And while there are disagreements over the size and scope of the entanglements, the gist of the narrative is basically the same. According to our sources, members of this secret club would pay an estimated $5,000 to $10,000 a month to enjoy its amenities including youthful sex partners provided from nearby high schools. They had SAT preps and the older girl was a senior in high school, and theyd use her old tests to study, and they would hire private tutors for them.. Ortiz arrived in Paterson unexpectedly in 2012. Submit your letter to the editor (or guest column) via email HERE. Another school board member, Emmanuel Capers, said he still believes the actions taken as a result of the news stories were excessive. The injured boy is 16 years old. Thornblade Saga: Could SLED Join Investigation? After a series of winning seasons and strong showings in the state tournaments, Eastsides girls and boys teams finished with losing records this year. Supervisor of Athletics at Eastside High School phone: 973 321-0515 Email: thill@paterson.k12.nj.us. Justice Wallace interviewed 29 people for his report -- 28 Patersonemployees and 1 current player. The Beat reporters heard each other out and decided to invite a teacher, a college student and a parent maybe Azucenas mother to participate in a radio talk show about the scandal. The Vaqueros are a proud franchise in the country's top basketball league, and as their first-round draft pick this season, Rodriguez, a 6-foot-7 point guard, can carve out a nice career here. For most of the kids working at the Beat, getting accepted to college is only the first hurdle. *State criminal investigators launch probe into Eastside. She planned to study pharmacology at Vanderbilt. 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"Here in Puerto Rico, I was a top prospect," Selwyn, now 22, said as he sat on a weight bench in his carport adjacent to his grandmother's house. Eastside Catholic later issued the following statement: "Thank you for your interest in our school. Thanks to our long history of educational excellence and deeply felt sense of mission, any change at Eastside Catholic invites high interest from our current and alumnae community. Legislation would ban buying, selling, makingor altering a transcript with the intent to deceive. COVINGTON, Ga. - Students at Eastside High School are under fire after a social media post went viral showing discriminatory and racial remarks and actions. *Eastside girls team out of states, multiple suspensions announced. Andrea Galdmez apologized for arriving a few minutes late. To recap: We have been looking into three distinct Thornblade-related scandals: 1) Allegations of embezzlement involving the neighborhood golf club, 2) allegations of a prostitution ring (or sex ring) involving several Thornblade residents, and 3) allegations involving an athletics team at a government-run high school in nearby Taylors, S.C. which is said to be somehow connected to the prostitution/ sex ring accusations. But Esteban, who admits crying when he read the first story about the Eastside scandal, said Selwyn was broken emotionally by Griles and couldn't wait to return to Puerto Rico after graduation in 2013. When I think about even if it was just 50 students whose parents cheated for them, those 50 spots could have actually gone to someone who gained those positions.. In her resignation letter teacher Lisa Abraham wrote, "Justyna stands up for each, individual student. The deputy in question is a family friend of both Rick and Jennifer Mathews (below), our sources say. "She's a mature, strong kid and she's hanging in there," Vanderbilt head coach Stephanie Smith said earlier this year. The students involved have been disciplined according to the student code of conduct. Or an issue youd like to address proactively? This news outlet has leaned consistently libertarian in its coverage, and in addition to supporting all manner of consensual sex we have gone so far in the past as to editorialize on behalf of decriminalizing prostitution. Edwin Rodriguez said he paid Griles $900 a month for an apartment for Selwyn, then 17, and Esteban, then 24. See the documents. On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, we reported that Rick Mathews had been interviewed on the previousTuesday (August 25, 2020)by agents of DHS Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)unit. "Especially because it was our kids who had to suffer the most because of this.. F: contact@email.org Get Directions. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association said in a statement Friday it approved the . Father Heric will go back to being the school chaplain. District officials have not yet announced whether he will return to that role. