LAFAYETTE — The new principal of Stanley Middle School has been placed on leave while the district investigates her previous job at San Ramon Valley High, where she investigated and cleared a teacher now accused of child molestation.
Stephens wrote that he has made no decision on whether Chaplan did anything wrong, but that the Bay Area News Group report, “raises questions about the district’s overall handling of these allegations, including whether investigations were conducted adequately, whether reporting requirements were fulfilled, and whether investigations records were properly created and maintained.”
Not all the records from Moseby’s time at the district are missing. Emails and other documents obtained through a records request show that within Moseby’s first two months at San Ramon Valley High, two freshmen girls filed a complaint in October 2021 accusing him of whispering “you are lucky you guys are hot.” Chaplan took the lead on investigating students complaints about Moseby, despite having a potential conflict of interest.
Moseby was hired for the 2021-2022 school year, despite having been convicted in Arizona with providing alcohol to a minor and charged in Alameda County with soliciting a prostitute, according to court records. District officials acknowledged knowing about the Arizona case but say Moseby failed to mention the Alameda County prosecution, which involved Moseby responding to an undercover cop’s prostitution ad.