KELOWNA,  BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Ex SD #23 Superintendent
SCHOOL DISTRICT #23
SCANDAL
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Principal Maeve Buckley
Ron Rubadeau
Updated Nov 8, 2009
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Documents obtained from SD #23 through the Freedom of Information Commissioner  have revealed that on Nov 15 / 99  Principal Buckley gave Superintendent Rubadeau information about Custodian Fisher that she knew for 7 months to be false and inaccurate, thus she knowingly mislead the Superintendent and Board of Trustees.
On May 31/98 School District #23 issued layoff notices and the next day July 1/98 recalled employees that had been given layoff notices.  9 days later  on July 10/98 SD #23 entered a false and misleading recall date of Sept 8/98 in box #14 of the Record of Employment (ROE) in setting up the fraudulent layoff.
Below is a letter that Custodian Fisher sent to the School Board of Trustees alerting them to the fact that the letters dated Nov 19/98 and April 5/99 supplied to the Board by Principal Buckley, contained information about Custodian Fisher that Principal Buckley had known months previously to be false and inaccurate. Buckley displayed complete disrespect for the Superintendent and the Trustees as it certainly appears that her intent was to mislead them about Custodian Fisher.
SD #23 entered  "A" (code for shortage of work) in box #16 of the Canadian Government Record of Employment (ROE). SD#23 set up a fraudulent layoff.
THANK YOU....YOUR VISIT IS APPRECIATED
On March 15/00 Fisher made an oral presentation "Abuse of an Employee"
to SD #23 Board of Trustees. A few excerpts are shown below.
SCHOOL DISTRICT #23 FIRED WHISTLE BLOWER
CANADA REVENUE AGENCY...
.
CUSTODIAN - KEN FISHER....Well trained, dedicated and excellent at his work,
"Blew the Whistle" on school safety hazards and became a victim of School District #23 Bullying, Conspiracy to Defraud, Theft, Lies, Malfeasance & Incompetence.
SD #23 ENTERED FALSE INFORMATION ON THE
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT RECORD of EMPLOYMENT
(A Punishable Offence under Canadian Employment Law, with fines up to $12,000 for each SD #23 Administrator who took part in the false entries) Section #398 of the criminal code of Canada
(ROE) RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT
SD #23 Lied on the Canadian Government (ROE) RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT
Ex Chairperson Eric Buckley
On Jan 11/00 the SD #23 Trustees were given the facts regarding  the
False Entries SD #23 made on the R.O.E., Bogus Layoff, Blocked  Health Benefits and Dismissal in Violation of the Collective Agreement. The Board had a moral and legal obligation to handle this matter in a fair and honest manner. Despite being given concrete evidence, the Board stated that
there is no proof & thus condone the misdeeds of administrators.
April 7, 2000
School District #23 is protecting it's administrators and covering up their misconduct
SD #23 Board of Trustees
SD #23 Board of Trustees Feb 8, 2000
SD #23 Board of Trustees April 7, 2000
HELI-SKIING
MOUNTAIN BIKING
ON THE JOB
AT THE BEACH
Legal action for defamation and malicious slander will be taken
against Superintendent Dr Ron Rubadeau (retired), Principal Maeve Buckley now at North Glenmore Elementary (NGE), Director of Instruction Cathy Lownsbrough (retired), & Vice Principal Alan Lalonde now Principal at Central School.
VOTED OUT APRIL 10/02
Parents and Guardians of innocent children, for the sake of the Children,
take the time to read the contents of this web site and link to Unsafe Schools.

Superintendent Ron Rubadeau, Maeve Buckley now at North Glenmore Elementary School (NGE) & Al Lalonde now at Central School have adverse affects on your children.







 

All should have been charged & fired







Rubadeau's lack of corrective action on this matter has resulted in
parents moving from the school district, removing their children
from SD23 schools & placing them in private schools and
people interested in moving to the area deciding against it.


Rubadeau continues to lament about declining enrollment,
& does nothing to right the wrong done to Fisher.
Rubadeau is out of touch with reality & lacks morals / ethics.
NOTE:
The Government found that SD #23 did make false statements on Fisher's Record of Employment but not knowingly.
Hogwash. SD #23 has knowingly been playing this fraudulent paper shuffle for years to prevent workers from reaching regular employee status with benefits.
New Chairperson Baxter
Lies & Malfeasance Behind The Fraudulent Layoff

SD #23 lied when it used two different reasons, 1/ a false shortage
of money and 2/ a false shortage of work to set up a fraudulent layoff.

