Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania — A letter written by a concerned parent to the Cumberland Valley School District seeks the release of information.
The letter states:
Cumberland Valley School District
6746 Carlisle Pike
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050August 16, 2026
To the School Board Directors of Cumberland Valley School District:
I am writing to ask why Cumberland Valley School District continues to oppose the release of a police report and security footage concerning an incident involving “The Big Red Truck.”
Unless the Cumberland Valley Police Department has decided to reopen the matter and pursue criminal charges against the driver, I do not understand why these records cannot be released. I was previously told by the responding officer that the video and police report would be available. Yet the District’s Right-to-Know office and its solicitor, Johnson & Duffie, appear to be contesting the release of these records.
That raises serious questions. Is there something incriminating in the video? Is the District withholding the footage because the person driving the truck is a school board member? I am asking these questions because I was directly involved in the incident, and I have a legitimate interest in knowing how many inches that vehicle came to making contact with me in an otherwise empty parking lot. I know what I witnessed that day, but I would like to see the actual video for myself.
By continuing to fight the release of this information, the District creates the appearance that there is something it does not want the public to see. If there is a legitimate legal reason the records cannot be released, I believe taxpayers deserve a clear explanation of that reason.
I also question the amount of taxpayer money being spent on legal representation in Right-to-Know matters. Some members of this board recently went to the state Capitol seeking additional state funding, and state legislators responded by providing additional resources. Are those legislators aware of how much Cumberland Valley School District is spending on legal services to oppose citizens seeking access to public records?
These are taxpayer-funded resources. Citizens should be able to ask reasonable questions and obtain public records without feeling that the District will use its legal resources to make access unnecessarily difficult.
I am also concerned about the message this situation sends to members of the community. If citizens cannot obtain a police report and security footage concerning an incident occurring on school property, they may reasonably question whether reporting an incident through the District is the best option. Transparency and public confidence depend on citizens believing that records will be handled openly and appropriately.
I am therefore asking the School Board to reconsider its position and release the police report and security footage, provided there is no legitimate legal basis preventing their disclosure. Because the board has not responded to my emails on this subject, I am forced to do an open letter for the public to see.
If the District believes these records are exempt from disclosure, please explain specifically what legal exemption applies and why. I would also ask the Board to explain to taxpayers how much the District has wasted on legal fees associated with opposing the release of these records and other Right-to-Know requests.
The public deserves transparency. If there is nothing improper about the incident or the records, releasing them should help resolve questions rather than create additional suspicion.
Will this Board reverse course and demonstrate a genuine commitment to transparency, or will it continue wasting taxpayer-funded resources fighting citizens who are seeking access to public records?
I respectfully ask you to release the video and police report, or provide the public with a specific and transparent explanation of why you will not.
Sincerely,
Jason Snyder
Concerned Citizen of Cumberland Valley School District
Harrisburg100 
OK, that’s it. I’m refuse to have my two kids go to such an immoral school run by corrupt people. I’ll enroll them at a private school on Mon. Sad day for my kids having to leave their friends.
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I agree. I’ve been on the fence for the past two years and hoped all these scandals were just disgruntled individuals. I know sometimes people get a raw deal, but 100% of the time. Either there is some massive conspiracy or there are real problems at Cumberland Valley.
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Michelle Nestor’s name keeps appearing over and over in almost every scandal at CV. How can the other board members support a person like her. I have seen her myself out in public drinking like a college sorority freshman, grinding other women face to face and even heard from a close friend about her making out with women at bars in public. And she is our board president?
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Keep the faith. I will predict Michelle Nestor will have the worse tow week stretch she has ever experienced starting yesterday..
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I pulled my H.S. son out of CV at the end of the year. Superintendent Blanchard has lied to the public and is unable to keep my children safe from bullying and racial discrimination. CV has a major problem.
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CV police should set up a DUI checkpoint in the administration parking lot. I know at least one driver they will nail.
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Maybe if CV had this checkpoint, former School Board member Bob Walker might not have driven drunk….and the lives of those run over pink flamingos would have been saved! Great idea!
