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Monday, May 11, 2026

Letter: Stop the Lies. Superintendent Banner's Discrimination Claims Are Valid – The Suburban Times - The Suburban Times

Submitted by Cheri Arkell.

A citizen and political friend of Paul Wagemann told a big lie during the public comment time at the school board meeting on Monday, September 12th, 2022: “It is a well-known fact that Superintendent Banner filed a discrimination case based on false allegations against Director Wagemann …”

This claim is a bold face lie. To fabricate a story so easy to debunk stunned many in attendance. Had Paul Wagemann never shared the findings of the “Burton Report”, published this summer, with his closest political friends? If his friends never read this report, then how could they get up and make claims about what was in the report? Do they just make up lies hoping “We The People “are incapable of checking the validity of their claims? Or, is it possible they did read it and hope we didn’t?
In June of 2022, the Tacoma News Tribune published the findings of Ron Banner’s discrimination claims against Paul Wagemann. It is titled the “Burton Report” and it is attached to this letter. This report is a matter of public record. If you have not read it, please do; everyone should before ever making a comment concerning it.

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The scope of the ethical and professional boundaries Paul Wagemann crossed as a school board director is jaw-dropping. You may not be personally troubled by some claims in this report, but that is your point-of-view and none of us were on the receiving end of this discrimination, intimidation and total lack of common sense....



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