After 14 hours of testimony at a public hearing, Santa Fe Public Schools decided to reverse their decision to fire Ortiz Middle School Principal J. Steven Baca. Baca’s attorney, Kate Ferlic, said, “This is a huge victory for Steve and for transparency in government. We…
Zeynep Unal, a teacher at a Los Alamos school with Turkish and Muslim background, is switching schools due to discrimination. According to Unal’s attorney, Kate Ferlic, she was “verbally and psychologically abused at work.” “They made her workplace so difficult for her because of her…
Attorney Kate Ferlic’s request for a public hearing for J. Steven Baca was approved 4-1, and in return the public had an rare inside look into government employee hearings. During the 7 hours of testimony mostly from the district, Ferlic established J. Steven Baca was…
The hearing for the former Ortiz Middle School principal J. Steven Baca was delayed in order to give the public more notice to attend. Baca’s attorney, Kate Ferlic, said he wanted the public hearing “because he feels like the community needs to know that the…
APS CFO Don Moya plans to return to work on February 15 but will have a new title, Financial Systems Architect. The new title maintains the same salary, but the job description is clearly a demotion, states his attorney Kate Ferlic. “This is a significant…
Despite the job title change from CFO to Financial Systems Architect, Don Moya plans to return to Albuquerque Public Schools after being placed on administrative leave in August without an explanation. According to Don Moya’s attorney Kate Ferlic, “It sounds like a job in the…
After almost 4 months of being on administrative leave, Don Moya was officially reassigned at Albuquerque Public Schools. The CFO’s job title is now Financial Systems Architect, a job that involves “moving and lifting 25 pound boxes”, and according to Moya’s attorney Kate Ferlic, “pushing…
The Santa Fe Girls’ School was granted an injunction against neighbor Ed Sceery after Sceery admitted to placing a metal contraption with spikes in the river the middle schoolers frequent for their environmental and science projects. Sceery claims the girls environmental activities are attracting beavers…
Judge Ellington announced today in court that he recused himself from the Jason Wagner case. Judge Ellington’s decision comes two weeks after Jason Wagner’s attorneys, John Day and Megan Dorsey, filed a motion to recuse Judge Ellington because he showed bias against Jason Wagner when…
Before prosecutor Jason Lidyard could finish reading the terms of the Jason Wagner plea deal agreed upon by defense attorney John Day and the prosecution, District Judge Ellington rejected all terms. The plea called for Wagner to resign from the Santa Fe Police Department, and…
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