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Nestor, Nestor, Nestor…..can you believe it, Board President Michell Nestor is playing the “VICTIM” bc two concerned CVSD residents conducted a peaceful protest against her “RINO” status while she was breaking ever HTRC bylaw and rule to fradulently get herself re-elected as Chair….while also rage-drinking before and after the event….and of course “flipping off” the peaceful protestors after she parked….and let’s not forget….illegally video taping the protestors WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING the Big Red Truck that got her into this mess in the first place!
What surrogate does Nestor get to “carry the Nestor victim card” ….none other than her drinking buddy and failed politician A.K. …who lost against that “Hannah Montana” character…
Wow…I’m aghast that such a seasoned politician as Michelle Nestor would be so unhinged and angry at simple peaceful protesters doing nothing but exercising their first amendment rights on a cool summer evening.
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Just another rage drinker trying to protect the mobile DUI mobile.
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Absolutely…..this rage-drinking has got to stop. This is a poor example for our CV students to see.
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Have A.K. or Chippo, or Nate Silcox tell Nestor to be honest and register as the true DEM that she is…..
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The AK is the choice weapon of the typical communist activist.
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Who is A.K.??? Another rage-drinker? BRT rage-driver? Who is she?
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You bonehead….it’s a machine gun!
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Why is AK?
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Absolutely disgusting and disgraceful that the school board lets the president threaten and intimidate someone then lets her waste money to cover it up. I’ve seen some awful things over the years but this is outrageous.
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When they spend thousands of dollars blocking the release of information you know they are guilty. The whole lot must be guilty as sin. If the video could vindicate her it would have been released immediately. The others helping cover this up must have scandals they need covered up also.
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If the school district administration and other board members are willing to cover up for her you know it is seriously bad. How many thousands of dollars is this attorney making covering up a criminal DUI? WTF?
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Cassidy doesn’t care….he loves all the faux shoddy legal work his firm is doing….as long he can play grifter to the board and do his “snake-oil” sales pitch re: how is can win these appeals and lawsuits, he has it made. The board majority doesn’t care….they hate certain residents so bad, they have no concept of right or wrong….and Cassidy and Blanchard know that and take advantage of that.
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If the attorney is in this just for the money and the board member is covering up some criminal act, why is the administration spending so much money and involved in this cover up?
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Really!!!! CV covered up the cheerleading scandals of Bud Shaffner’s wife, the under-reported quarter million of Bud Shaffner’s wife’s Cheerleading boosters, the fraudulent Federal tax return of Cheerleading Boosters for another $200K….the non-independent $100K+ faux cheerleading investigation that found nothing but Blanchard refuses to release recommendations, the Big Red Truck Scandal where Nestor almost hit a parent….but she and CV refuse to release report and video, the mental health survey scandal, the IT certification scandal, on and on…..and on….oh, and the German Teacher and the underage student scandal…and this is only the tip of the CV swamp iceberg!
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federal lawsuit defendant Marty “Capone” and the now empty safe.
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Oh yes Marty “The Bookkeeper” Carerras….classic Shaffner/Nestor lacky and RINO
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This district won’t protect girls sports or bathrooms from pervert men. This district allows furries and kids talk about the litter boxes they have. Now they cover up a school board president using a truck as a weapon. This school has gone so woke it is embarrassing.
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CV allows it bc Brian Allen and Mario de la Berra love this kitty sh&t!!!!!
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Can anyone explain why BRIAN ALLEN has an infatuation and addiction with kitty litter boxes.
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Another Mike O’Brien (CV Athletic Committee Chair) MISSING IN ACTION! Come on Mike….step out of the tanning booth and do your job!
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He might be stuck in his trainer again
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Show the video. Why are they hiding the video? Only the guilty would hide it and spend money to hide it. Was the person drunk or was this a criminal attempt to harm someone with a vehicle?
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Nestor needs to protect her prom-queen image. That’s why she has that A.K. person as her publicist!
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I’ll ask again….who or what is this A.K…..a person?
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Wait Nestor is using an AK on people now? Wasn’t a freaking truck enough?
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Agree 100 percent! I don’t see a single argument to refute these points. Not one person can defend the school’s actions.
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Ask why they covered up the high school “shower incident”. Same people in charge of the cover up.
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If they get caught colluding in a cover up scheme will they lose their indemnity? Will the insurance refuse to provide them a legal defense? Wouldn’t they be required to pay for their own defense ?