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Often, the players lived with coaches or other school employees. Probably. Griles, the Rodriguezes said, then became a ghost, leaving the brothers to taxi to doctor's appointments in Fort Lee. Coaches Juan Griles, Alberto Maldonado, and supervisor of athletics Gregory Co We have an open microphone policy here at FITSNews! A big shakeup happened at Eastside Catholic after two principals were fired and 13 faculty members quit in protest. Again, though, we are told HSI is looking to question the deputy in connection with its investigation. She said she learned of the problem after enrolling last summer at Vanderbilt, where she had earned a full athletic scholarship. Excellence for All Students Through Strong Relationships & Instructional Strategies Delivered by Effective Educators. *Ugly accusations tearthrough highest levels of school. Some kids are saying, Oh, youre only taking two APs. Good question. He has also written three novels and two column collections. But the club has declined to comment on the rest of the story . The Jordans have declined multiple requests for interviews, but Aquino appears to be well clothed, well cared for and her social media accounts suggest she is adjusting to life as an American teenager. PATERSON - Basketball players who transferred to Paterson's Eastside High School from Nigeria and Puerto Rico went through a different school registration process than did other students,. Even the women making rice-and-beans in the back of the room stopped to snap photos. By Steve Lopez Columnist. (Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com). You pay him and youll get a guaranteed school.. It is not immediately clear, although some light was recently shed on the case when Greenville, S.C. insurance marketing executiveRick Mathewsissued a statement related to his recent divorce fromJennifer Mathews who runs a yoga and pilates studio in Greenville. Meanwhile, sources tell us the Greenville county sheriffs office which was first made aware of the allegations involving the clubs finances in May of this year has launched an internal investigation into the proximity of one of its officers to the related scandals. He told me he was going to get it fixed, but I couldn't handle that any more. 2023 www.northjersey.com. The task force . So far, there has been no official acknowledgement of the seismic, sexually charged side of this investigation by anyone in law enforcement. Copyright 2023 WPVI-TV. Finally, Evans had said that one of Eastsides principals, Karen Johnson, would not be disciplined because she was going to retire. The decision was made yesterday to reverse these changes and go back to the previous structure. *Homeland Security joins probe, with eye on international pipeline. Two years later, a newspaper named him West Virginia's Player of the Year -- his father proudly holds up the story for all to see. The ongoing drama tied to this upscale Upstate neighborhood which was first reported by this news outlet a week ago has been dominating discussions in the greater Greenville, S.C. area. 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A big shakeup happened at. The promises were the same he made Rodriguez, his future teammate. 0:49. The now-deceased woman who owned the house, the brothers said, was a drug addict who regularly used while they were upstairs. After that, theres figuring out how to pay for it. In his senior season, Rodriguez only played a few minutes per game. Head coaches and assistants in all sports had to take the exam, which also included questions about the city school districts policies and procedures, officials said. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). ", Christian Ortiz (backwards hat) and Selwyn Rodriguez (far right) chat outside the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Puerto Rico. According to our sources, most of the initial speculation has centered around Eastside High School in Taylors, S.C. and perhaps one other nearby school in the South Carolina government-run system. Its absurd.. Theres the front door, which is you get through yourself. Selwyn Rodriguez with Vaqueros de Bayamon in Puerto Rico. *NJSIAA demands 'full accounting' from hoops power with several overseas players. "It's very unfortunate that she's caught up in the middle of something like this.". But who would look at a student of privilege and wonder the same thing? Here are 10 you cant miss, Yosemite breaks decades-old snowfall record, closing national park indefinitely, San Diego federal judge had defendants 13-year-old daughter handcuffed. Thirteen faculty members quit in protest, most of them teachers. Fired coach wonders: How did I become guardian for 7-foot Nigerian player? 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(Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com). Meanwhile, the adults linked to Aquino -- Ayala, Lyde, Sparks founder Shane Gerald and Sparks coach Keith Gilchrist -- have not responded to numerous phone calls and text messages asking about the player. * Ousted athletic director: There are others at school involved in scandal. coach blew up, NJSIAA demands 'full accounting' from hoops power with several overseas players, School suspends hoops coach who had 6 overseas players living with him. These allegations have since received mainstream media coverage courtesy of The Greenville News. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. She lacked spending money, health insurance, winter supplies and even women's sanitary items, the report and other sources said. In short, the district and the students fully understand the infractions that took place at last night's game.The students involved in the incident from both schools have had a tremendous season and have worked incredibly hard to be successful. Once in the mainland United States, Ortiz slept on piles of laundry and cold floors, while Rodriguez lived with a stranger who openly used drugs. Superintendent Katrina McCombs released the following statement on Friday afternoon: In the Camden City School District, we pride ourselves on sculpting scholar-athletes and students that understand the importance of character and integrity. NJ Advance Media