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Page 4 Palisades News November 18, 2015<br />

Marquez Principal Removed<br />

By SUE PASCOE<br />

Editor<br />

LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cor -<br />

tines paid an unannounced visit to<br />

Marquez Charter Elementary on Friday,<br />

November 6, the day after Principal<br />

Albert Hananel was removed.<br />

Shannon Haber, who is in charge of<br />

LAUSD media rel<strong>at</strong>ions, was asked about<br />

the visit and she replied, “He wanted to visit<br />

the school. I have no further inform<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

than th<strong>at</strong>.”<br />

In a November 5 letter to parents, Cheryl<br />

Hildreth, superintendent for LAUSD Local<br />

District West, st<strong>at</strong>ed: “I am writing to express<br />

my sincere apologies for not having a clear<br />

understanding of the issues the school was<br />

facing. The school community should not<br />

have to deal with concern th<strong>at</strong> families are<br />

now experiencing due to the lack of immedi<strong>at</strong>e<br />

communic<strong>at</strong>ion taken by Dr. Hananel<br />

when an alleg<strong>at</strong>ion of sexual misconduct<br />

in the b<strong>at</strong>hroom between two younger students<br />

[kindergarten] was brought to his <strong>at</strong>tention<br />

<strong>at</strong> the end of September.<br />

“Local District Staff was aware of the<br />

issue, however, all the details were unknown.<br />

When I became aware of the alleg<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

on October 30, I was alarmed <strong>at</strong> the<br />

seriousness of it. Thus, I was compelled to<br />

remove Dr. Hananel as the principal <strong>at</strong><br />

Marquez Elementary School. A full investig<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

of the incident began immedi<strong>at</strong>ely.<br />

Please know th<strong>at</strong> due to confidentiality and<br />

privacy laws, and out of respect to the families<br />

of the young students involved, I am<br />

not able to share specifics of the incident<br />

with the school community.”<br />

On November 11, the Palisades News<br />

asked LAUSD’s Haber if Hananel was fired<br />

or just temporarily removed, and if he<br />

would be coming back to Marquez. She<br />

replied, “All student and personnel m<strong>at</strong>ters<br />

are confidential so we are not able to comment<br />

on your questions. I do know we<br />

have launched a full investig<strong>at</strong>ion into the<br />

m<strong>at</strong>ter and will let you know if I get more<br />

inform<strong>at</strong>ion to share.”<br />

Currently, Pam Marton, director of Local<br />

District West, who former Marquez Principal<br />

Phil Hollis said inspired him, is running<br />

the school. Marton was a principal <strong>at</strong> Community<br />

Magnet School in Bel-Air, turning<br />

it into a N<strong>at</strong>ional Blue Ribbon School during<br />

her tenure. Reportedly she is guiding<br />

parents in visioning meetings to decide<br />

wh<strong>at</strong> they would like in a new principal.<br />

Hananel came to Marquez in August<br />

2014 after three years in Mexico City as a<br />

middle school academic dean <strong>at</strong> The<br />

American School Found<strong>at</strong>ion, A.C. He<br />

began his teaching career with LAUSD in<br />

South Los Angeles in first and second<br />

grades in bilingual classrooms. He is married<br />

with two sons.<br />

Salute to Veterans<br />

Corpus Christi students joined Vets Dr. Mike Martini and Everett Maguire in<br />

saluting our n<strong>at</strong>ion’s military heroes on Veterans Day. Photo: Bart Bartholomew<br />

Interfaith Thanksgiving<br />

Service Is Monday <strong>at</strong> K.I.<br />

The annual Pacific Palisades Interfaith<br />

Thanksgiving service, a multidecade<br />

tradition, will be held <strong>at</strong> 7<br />

p.m. on Monday, November 23 <strong>at</strong> Kehill<strong>at</strong><br />

Israel Temple, 16019 Sunset Blvd.<br />

Rabbi Amy Bernstein will welcome all,<br />

then Presbyterian minister Eric Schaeffer<br />

will give the first Bible reading.<br />

A New Testament reading will be given<br />

by St. M<strong>at</strong>thew’s Reverend Bruce Freeman,<br />

who will also preach the sermon. Lutheran<br />

Reverend Wally Mees will conduct the<br />

collection, which will benefit OPCC.<br />

A passing of peace will be done by Reverend<br />

Shawn Gendall of Calvary Church.<br />

An additional reading will be provided by<br />

the Self-Realiz<strong>at</strong>ion Fellowship. Methodist<br />

minister Wayne Walters will read the Presidential<br />

Proclam<strong>at</strong>ion of Thanksgiving.<br />

Monsignor Liam Kidney of Corpus<br />

Christi Church will give the benediction.<br />

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