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just saw a post on Fauci had one comment and this post has 100. So I’m guessing this is about 6 people all having a circle jerk because thy pissed at schools
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Don’t cry because your drinking pal got caught attempting to use a vehicle to ether harm or intimidate a citizen and is now wasting taxpayer money for an attorney to cover it up. Very lame attempt to deflect your guilt in this.
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Fauci? Dude are you still wearing a mask? Do you have all 12 boosters? Scared to leave your house?
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I bet he is…still wearing is “virtue mask”….just like Heather Dunn! …
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You have the math skills of Michelle. You should feel shame, but you also probably don’t have the intellect to understand the shame you should feel. Thanks for the entertainment.
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Most likely another surrogate of Michelle “Victim” Nestor attempting to fight her battles SHE created. Is this guy also a drinking buddy with Nestor and A.K.?
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In Michelle Nestor’s own words – “What’s the Difference!”
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Bwhahahahahaha!! Only Michelle could drive at someone threateningly, cover it up, and now play the victim card. OMG my sides hurt.
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Victim Michelle Nestor!
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Seeing how A.K. allows Michelle Nestor to so easily manipulate her (by playing the victim AGAIN) into attacking and threatening an innocent legal protestor, makes me wonder about her judgement. A.K. NEVER once mentioned the illegal and unethical actions of Nestor on Thu night to get herself re-elected at all costs…rather, she decided to bully and intimidate another female because apparently Michelle Nestor is too skin-skinned and fragile to address issues like most normal adults.
It seems like it’s more important for A.K. to remain drinking buddies w/Nestor then doing the right thing. Maybe the more mature adult won the election last year!
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Anyone reading these comments will realize that Michell Nestor’s #1 priority to to cover-up all of her bad behavior, mischief, and horrible, illegal, and unethical actions as a School Board President and a local political figure.
…..WHO USES HER BIG RED TRUCK as a weapon of intimidation.
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She is as toxic as her BAC.
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Someone tell me….is this Kingsley Blasco (Lou Light) guy a drinking buddy with Michelle Nestor and A.K.?
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….don’t forget about her other two drinking buddies Nate Silcox and Sherri Chippo! I think it’s usually a Party of Five!
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So the school district has no problem covering up an attempted vehicular assault and paying beaucoup bucks to a scumbag attorney to cover up this crime. People are watching you.
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….CV absolutely does not mind. Their solicitor will keep lying about his ability to outsmart the law so Johnson & Duffie can keep their $150,000+ contract plus the tens of thousands in extra revenue from all the appeal and court cases they fight tooth and nail. It really is quite disgusting what Mike Cassidy does.
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Are you kidding….Jevon Fords loves the fact that all these football players are leaving the team. In fact one of the star players that left was in front of Ford’s kid who was a backup in that same position. Wow…that’s right out of Nestor’s play book….no wonder Ford has been like crickets about the racial discrimination, bullying, violating PA law, etc. on the team. He needs to head coach to stay so he can protect him and his kid can play! Typical corruption on the board.
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Is this the place to ask – when is the next RINO Protest? I saw the pictures (also remember them on the Pike). I want to join them next protest. Please let me know who I can contact. Thanks.
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YES….this is your one stop place to get info on the next RINO Protest to expose Cumberland County RINOs like Michelle Nestor, Jevon Ford, Brian Allen….and Dr. Hotdog of the cv cUres political action slush fund! …..juries still out on Kingsly Blasco!
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RINO Michelle loves the attention.
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Don’t just focus on corrupt Board President Michelle Nestor….what about her VP that RINO Jevon Ford. My friend showed me an email that showed how Ford wanted to talk to the H.S. Football coach about his son’s status on team and went out of his way to say he didn’t want to talk about any of the other football scandal issues….now we know why he’s on the board and who he cares about!
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…..wow….that’s the truth. Remember when Ford would not condemn Bud Shaffner for threatening a parent after the meeting bc it wasn’t during a meeting! No integrity….and he calls himself a school teacher.
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Stop picking on Jevon Ford or he might start crying in public when he reversed his vote during that assembly for the political activist. Nothing like seeing him again with his fake tears like Nestor, Rausch, Shaffner, and Gossert.
Just put on your “virtue shield” and sit in the corner and stay quiet…..no one will notice.