staff writer Matt Stypulkoski contributed to this report. The school board president at the time, Chris Irving, had said Johnson was being forced to retire as punishment. We are not taking away any of the prior successes they have had this year, but we want them to know their actions have consequences.That said, even though we will be making this a growth opportunity for our students, we will also continue to contest the unfounded allegations being investigated by the NJSIAA. School is supposed to start August 23, but on Friday the school confirmed classes will be postponed one week and start August 30. These financial allegations have since receivedmainstream media coveragecourtesy ofThe Greenville News. This decision was announced in an email that was sent to our community last night. The Eastside basketball scandal was exposed in news stories published in the Star-Ledger. Ortiz, an undersized point guard with electric ball-handling skills, said no journey was too long to dish on Juan Griles. Find NJ.com on Facebook. According to our sources, most of the initial speculation has centered around Eastside High Schoolin Taylors, S.C. - and perhaps one other nearby school in the South Carolina government-run. Also, Evans had said the district would seek tenure charges against Griles in an effort to oust him from his teaching position at Eastside. *NJSIAA slams Eastside with unprecedented penalties. Lyde, in an interviewbefore his team's season was suspended, refuted Ugboaja's story and denied any wrongdoing. What sort of activities are the feds looking into in connection with all of this? There was no disagreement on that point, or on another one: I was disappointed, but I was not surprised, said Carol Martnez, a Roosevelt senior who has been accepted by two California State University schools and Loyola University New Orleans but is hoping to get into UCLA, USC, UC Santa Barbara or Wesleyan. *Hoops power packs roster from overseas; state questions safety of teens living with coach. 0:57. They had to be heard. "This is her cry for help.". Absolutely. And at 6-foot-5, Ejiofor led Eastside to a pair of Passaic County championships, earning scholarship offers from Duke, LSU, Syracuse, Rutgers and several others. All four ended up in Paterson, playing for the powerhouse teams at Eastside High School, now the focus of multiple state and local investigations after a series of NJ Advance Media reports. A care package loaded with supplies from his mother, sent to the address in Somerset, never appeared, either. He waved sheepishly when his name was called at a press conference for the Vaqueros de Bayamon. "We would come back from the theater or wherever and we found that woman on the ground many times," Esteban said. The stories, including allegations of human trafficking, highlighted how players on the boys and girls teams suddenly and mysteriously arrived with promises of playing time, eventual college scholarships and new homes, according to interviews with players and internal school documents. Our current administrative structure has been undergoing some review and change. We are proud that the school holds such an important place in our community, and we look forward to working with everyone and continuing to serve our mission." I help her set the whole thing up, said Andrea, a Roosevelt High senior who is waiting to hear back from some of the colleges shes applied to. WHAT TO KNOW: After winning Saturday's sectional semifinal at No. Eastside Catholic updated its website announcing Father William Heric, the school's chaplain, as the interim president on Thursday. According to videos shared on. 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(Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com). The students also talked about how, at a high-powered school, they might be in a distinct minority and be looked at as students who maybe didnt deserve to be there but got a break. LAPD Deputy Chief Gerald Woodyard said LAPD narcotics detectives working with the Long Beach-based Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents recovered 82 firearms, including 42 ghost guns used by the Eastside Wilmas gang, along with 19 pounds of methamphetamine, 5 pounds of cocaine and 3 kilograms of fentanyl. The girls won just three out of 19 games, which some officials said resulted from players' transferring to other schools. ", Selwyn Rodriguez during practice with Vaqueros de Bayamon in Puerto Rico. I constantly see how students with amazing GPAs and stats, and amazing stories and extracurriculars are not going to the colleges they should have earned. By using this website, you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices. unanswered questions in the Paterson basketball scandal, How scandal of overseas hoops players living with H.S. coach blew up. Officials said Johnson has been using sick days she accumulated during her career with Paterson Public Schools, which started in 1979. "Over there if you're that tall, you're like a monster. 