Lopez is the author most recently of Independence Day: What I Learned About Retirement, From Some Whove Done It and Some Who Never Will. His book The Soloist, inspired by his columns on his relationship with a Juilliard-trained homeless person, was a Los Angeles Times and New York Times best-seller, winner of the PEN USA Literary Award for Non-Fiction, and the subject of a Dream Works movie by the same name. CLICK HERE. "It was like he offered me heaven," Ortiz said. If you have difficulty accessing information on our website due to a disability, contact Ms. Green, Director of Operations, at mgreen@www.metscharterschool.org or (201) 526-8500 ext. No at least not in our view. "When I asked why I wasn't going to North Carolina, I was told that I didn't have a ready host family," Ejiofor said in a conversation over social media. According to that action , Brian Gem Garrison - a former adjunct tennis coach at Eastside High School in Taylors, S.C. - was protected in allegedly predatory activities by the school's . Email Audrey Bass at asbass@greenville.k12.sc.us with any questions! "Especially because it was our kids who had to suffer the most because of this.. The decision was made yesterday to reverse these changes and go back to the previous structure. Selwyn Rodriguez with Vaqueros de Bayamon in Puerto Rico. *The (many!) 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. *NJSIAA demands 'full accounting' from hoops power with several overseas players. (Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com). He has won more than a dozen national journalism awards and is a four-time Pulitzer finalist. CHERRY HILL, New Jersey (WPVI) -- An altercation broke out Thursday night in the middle of a high school basketball game in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Selwyn's knee healed, but his relationship with the coach never did. "As a result of the information that Andrea has shared, it is evident that Andrea may be the victim of neglect, child exploitation, emotional abuse and child endangerment," the report reads. But the club has declined to comment on the rest of the story . Absolutely. 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. *NJSIAA slams Eastside with unprecedented penalties. Read more: http://nj-ne.ws/lHtJWSq. Shes hoping for a scholarship to pay her way. 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. Ortiz, an undersized point guard with electric ball-handling skills, said no journey was too long to dish on Juan Griles. *This is just tip of iceberg, senator says in demanding full probe. That trust has cost her a scholarship to Vanderbilt and forced her back to Africa, where she remains a prisoner of immigration rules. We came to Eastside on a very big lie.". "She's a mature, strong kid and she's hanging in there," Vanderbilt head coach Stephanie Smith said earlier this year. Follow him on Twitter @MattStanmyre. 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. Support NJ.com, Matthew Stanmyre and Steve Politi | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, Juan Griles, the basketball coach at Eastside. "On the patio, in the kitchen and we'd have to pick her up and bring her upstairs. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. I didn't really get into her family situation or where she was staying.". Be permanently banned from teaching and/ or coaching? (Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com). It was an unfortunate ending for Ejiofor, who otherwise excelled at Eastside. But who would look at a student of privilege and wonder the same thing? But over here, you're like a god.". Legislation would ban buying, selling, makingor altering a transcript with the intent to deceive. Juan Griles,coach of the powerhouse boys basketball team, was among those fired by the Board of Education. The kinds of people their own parents work for. She wants to major in psychology and build a career helping students who feel as stressed as she does now. It didn't take long to realize the living situation wouldn't match the promises. Blessing Ejiofor (left) and Andrea Aquino pose in a picture posted to Twitter in November 2015. All Rights Reserved. We now recognize that this timing was a mistake, and we are working to rectify the impact it has had. She said she learned of the problem after enrolling last summer at Vanderbilt, where she had earned a full athletic scholarship. On Friday, an unidentified boy, 14, was fatally stabbed during a fight outside Paterson's Eastside High School at dismissal, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office. Contact Us, 973-321-1000. According to videos shared on social media, a male student can be seen escorting a female student with hands behind her back. Submit your letter to the editor (or guest column) via email HERE. Our number one objective at the district is to raise students that meet the standards that we set for society and that we want our very own children to embody.Nevertheless, last night, at the Cherry Hill High School East gym those standards were severely undermined by an incident between Camden High School and Eastside High School during the championship game of the Camden County Basketball Tournament.Let me be clear, I am saddened and disappointed with the conflict from last night, but I believe we need to make this a learning experience for our student body.Furthermore, we know meaningful action must be taken and it must be done swiftly which is why the District will be withdrawing both teams from NJSIAA tournament play.This initiative is being taken to ensure that our scholar-athletes know that accountability for their actions is paramount not only in basketball but also in the larger game of life. 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. Given the broad investigatory powers this federal agency possesses when it comes to all manner of cybercrime there is literally no telling what facets of this saga it could be probing. Donnie Evans was Patersons schools superintendent when the district imposed disciplinary action against Eastside staff members in April 2017. Another school board member, Emmanuel Capers, said he still believes the actions taken as a result of the news stories were excessive. "'An outstanding educator': Paterson Eastside High School principal dies," by The Paterson Press' Joe Malinconico: "Gerald Glisson, who was principal of Paterson's Eastside High . *African players are flocking to top N.J. basketball teams. More:Paterson Eastside High School basketball ban upheld by state commissioner, More:Paterson names new coach for Eastside girls basketball team, More:Michael Baker named boys basketball coach as Eastside looks to rebound from scandal. Eastside Catholic later issued the following statement: "Thank you for your interest in our school. Griles, as has been the case since NJ Advance Media broke the story two months ago, did not return multiple calls for comment. In the meantime, a disclaimer as we have been investigating these reports, we have been cautioned (repeatedly) that controversial behavior is not necessarily the same as criminal behavior. Good question. You pay him and youll get a guaranteed school.. It happened during the Camden County Tournament Championship game between Camden High School and Eastside High School. 