By Patric Hedlund, TME

Charles ‘Chuck’ Mullen arrived to speak before the board of the El Tejon Unified School District (ETUSD) at 9 a.m. sharp on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The former teacher, coach and union leader had been serving as the acting interim principal for Frazier Park Elementary School since last year.

Although school district personnel actions are cloaked in secrecy, the first special meeting agenda item for the closed session of the board that morning was “Public employee discipline/dismissal/release.” California’s Ralph M. Brown Act requires that…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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ETUSD School Board President Misty Johnston spoke with a reporter about a generous donation to the schools by the Frazier Park Car Club. Behind her was a white board diagram of the Frazier Park Elementary School office. Trustees had just adjourned a closed meeting about taking action in regard to a complaint against the interim principal for alleged abuse of a small student in the principal’s office. No action was taken by the board this week.

Chuck Mullen as teachers’ union president in 2015 with a “pinks stink” speech to the ETUSD Board of Trustees about why teachers should not be given pink slip layoffs that year.

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