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Title : One More Ding for Garfield; When Will the District Step Up?
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One More Ding for Garfield; When Will the District Step Up?
Another sad story about Garfield and this time it's a counselor who had a second job that went wrong.A guidance counselor in Seattle Public Schools has twice been fined by state regulators for selling stocks without a broker’s license. But violating the Securities Act of Washington — and misleading investors — does not disqualify Raymond Willis from continuing to advise students at Garfield High School, where he has worked since 2007.
As of last fall, the state Department of Financial Institutions had fined Willis and his nutritional-supplement company, the MiniHYA Corp., $37,000 in penalties and associated legal costs for fraudulently selling securities.
Regulators say Willis did not show up for a hearing and not paid the fines. His lawyer says they were "very small amounts" about $1,000.I'm not sure all would agree that $1,000 is a small amount.
Violating state finance laws does not necessarily bar Willis from holding onto a job providing guidance in schools, according to Nate Olson, a spokesman for the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.The district says they are "looking into it."
“There are specific offenses that would trigger suspension and generate an investigation,” Olson said. “Fraud is not on that list.”
Short of violence or sexual crimes against a child — which can automatically trigger action by the state — it is up to school districts to file complaints. And so far, Seattle has taken no such action against Willis.
All I can say is that the district is so afraid of being sued that they seem to turn away from problem after problem. Willis was already let go when he worked at Chief Sealth over a basketball recruiting scandal.
This is an issue of trust - trusting a counselor who has real and substantive issues of trust in a fidiciary action to work with children.
“Mr. Willis’s work as a guidance counselor is community effort,” said Galletch, the lawyer. “He doesn’t do it as a regular source of income. He does it to help young people."
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