<body><div>The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) has made a controversial decision to settle with disgraced former teacher and Santa Clara City Councilmember Dominic Caserta.And it’s going to cost taxpayers big time.Caserta will get $1.6 million to drop his lawsuit against the District. Wow.He sued the District because he alleges that his personnel file was leaked when stories came out about female students accusing him of sexual misconduct and harassment.Caserta ran unsuccessfully for Supervisor in the June 5, 2018, Primary Election. He withdrew from the race after being accused by multiple female high school students and campaign staffers. That year, he landed on the “Creep Sheet,” a publication detailing public figures accused of sexual harassment or assault.But Caserta gets more than a large payout for the school district. He gets a lot more:<ul><li>He will stay on the SCUSD payroll until 2028. Caserta has not been allowed to teach in a classroom since 2018 and has an office job that is not defined, according to multiple sources. That means the district will pay him his teacher’s salary for a decade without actually teaching. Double wow.</li></ul>According to Transparent California, Caserta’s total compensation cost SCUSD almost $224,000 for just last year.<ul><li>Caserta will also get his healthcare paid by the district until he’s 65. Caserta was born in 1975 so that’s another 25 years of health care coverage at approximately $48,000 per year and escalating. Triple wow.</li><li>SCUSD will provide a “neutral reference” for Caserta according to the terms read aloud at the October 15 SCUSD Board of Trustees Meeting by Chair Vickie Fairchild. That means Caserta could apply for another job involving young females and SCUSD will not be able to disclose Caserta’s history. Quadruple wow.</li></ul>The vote was 4-1. Fairchild did not disclose who voted against the settlement. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4P4SmM_0wCGGsql00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4P4SmM_0wCGGsql00" width="1446" height="438" ></figure>The other Trustees include Albert Gonzalez, Michele Ryan, Bonnie Lieberman and Jodi Muirhead.Trustees Jim Canova and Andy Ratermann did not attend the meeting.Gonzalez is currently a candidate for Santa Clara City Council. He did not respond to a request for comment.Like this:<ul><li>.</li></ul><h2>Published by rhaugh2154</h2>Father, writer/editor/journalist (santaclaranews.org), wrestling promoter (www.wfcwrestling.com), motorsports marketing, 2q37 rare disease advocate! View all posts by rhaugh2154 </div></body>

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Disgraced Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Dominic Caserta Gets $1.6 Million (and a Lot More) from School District to Drop His Lawsuit

The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) has made a controversial decision to settle with disgraced former teacher and Santa Clara City Councilmember Dominic Caserta. And it’s going to cost taxpayers big time. Caserta will get $1.6 million to drop his lawsuit against the District. Wow. He sued the...