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But the player stayed several months, and it was Lyde -- the Eastside girls coach -- who provided money for school uniforms and other living expenses, according to the employee, who asked not to be identified for fear of punishment from Paterson officials. "I can't say no to this,"Ortiz, now 20, remembers thinking. Classes could be delayed at a high school sports power house after more than a dozen teachers walked off the job. "We just needed one college scout to come and visit him, but nobody ever came. But when she landed in Queens, Ejiofor was dealt an immediate and unimaginable surprise: North Carolina was out and she was headed to New Jersey and a school called Paterson Eastside. During the meeting the other co-chair resigned and the board of trustees removed Father William Heric as the interim president. Stay tuned we will continue doing our best to sift through the information we are provided related to all of these scandals. He asked to play with the junior varsity just to prove he belonged. "No one ever told me, and I wish someone did.". But Johnson, who is Shafers domestic partner, remains on the districts payroll with a total salary of $170,000, according to public records. The districts investigation last year had found that some players involved in the scandal had registered at Eastside, rather than through traditional channels. The school serves the city's Ironbound neighborhood. "She didn't know any English, so I just kind of guided her through that," Fontan said. She believes that education- particularly the education of the Spirit- is not about politics, money, football.". "Papi, if I don't leave this place soon, it'll drive me crazy," he told his father in a phone conversation. He has won more than a dozen national journalism awards and is a four-time Pulitzer finalist. *How scandal of overseas hoops players living with H.S. She had sprouted to 6-foot-7 by the time she was 15, the tallest girl many in her small village had ever seen. On Saturday morning at the Boyle Heights Beat, a student-run journalism operation, the hot topic was the college entrance cheating scandal and how to craft stories about it for the groups newspaper and radio show. 0:00. For now, we are continuing to vet all of the information coming in and we hope to have additional information to report to our readers soon. "No, I'm not her legal guardian," Ayala said when reached by phone earlier this year. But over here, you're like a god.". I would call the school about that.". NJSIAA officials say they will take action in wake of NJ Advance Media's reporting. According to videos shared on social media, a male student can be seen escorting a female student with hands behind her back. The Paterson Public School District announced wide-ranging penalties to its athletics department. *School forged transcripts in Eastside scandal. VIDEO: Eastside Catholic HS teachers quit Classes could be delayed at a high school sports power house after more than a dozen teachers walked off the job. No one was seriously injured in the melee. Ortiz left Somerset and moved in with the Rodriguezes in their apartment in downtown Paterson. Griles, the Rodriguezes said, was angry Selwyn left practice early to receive an academic award. Seattle Times staff reporter A Seattle high school teacher is accused of repeatedly having sex with a 16-year-old student, who reported their encounters to school officials and police last. I am sure we can agree that getting our kids back to school and focused on their studies, their friendships and their future's is the important goal, and we look forward to doing just that.". It happened during the Camden County Tournament Championship game between Camden High School and Eastside High School. 2023 Cox Media Group. Here's why, This is just tip of iceberg, senator says in demanding full probe, Eastside girls team out of states, multiple suspensions announced, Troubling new questions, including concerns of human trafficking, broadside Eastside boys and girls programs, Season's over: Eastside boys pull out of Passaic County Tournament, The (many!) In January, the NJSIAA representative assigned to monitor Patersons athletics program sent the district a letter saying he had checked the basketball roster against eligibility lists and transfer records. "A coach is supposed to be like another father to you," Ortiz said. PATERSON A security guard at Eastside High School has been removed from his job after allegations surfaced this week about "inappropriate contact" between him and a student, officials said. Frame. Her stay with Ayala did not last long, according to coaches and the report, even though he is still listed as her guardian on school documents. Ejiofor said the Jordans "did (their) best to make sure I was okay and comfortable. Seattle Times staff reporter On the night of April 20, 2018, five players from Eastside Catholic's powerhouse high school football team rode through Bellevue in a pickup with a 16-year-old. Camden was leading Eastside 30-17. ", "Here I am sitting there watching her. All rights reserved (About Us). The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. I could have done something to help that kid," Olson continued. Specifically, the inquiry sought to determine whether the deputy in question failed to report his knowledge of alleged illegal activity including the dissemination of sexually explicit material to minors to his superiors. Selwyn Rodriguez never imagined a basketball journey that included meeting reporters in front of a giantbottle of seasoning salt. One student, Bravo junior Andy Garcia, hadnt said much during the discussion. Carol said she was talking to her father about the scandal, and they wondered where the cheating stopped. Coaches from the powerhouse Paterson Eastside's boys basketball team served as legal guardians to six playersand had them living in their homes. 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