Pinole Valley High School Principal Kibby Kleiman signs yearbooks to students during a farewell gathering at the Pinole Public Library in Pinole, Calif., on Friday, June 7, 2024. PINOLE — A longtime principal ordered to return to a teaching position earlier this year is now under investigation — and on administrative leave — after talking about his removal at Pinole Valley High School’s graduation ceremony, he recently confirmed to the Bay Area News Group.
“One question. Will you take me with you?” he asked the Spartan students. “This is the class I am glad to go out with. You guys must be advanced, because it took you four years to move out of here, it took me 11.” District officials contacted the Pinole Police Department after the earlier allegations, but the lawsuit claimed the district did not take any measures to protect students from an alleged known abuser or separate the male student from the general student body.
“This class is my spirit animal. I’m ready to leave with you,” he said. “But your job isn’t done, and mine isn’t either. Go out there and speak your truth to power. Register to vote and raise your voice and ballot in November, and use it as a hammer to bust up what’s wrong. Use that same tool to build something much like it, only better.”
The announcement of Keiman’s demotion in March left parents and students in shock, many of whom rallied behind Kleiman and have not held back their disdain for the school board’s decision.
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