SD #23 then turned around right away & had all the laid off custodians
work  the entire so called layoff period, proving that there was money & work.

The Minister of Education issued a statement confirming that SD#23 was given
the necessary money to pay the custodians. There was no need for the layoff.

SD #23 admitted it lied on Fisher's Record of Employment when it used a false
statement shortage of work for his layoff. There was no shortage of work.

Human Resources Canada found SD #23 made a false statement on Fisher's
Record of Employment when it used a shortage of work as reason for his layoff.

School District #23's two different reasons for the fraudulent layoff were false
and misleading. SD #23 committed fraud on a government document.
Section #398 Canada Criminal Code




SD #23 then used the fraudulent layoff to block Fisher
from reaching regular employee status that included
employee rights & benefits he had legally earned on July 24, 1998.

SD #23 conspired to defraud Custodian Fisher of his rights & large sums of money.

On Feb 25/99 SD #23's wrongful dismissal of Fisher violated his employee rights.

Rubadeau's SD #23 used malfeasance, fraud & lies in a vendetta
to fire Fisher who blew the whistle on school safety hazards.

SD #23 claimed that it had conducted a "complete and thorough investigation".
When asked to provide a copy of it's investigation report, SD #23 claimed
that there was nothing in it's files related to any investigation !
Proof exists that Principal Buckley of Westbank Elementary School who spearheaded the firing, actually wrote the letter of termination of employment and SD #23 simply rubber stamped it. A torn up draft (Click to see letter) of the letter signed by another SD #23 administrator was found. SD #23 contends that it conducted a complete and thorough investigation, while in truth it simply rubber stamped Buckley's letter.
Fisher turned down the $5,000 SD #23 offered to settle.
Fisher calculates that  School District #23 owes him for
92 hours & $52,215 for lost wages, benefits and damages.
The RCMP should place charges of being an accessory
to the crime of fraud and theft against Superintendent Ron Rubadeau,
Director, Alan Akehurst (retired), Director, Cathy Lownsbrough (retired), 
Principal, Maeve Buckley  & Principal, Alan Lalonde.
The RCMP have opened a file to investigate School District #23 related to the crime of fraud and theft of thousands of dollars from Custodian Ken Fisher.
Superintendent Rubadeau continues to cover up the malfeasance and incompetence of administrators while his mishandling of this matter erodes morals and ethics in our community.
Superintendent Rubadeau was on a local radio talk show promoting morals & ethics in schools when confronted by Custodian Fisher about his own lack of morals & ethics, regarding the dismissal of Fisher. Rubadeau defended himself with more denial & cover up...
"this young gentleman's opinion has not
     been sustained by the rest of the world."  
The Government has warned SD #23 to:
STOP making false statements on ROE's
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Rubadeau is either disingenuous, in denial or dishonest
Hear Fisher accusing
Rubadeau of being hypocritical
( takes a few moments but worth the wait)
Hear Alan Akehurst, Director of Human Resources for SD #23 admit on tape that... SD #23 lied when it entered a shortage of work on the Record Of Employment as the reason for the fraudulent layoff.
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Worker Ken Fisher tried to protect children from school safety hazards
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School District #23 has skipped all over the map in mishandling Fisher's dismissal :
1/ there is no proof, 2/ the allegations have not been substantiated, 3/ your forum for redress is a meeting with the Board of Trustees, 4/ the proper avenue is through the Union, 5/ by-passing the Union SD #23 offered Fisher $5,000 to settle.
5/ Ignoring & by-passing the Union SD #23 offered Fisher $5,000
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3/
SD #23 offered $5000 to settle then said it needs the Union to act as SD #23's moral compass
1/ Despite being given concrete evidence SD #23 said there was no proof.
4/
WORKPLACE BULLYING & CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD
Canadian School District  #23 lacks the honesty, integrity & courage to do the right thing.
On Jan 26/05 Rubadeau announced that he will finally retire. Finally gone Apr 30/06
SD #23 should have been charged with child endangerment
On this and the following pages you will find, contrary
to Rubadeau, substantiated proof of SD 23's bullying,
malfeasance, conspiracy to defraud, theft & lies.
Palliate is a good word to describe what Rubadeau is doing.