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The person that was threatened showed me the video. I also saw Jevon Ford quickly walk away as if he was pretending not to notice so no one would know he was it.
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Ford doesn’t care about other students. He’s on the board to get preferential treatment for his kid on the football team. Many parents have ask him for help to address known problems, but Ford just nods his head saying he will address issues but never does. This is the type of person CV has on its board.
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Ford pretends he couldn’t tell what was said, but watching Ford run away in the video when Bud approaches and yells at the parent, it is VERY obvious that Ford knows what was said. He ran away like a coward rather than doing the stand up thing. Ford is all talk and empty promises.
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ALL members of the school’s political slush fund have shown they have agendas, not morals. Corruption at Cumberland Valley on full display.
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I hope there are concrete barriers up at Penn State Dorms today!
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What about the showers?
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Why???
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I plan to attend my first board meeting on Mon night, but I’m concerned about that red truck I’ve been reading about. Will it be there and is it safe to go? Thanks in advnace.
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***PSA: Be aware if you plan to attend Mon CV Board Meeting. Stay clear of Board President Nestor’s Big Red Truck. If she attempts to intimidate you with it, Superintendent Blanchard and Solicitor Mike Cassidy of Johnson & Duffie will refuse to give you a video or police report if you file an incident report. They protect Michelle Nestor (bc they need a board majority to operate as normal).
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That’s because Mrs. Nestor is bought and owned by that guy who founded cv cures slush fund org.
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The red truck might be the least you have to worry about. I watch online last year when Bud Shaffner stopped a speaker to ask Board President Greg Rausch to send a uniformed police officer with police canine to follow a speaker into the parking lot after he walked out after his public comments. Rausch was upset the speaker left before Rausch could yell at him for his seat.
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You mean the puppet that repeats whatever HEATHER DUNN tells him to say? Was it really HEATHER that gave the order?
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No. They have made it clear that cover ups take priority over public safety.
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Scandal cover-ups take priority over the safety of our students, teachers, and staff. From bullying and racial discrimination to unreported and covered-up sexual assaults, Superintendent Blanchard wants no outsiders to know the extent of the swamp within Cumberland Valley.
And when the board majority willingly goes along with Blanchard while also having an integrity-compromised Solicitor, it’s a perfect combination of cover-ups.
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Isn’t Jevon Ford that RINO that was listed on that “Republicans for O’Brien (A Democrat)” event? He was…what a hypocrite. Fluid integrity, lied to parents asking for help, leverages his position on the board to give “help” to his kid, turns a blind eye to students being bullied and discriminated again. I real role model for our students to look up to.
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He is another member of the BRIAN ALLEN kitty litter box club.
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Do people have to pay dues to belong or just believe in having kitty litter boxes in our school house?
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Yes, Jevon Ford is a 100% RINO. A friend told me that he’s the next RINO to make “The List” and earn his own personal RINO sign to be displayed on the Carlisle Pike!
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He’s not a rhino he is a democrat.
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Can parents, teachers or students feel safe while a 6000 lb vehicle is barreling through the school parking lots with a free pass? We need a special team dedicated to traffic control to clear a path for the BRT so there is minimal collateral damage from the BRT.
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NO… parents, teachers, and students can’t feel safe because of the intimidation tactics of board members, especially Board Pres Michelle Nestor in her BIG RED TRUCK.
The only people that are safe are Superintendent Mark Blanchard and Solicitor Mike Cassidy of the Johnson & Duffie Law Firm since Mrs. Nestor NEEDS both of them to suppress the police report and vido tape of her almost striking a concerned parent in the near-empty parking lot.
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Superintendent Blanchard should be ashamed and embarrassed by coverup for such a corrupt board president.
No wonder no one wants the vacant Asst. Superintendent position. A simple Google of CV will fill up multiple pages with scandal after scandal.
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How do I contact Superintendent Blanchard to voice my concerns about Cumberland Valley?
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Come and speak at board meetings or contact media outlets. Don’t waste your time contacting Dr. Blanchard. He’ll give you a head nod and fake empathy….and then DO NOTHING….unless it’s a complaint about some coach, then, he’ll tell Athletic Director Craig about it…..who will then, tell the coach who will then retaliate and take it out on the student athlete.
