RUSD notified of arrest of REV employee 

Press Release --- Monday, February 18, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

REDLANDS, Calif. – Redlands Unified School District has been notified by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBCSD) that an employee at Redlands East Valley High School was arrested on charges related to child molestation.

As part of the District’s uniform process for investigations, this employee has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the Sheriff’s Department investigation.

According to SBCSD officials, the victim is not a student belonging to the Redlands Unified School District. Authorities have identified the victim as a family member.

The District will continue to aid and cooperate fully with the Sheriff’s Department. At this time, we would like to thank SBCSD for their communication, direction and support in the handling of this case.

For the most credible and updated sources of information, visit the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department website: http://wp.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/. Anyone with additional information pertaining to this case may contact the Yucaipa Police Department – Detective Bureau at (909) 918-2305.

RUSD encourages everyone to continue to work together to keep our children safe. If you See Something, Hear Something, Sense Something – Say Something.

For more news and notifications about the Redlands Unified School District, visit our website at www.redlandsusd.net and follow @RedlandsUSD on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

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Redlands Unified School District Board adopts new professional adult/student boundary policy

Press Release --- Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

REDLANDS, Calif. – The Redlands Unified School District (RUSD) Board of Trustees took action to adopt a new policy aimed to provide all staff, students, volunteers and community members with information to increase their awareness of their role in protecting children from inappropriate conduct, increase their capacity to maintain appropriate professional boundaries and report suspicions or violations to the proper authorities.

“Redlands Unified is taking the lead by adopting a new board policy tonight that clarifies professional boundaries and unacceptable conduct by employees and implements stringent consequences for violating these standards,” said Jim O’Neill, RUSD Board President.

As outlined in the RUSD 2025 vision, the commitment to ensure “Learning in Safe and Secure Environments” requires the Board to continually review, analyze and enhance school safety protocols and procedures.

This new policy – BP 4019.1 Professional Adult/Student Boundaries, helps outline and identify:

• General professional standards employees are expected to maintain with students
• Appearances of impropriety (initial grooming behaviors)
• Boundary blurring violations
• Serious misconduct
• Duty to report
• Progressive discipline

“It will take more than our administrators, teachers, employees and students watching for danger signs,” said O’Neill. “If anyone sees, hears about or senses something that is not right between a student and an employee, they should feel safe to immediately report it so that intervention can occur.”

Report suspected child abuse or neglect to the San Bernardino County Children and Family Services 24-hour hotline, 1 (800) 827-8724.

For more news and notifications about the Redlands Unified School District, visit our website at www.redlandsusd.net and follow @RedlandsUSD on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.

For a PDF version of this press release, please click here.

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