Palliate means to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible:
palliate a crime;  glossing over an unethical transaction;  whitewashed official complicity.
The RCMP have opened a file on SD #23 in this matter
School District  Fraud + Lies + Malfeasance
April 7, 2000
SD #23 Board of Trustees
People really had to laugh at the SD #23 Trustees when they were quoted in the newspaper reacting to the BC Teacher's Strike that began Oct 7/05.
"For the good of our students, our teachers, our other staff, the families and citizens of the community, we implore the parties to make every effort to find a solution whereby all parties are treated respectfully, bargaining is conducted in good faith and a settlement is reached as soon as possible."
These misguided Trustee hypocrites should heed their own advice to
make every effort to find a solution, treat Custodian Fisher with respect
& reach a settlement as soon as possible with regards to SD #23's
conspiracy to defraud & wrongful dismissal of Mr. Fisher.
They ask others to do what they will not do. Such double standards.
for the complete story click on Unsafe Schools
Mike Roberts
LIED & DISTORTED THE TRUTH
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SD23 Superintendent
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In wrongfully dismissing Custodian Fisher, SD #23 was "malicious, high-handed, outrageous, reckless, wanton, entirely without care, intentional, deliberate, callous, disgraceful, willful, exploitative and in disregard of Fisher's rights and indifferent to the consequences.”
In wrongfully dismissing Custodian Fisher, SD #23 was "malicious, high-handed, outrageous, reckless, wanton, entirely without care, intentional, deliberate, callous, disgraceful, willful, exploitative and in disregard of Fisher's rights and indifferent to the consequences.”
Janice Rubin, a labour lawyer in Toronto, said many judges have started taking a broader approach to wrongful-dismissal cases since a Supreme Court decision in 2001, which ruled that firing should only be used in cases of serious misconduct. "Just because an employer does all of the right things, through its disciplinary process, doesn't mean automatically there's termination for cause," Ms. Rubin said.
Alan Akehurst
The RCMP have opened a file to investigate School District #23 related to the crime of fraud and theft of thousands of dollars from Custodian Ken Fisher.
The RCMP have opened a file to investigate School District #23 related to the crime of fraud and theft of thousands of dollars from Custodian Ken Fisher.
Alan Akehurst
Rubadeau
Akehurst
Buckley
Lalonde
Director Human Resources
Ex SD #23 Superintendent
SD #23's claims against Fisher are groundless & fabricated.
SD #23 colluded & conspired to discredit Fisher.
SD #23's claims against Fisher are groundless & fabricated. SD #23 colluded & conspired to discredit Fisher.
SD #23's claims against Fisher are groundless & fabricated. SD #23 colluded & conspired to discredit Fisher.
J. A. Dixon
J. A. Dixon
J. A. Dixon
I AM AWARE THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO MAKE FALSE ENTRIES AND HEREBY CERTIFY THAT ALL STATEMENTS ON THIS FORM ARE TRUE
... signed by Alan Akehurst's SD #23's department knowing that the entry was false. SD #23 misrepresented the reason for issuing a ROE by using a false & misleading reason. The layoff was thus null & void.
SD #23 claims are groundless & fabricated.
J. A. Dixon
SD #23 colluded & conspired to discredit Fisher J.A. Dixon
Government of Canada Warning letter to employers, i.e. SD #23
If, as an employer, you commit EI fraud, the circumstances of the case may result in a warning letter being sent to you instead of a monetary penalty. For example, one of your employees stops working due to illness. You believe that he won't be eligible for sickness benefits, so you indicate "shortage of work" rather than sickness as the reason for separation on the Record of Employment. This doesn't affect your employee’s entitlement to benefits. However by indicating a false reason for separation, you have falsified a Record of Employment and have committed EI fraud.
Lownsbrough
Photo
Missing
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Rubadeau would cut a foot off the top of a blanket and
sew it on the bottom then claim that it was a longer blanket.
1000 - 2500 Fewer Students Enrolled in School District 23 Due to This Scandal
$6.5 - $16.25 Million in Lost Transfer Payments From the Provincial Government
School District 23 has earned a Tarnished Reputation Worldwide
SD23 Administrators are showing students how to be hypocrites, how to cheat and how to mistreat others
Hugh Gloster
Avoided answering questions
Al Lalonde
Principal Alan Lalonde
Weak character