is the connection between LGBTQ Pride, exposure to children, and Grooming of children in schools?
“Keiko Yoshimine Death – Former Head Coach at Paradise Valley High School has passed away suddenly. He was announced dead on Thursday, October 19, 2023. She died leaving the hearts of many scarred after learning of her sudden death. She will always be missed by all those who knew him during the course of his life.
“While at Paradise Valley High School, Keiko Yoshimine served as the head coach for a period six years, coaching the Girls Basketball Team from 2006-2012. During her time coaching at, she was known for her tremendous impact on the Girls Basketball Team.”
It is unclear if Keiko Yoshimine was active in the LGBTQ community, a member of any clubs on campus such as the controversial Glisten or other clubs.
Keiko Yoshimine was also the cofounder of the One10 basketball camp for children according to the web site. It also featured a quote above “Coach K” saying “There is nothing more rewarding than helping kids gain confidence in themselves and their abilities” and “every kid deserves the opportunity to work hard toward their dreams.”
A full investigation of all details, victims, and potential coverup is immediately needed.
Brian Ference is an Independent Journalist and Citizen Reporter covering Politics in Arizona.
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Next Propping up of Linda Migliore LD 29 Chair. Read what one LD29 PC had to say:
“Our LD29 board is dividing our party. Unfortunately, at our last LD29 meeting House Rep. Steve Montenegro read a letter of support for Linda Migliore which none of us PCs are allowed to comment on or vote on. I believe Frank Rizzo PC LD29, who is not on our board, but admitted to going to the County Attorney to complain about the process of approving PCs, should have also been censured. Jeff DeWit was invited as a surprise speaker at our last LD29 meeting. Some of the LD29 PC applicants had signed their applications in January and February of 2023 and had been waiting months to have their application approved so our Chair was not doing her job. There was one vacancy left in a particular precinct and an applicant had put her application in on January 11, 2023 and was not appointed until September 1, 2023. Then Chairman Linda Migliore complained that one of her PC applicants was not appointed to this vacancy but I heard that the applicant she wanted to appoint lived in California but had an address in Arizona. I hope and pray that the Board of Supervisors will approve the 200+ PC’s that are waiting to be approved.”
Linda sent a long letter full of lies out to her PCs. She spreads lies about the MCRC violating bylaws which is not true and conveniently omits parts of the MCRC bylaws about PC appointments.
A. At the primary election the members of a political party entitled to representation pursuant to section 16-804 residing in each precinct shall choose one of their number as a county precinct committeeman, and the members shall choose one additional precinct committeeman for each one hundred twenty-five voters or major fraction thereof registered in the party in the precinct as reported pursuant to section 16-168, subsection G on January 2 of the year in which the general election is held. The whole number of precinct committeemen of a political party shall constitute the county committee of the party.
B. The board of supervisors upon the recommendation of the county chairman, or the recommendation of a committee designated in the bylaws of the county committee for that purpose, shall determine when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman. If a vacancy exists, the vacancy shall be filled by the board of supervisors from a list of names submitted by the county chairman of the appropriate political party. Only a precinct committeeman elected at the primary election prior to the date of a state or county committee organizing meeting shall be permitted to vote at such meeting. The criteria used to establish when a vacancy exists in the office of precinct committeeman shall be as established in section 38-291.
The County Bylaws clearly lay out the process and authority of the County Chairman:
ARTICLE II – MEMBERS, Section 2 – PCs, D. Filling Vacancy by Appointment
The District Chairman and the Precinct Captain are charged jointly with the responsibility of appointing PCs to fill vacancies. When the District Chairman receives the notice of a vacancy in a precinct, the
Precinct Captain shall be notified within the next 5 days. The Precinct Captain may recommend such appointments to the District Chairman. (See Appendix II for the appointment form.) If the District
Chairman approves, he must sign the appointment within fifteen (15) days of receipt. Within the next fifteen (15) days, the MCRC Chairman, if he approves, must certify the appointment and forward to the
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for appointment. If the Precinct Captain and the District Chairman disagree regarding the person to be appointed, the MCRC Chairman, within fifteen (15) days of the notice
of disagreement, will make the certification based upon an evaluation of the recommendations of the Precinct Captain and the District Chairman. If both the Precinct Captain and the District Chairman fail to
appoint PCs to fill vacancies, the MCRC Chairman shall give fifteen (15) days written notice to the District Chairman of his intention to make a recommendation for appointment of a specific person. Should the District Chairman not offer a name for the proposed appointment within the next fifteen (15) days, the MCRC Chairman may make the recommendation of appointment.
Linda then goes on a RINO projection rant where she describes the very group of herself and her allies in their blind attempt to hold on to power which resulted in the backstabbing of 250+ PCs:
“There exists a sizable element in our party that has no interest in winning elections, only in accumulating power, donations, contracts, and visibility to feed their ambition and egos. They are not a majority in our party, but they use conservative language to pretend to champion conservative causes and purity that endears them to the majority they need to win office in the first place. Ignoring the promises they made during their campaigns for party office, these same bad actors continue to neglect critical areas, including fundraising, training, voter registration, meaningful election integrity efforts, and get-out-the-vote initiatives.”
Lastly, the AZGOP and Jeff Dewit Prop up Violent, Racist, Narcissist Dan Farley as an Example of an LD Chair When He Cancelled LD4 Meetings for 5 Months and Abuses His Power for Personal Gain Promoting His Tea Party and Himself.
No one is more divisive or has more actively sought the destruction of the Republican Party than Dan Farley. Learn the truth: http://realdanfarley.com
All of the Above Must Be Removed from Power. See the Censure Below:
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