Crime: Teacher Is Victimized Twice
On Feb. 10 at 9:50 a.m., Washington Middle School teacher Pamela Altea cautioned two adults to leave the area adjacent to the Pasadena school. With a group of students watching, the adults viciously attacked Altea and beat her to a state of near senselessness.
It appears that school board President George Van Alstine, Supt. Vera Vignes, district Police Chief Jarado J. Blue, Principal Karen Kommer and United Teachers of Pasadena President Frank Scoonover all agree that the beating was the teacher’s fault because she did not lock a gate.
It seems Pamela Altea is not only a victim of a criminal beating but of a school system that is managed by a bureaucracy that is more interested in job security and the next promotion than in meeting the education needs of the community.
BOB LOW
Covina
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