Comments on: Del Mar school district pays teacher’s legal costs

By: Really???

Really??? — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:47:00 +0000

There is much more to this story than reported here. The teacher in question had an affair with the married father of ONE OF HER OWN STUDENTS. Apparently she had done this on two previous occasions with fathers of other students. She filed a restraining order against the very person she had victimized, the wife/mother of the family. I assume it was a ploy to deflect her own guilt by attempting to damage the reputation of the mother. The court proved the case was unfounded if not absurd. It is shocking that this teacher is allowed near children.

By: Maura Larkins

Maura Larkins — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:23:09 +0000

On the contrary, I doubt that Mr. Robertson had any feelings at all about Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz before he requested public records from the district. The district could have given him the public records without consulting any law firm at all. Now, of course, Mr. Robertson has a bit of experience regarding Stutz, but experience is not the same as bias, is it?

By: Amaris

Amaris — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:51:57 +0000

Michael Robertson sounds like you got the picture.
Daniel Shinoff always advises to continue litigation because he knows that it is always a win win situation for his law firm.

Yes indeed they fight every action, because its a big chi ching for them.

By: DXM

DXM — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:58:36 +0000

You can hardly be considered an unbiased voice in this, since you are currently suing the district.

By: Maura Larkins

Maura Larkins — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:21:29 +0000

Dear "concerned citizen":
What exactly is it that you, as a citizen, are concerned about? Your concern seems to be that decisions of education attorneys should not be questioned by parents or taxpayers. Would you care to discuss this more fully?

By: common sense

common sense — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:41:00 +0000

The dad/husband/boyfriend should be the one who pays. He created this mess with poor judgment in dating his kid's teacher. Step up and take responsibility for the mess you made, dad.

By: Michael Robertson

Michael Robertson — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:52:37 +0000

Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz is the outside legal firm that Del Mar school district uses. The problem is that the law firms interests are NOT in alignment with the schools. The school's goal is to educate children to the best of their ability. The law firms goals is to bill the district for as many hours of work as they can to make money. Naturally the law firm recommends they fight every action – even if the case is a complete loser as it was in this case. It was such a poor case that the district had to pay the other sides expenses as well. The law firm doesn't care because win or lose they get paid. They see the tax funded school district as a dumb client they can milk for money.

Until someone in authority stops this we will see this over and over. The losers are the tax payers and Del Mar students who have less money that goes to their education. The winners are Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz law firm.

By: concerned citizen

concerned citizen — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:50:12 +0000

Larkins you are crazy. Do you have a life or are you on a vendetta against that firm?

By: concerned parent

concerned parent — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:44:39 +0000

So has the teacher, who was dating the still-married father of several children at the Heights, been disciplined? We the parents of kids in the district are paying for her legal fees but what are the repercussions for her?

As a taxpaying parent of children in the district, I would be extremely concerned about my own children being under her care and tutelage after this extreme lapse of good judgment.

By: Maura Larkins

Maura Larkins — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:25:07 +0000

Dan Shinoff advised the district to pay legal costs to his own firm, right?