She may have been a good teacher or a bad teacher so who knows if she should have been let go. But the district should have investigated her allegations. Santiago got demoted but did anyone else know? Ghysels?
Web Link

I know parents whose kids had Rios as their teacher and there were no complaints, kids loved him, there are no allegations he did anything to the kids ever.
I have met Jane Doe is and she strikes me as a highly impressionable person. Think about the girl in the movie Atonement.
I have heard re: Haywood that there was questionable behavior on her part related to teaching practices.
Finally, I know Mr Santiago and he is a highly ethical man. He may have been reluctant to address Rios’ questionable behavior with adult women because there wasn’t enough evidence, but acting in retaliation is just not something he would do.

How can the district office investigate discrimination, retaliation and harassment when it's led by people like Gyhsels who is a master at retaliation and harassment and unethical activity all backed up by Rudolph. I mean seriously? Who are we kidding here? And the school board is equally complicit for just lapping it all up/

I have know Mr. Santiago for a very long time. I was part of the hiring team when he was hired, taught along side him for many years and attended graduate school with him. To suggest that he would fire someone to cover up or protect a violent teacher does not sound like the ethical, calm, level headed, church going, devoted family man, I worked with. I am deeply saddened to hear of the toxic work environment that some teachers found Theuerkauf to be. During my time there I was nurtured, supported and valued. I hope that teachers there still feel that way!

Odd comment by someone who claims to know the parents of one first-grader who did not complain about Rios and, on that basis, states "kids loved him and there are no allegations he did anything to the kids ever." What? The same poster refers to a "Jane Doe" who complained about Rios as "highly impressionable." I see online at the Superior Court ("smart search") a 2017 harassment case by another woman against Rios. I wonder where he is now? Perhaps posting on this very article.

@Tom
I don’t know anything about Rios’ personal life. I know there was a lawsuit but he wasn’t found guilty was he?
But I know more than one parent of his students of different years. No allegations of anything bad.
And no, I am not anyone mentioned in that article :)

@reputations... "I was part of the hiring team" ding ding. Ignore the rest. This person will never admit something bad happened because of who they hired. No hiring manager ever wants to admit to a screw up like this. They may even be correct, but the opinion is biased.

"Just the facts" knows "more than one" parent of a (first-grade) student of Rios. On that basis, he (or she) knows "there was no allegation of anything bad" done to his students. And then, the poster says he (or she) somehow knows about some other lawsuit but posts "he wasn't found guilty, was he"? And the poster draws the distinction between activities at school and the "personal life" of Rios. The poster knows too much and has an odd point of view. Thank goodness he (or she) is not working for the MV-Whisman school district anymore (if the case). Someone should figure out where Mr. Rios and "Just the facts" is or are working now.

@Just the Facts and @Reputations at Stake,

Anonymous posts supporting the alleged perpetrator of the sexual harassment and the principal who fired the victim who complained are worthless. You could both be different handles for Bryan Rios or Mr. Santiago for all anyone knows.

Rios wasn't found "not guilty" rather the DA decided not to take the case to trial. The reasons are not known. It could be those involved refused to testify or they didn't have enough evidence. Who knows? But it doesn't mean he was found "not guilty".

Just because Rios was well liked by first graders or their parents isn't really relevant to this case.

Just wanted to stick to the facts...

The district is infamous for “sweeping it under the rug.” I worked for the district during the Craig Goldman and Karen Robinson reign, and I reported a much less serious incident to them. Karen took the evidence I had, told me that Craig had friends in MVPD, and she was going to ask Craig to have the PD investigate. She told me he “owed her one” and she was going to cash in for this situation. I never heard more about it, and never saw my evidence again. I could have gone to the MVPD myself, but they took my evidence and left me with only speculation. The point is, the district would rather “make it go away” than deal with any potential serious allegations against employees. I’ve seen it first hand.

I cannot understand why the district was, either purposeful or negligent in dismissing this teacher for performance. If someone says they are being harassed, how could they perform effectively in their job with so much stress?
The dismissal would not have been legal. Someone needs to start telling the District and the Board to start doing the right thing.