That is the CV way of doing business…now you know why parents are afraid to complain!
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Call an attorney first. He only speaks to parents in the corrupt political group they run
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Why is this corruption allowed? Wasn’t there a few people on the board for a really long time? Are they in this corrupt political group?
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Does anyone know if Board President Nestor will start the meeting on time tomorrow? She’s been late every meeting. It’s becoming very frustrating to us parents who take the time to watch it. Mrs. Nestor, please be considerate of us.
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OMG that’s what it was? We tried to watch the last one but after a half hour had passed we thought we had the wrong night.
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What’s the difference?
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Last I heard there was a cover up of a chaperone making girls and boys pee on a bus trip in front of each other. Now a board member is trying to drive over people and they are covering that up also? WTF? What kind a crap is this?
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BRIAN ALLEN has volunteered to address that issue by installing kitty litter boxes on every school bus.
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Yes, Brian Allen loves this stuff….more messed up and confused kids to be potential clients he can recommend transitioning to cure…
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Yes, that was our CV Teacher Union President Mario de Berra’s spouse Cat who was Pres of Band Booster who did this. Wow, and CV Superintendent Mark Blanchard only suspended her from chaperoning for two years!
***Believe it on not….A FACT: Dr. Blanchard has now reinstated her privilege to chaperone our children. What’s next Dr. Blanchard, will you allow Mario’s wife to place kitty litter boxes on all buses she chaperones? Disgraceful!
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This was another Superintendent Blanchard “sweep under the rug” scandal….
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What is the shower incident scandal? Anyone know?
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You wouldn’t believe it if I told you. One board member definitely doesn’t want ANYONE to know.
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Why are you trying to protect Cumberland Valley Board President Michelle Nestor….ask her….she’s at the center of the “CV Shower Incident”…
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They are cutting more foreign language and math classes. They are replacing them with a DEI class and a basket spinning class.
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Blanchard LOVES DEI…..pandering to the teacher’s union….especially their Pres Mario de la Berra….the husband of the former Pres CV Ban Booster caught in the middle of the “Pissing in the coffee cup scandal” (seriously, google it)!!!
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WTF?!? The board approved this? How are the newspapers not covering this yet?
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Do the school computers still use the camera and microphone to spy on students at home with the spyware the IT department installed?
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Are they spying on kids in their own homes?
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Don’t ask the Director of CV IT….he’s a former H.S. Shop teach with no certifications. Interesting for a customer base of close to 12,000. Wait until a cyber attack happens and Superintendent Blanchard and Board President Nestor have to answer “why?”…
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How can a police department refuse to give the person who made a complaint, a copy of the police report? The school police should have their charter revoked for that.
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Bc the police report is about Cumberland Valley Board President Michelle Nestor. She’s in collusion with Superintendent Blanchard and Solicitor Cassidy (of Johnson & Duffie) to suppress the police report and video to protect Michelle Nestor’s reputation. Basic corruption disguised and legitimate suppression.
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School Directors Mike O’Brien, Brian Allen, Jevon Ford, and Asheleigh Forsburg are ALSO in collusion with Nestor, Blanchard, and Cassidy covering up police report on Nestor and accompanying video.
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The truth ALWAYS comes out!
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That’s the truth….rumor has it that this week….MANY TRUTHS will come out to MANY people, orgs, courts, etc…..
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Cumberland Valley Board President Michelle Nestor needs to resign immediately at tomorrow’s meeting!!!!
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rage quit a forth time?
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The $64,000 ques is – “Which position will she rage-quit_ first?” ….CV Board Pres or Hampden Caucus Chair she stole last Thur? If residents are lucky….the answer is BOTH!
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….then, that leaves the RE Regional position that Kingsley Blasco (“Lou Light”) appointed her out of fear of Dr. Hotdog (cv cUres political slush fund)….
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Yes….DRAIN THE RINO SWAMP…and take Jevon Ford, Brian Allen, and Dr. Hotdog with her!!!!!
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She doesn’t have time to rage quit while she’s rage drinking all the time….and trying to run people over in the BRT!
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Well…if (or possibly when) she gets arrested for any of a myriad of potential crimes)…it will take care of itself. Then, Blanchard and Cassidy (of the wfirm Johnson Duffie) will take credibility hits.
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