Public comment at lakota on sexually deviant staff

Birds of a feather flock together… or is it just the boys protecting the boys?
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Robb Vogelmann — the man making nearly $300,000 a year through Franklin County ESC, rarely seen in Lakota, who quit as interim superintendent because he couldn’t handle the pressure — along with Chris Passarge (Where’s the missing $60,000 Chris?) Jeff Rouff, and Ron Henrich, all attended the same “Bible study.”

Yet Ron Henrich, over 60, was caught in a sexually inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student, including inappropriate Google Chat messages involving pornography. Instead of immediately reporting it, Robb Vogelmann waited 120 days before reporting this disgusting behavior, giving Ron time to quietly retire before he was arrested.
HR Director Jeff Rouff defended Ron, claiming he did nothing wrong because the student was 16 and “legal.” Seriously? A 60-year-old man in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old, looking at porn, is acceptable to Jeff Rouff?

More recently, Hopewell Jr. custodian Dennis Lahr was charged with 2 counts of viewing photos of naked young children and destroying evidence, but wait, HR Director Jeff Rouff drove to the home Dennis Lahr and quote “did him a favor” so Lahr could sign retirement papers while on house arrest and walk away with severance instead of being fired.
What kind of man does a favor for a potential pedophile?  Why was he not disgusted by this man who enjoyed photos of naked young children? What is really happening at that Bible study? Something stinks here.

And why is Superintendent Ashley Whiteley allowing this culture of protection to continue? Two potential pedophiles, not fired and allowed to retire.  Sickening.
Meanwhile, good people are running for the exits. Adam, the best treasurer in Ohio, is leaving Lakota. Others are saying they want out because they see the direction Lakota is headed and everything just feels wrong.

And don’t even get me started on Ashley wanting someone with a homosexual child in charge of the levy committee because it would “help drive the levy.” What kind of gross, calculating leadership is that, using a gay child as a pawn?

As a former board member, people are finally seeing that everything I warned about is coming true. Superintendent Ashley Whiteley is doing a terrible job leading this district. Favoritism and cronyism are running rampant with zero accountability. She is failing to protect students and staff.

We need a new superintendent — because it’s clear Ashley Whiteley can’t handle the job.