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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Covina coach Kevin Glaspy alleges district subjected him to ‘whistleblower retaliation, discrimination’ - The San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Kevin Glaspy, a longtime coach and administrator at Covina High School, was reinstated last week as a teacher by the Covina Valley Unified School District and cleared to begin coaching football again after the district concluded an investigation into his handling of an all-star football game that was held at a district field.

However, the situation appears far from resolved.

On Wednesday, attorney Richard Apodaca, who was hired to represent Glaspy, provided a press release to the Southern California News Group that appears to lay the groundwork for a future lawsuit against the CVUSD and Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Eminhizer, among others.

In his statement, Apodaca said Glaspy filed a “uniform complaint” on May 31 to the state that alleges the district and Eminhizer subjected Glaspy to “whistleblower retaliation, discrimination, and other unfair treatment …”

“Likewise, in June 2024, Mr. Glaspy submitted a claim for damages against the District and Superintendent Eminhizer,” Apodaca said in his statement. “Among other things, the filings allege that the District instructed Mr. Glaspy to book the SGV Bowl through the Booster Program and that the District had notice and knowledge of how the fundraising funds would be...



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