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. He was visiting family in Queens and playing for a club team in a tournament at Eastside. The game was held at Cherry Hill East High School, a neutral site for both teams. I used to play against them and perform good. The Camden City School District said Friday that both teams have been withdrawn from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) state tournament. A pipeline of talented players to New Jersey is alive and well, but at times things can go awry with the process, as evidence by the recent scandal at Paterson Eastside. "No one ever told me, and I wish someone did.". "A coach is supposed to be like another father to you," Ortiz said. We have an open microphone policy here at FITSNews! Today, nearly two years after arriving in Paterson, Aquino's living situation has steadied, according to school officials. F: contact@email.org Get Directions. We heard strong opposition to the changes from both the faculty and our community. Thirteen faculty members quit in protest, most of them teachers. *Troubling new questions, including concerns of human trafficking, broadside Eastside boys and girls programs. *Broken promises and disposable players: The remarkable story how Eastside coaches lured foreign players. 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. As for SLED, as of Thursday afternoon the statewide agency had not received a formal request from any local or federal law enforcement agency or subdivision of the state to assist in any investigation related to Thornblade, per spokesman Tommy Crosby. Camden was leading Eastside 30-17. Lyde, in an interviewbefore his team's season was suspended, refuted Ugboaja's story and denied any wrongdoing. 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. Search for New Jersey classmates, friends, family, and memories in one of the largest collections of Online Univeristy, College, Military, and High School Yearbook images and photos! But even after winning the MVP at a holiday tournament, Griles ignored him. It is, for most players on this island, a dream come true. Rick Singer how he was describing it, theres three ways to get into college, he said. That's where Griles, he said, discovered him and recruited him to New Jersey. (Natalie Jordan also has been suspended by the district.) "I am innocent and didn't know any better," Ejiofor said. Officials said Johnson has been using sick days she accumulated during her career with Paterson Public Schools, which started in 1979. And that consensual sex acts between individuals of consenting age are, well, consensual.. Paterson Eastside High's boys basketball team has been infused with talented players from Puerto Rico and Nigeria. Same goes for any attempt at blackmail. Eastside HS Athletic Department Contacts downloadable PDF . Matthew Stanmyre may be reached at mstanmyre@njadvancemedia.com. Documents obtained by NJ Advance Mediashow discourse within the district as scandal barreled out of control. And she announced on social media late last month that she verbally has committed to Oregon State, a Top 10 Division 1 program. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association said in a statement Friday it approved the . PATERSON - Eastside boys basketball coach Juan Griles, assistant coach Alberto Maldonado, and the school's athletics supervisor Gregory Cooper were terminated Wednesday night as a . *Eastside girls team out of states, multiple suspensions announced. "He made a lot of promises about the future, about getting Selwyn to a university, about getting him to Division 1," Selwyn's father, Edwin, said. "You gotta call her coach and whoever. Carol said she was talking to her father about the scandal, and they wondered where the cheating stopped. Some of these Disciples are members at the Thornblade club, we are told. We have already announced all these changes to our community and they are overwhelmingly supportive of moving forward. But their jobs dont cover all the bills, Andrea said, so when her mother gets home after her Friday night shift, she prepares the pupusas, then steals an hour of sleep before selling them Saturday morning with Andreas 14-year-old sister. NJ man had guns, ammo, fake marshal ID at airport: FBI, 'Havana syndrome' 'unlikely' caused by foreign adversary: US intel, Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices up to 70% amid pressure to slash costs. And he regrets others who followed him encountered similar problems. One student, Bravo junior Andy Garcia, hadnt said much during the discussion. The school board president at the time, Chris Irving, had said Johnson was being forced to retire as punishment. Coaches Juan Griles, Alberto Maldonado, and supervisor of athletics Gregory Co In response to questions raised by our faculty and community, we held a Town Hall on Wednesday August 16. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. She had sprouted to 6-foot-7 by the time she was 15, the tallest girl many in her small village had ever seen. "He was very intrigued and impressed with her level and quality of skills and wanted to speak more in depth with her and her family about the opportunity of a lifetime," the report said. Andrea says her father paints houses and does construction work, and during the week, her mother works a graveyard janitorial job on the Westside. 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. All rights reserved (About Us). Griles, he said, promised to handle the rest, leaving Edwin to assume his boys would be safe and comfortable. The injured boy is 16 years old. A video posted on social media shows fans, players and coaches rushing the court. But Esteban, who admits crying when he read the first story about the Eastside scandal, said Selwyn was . He plays wheelchair basketball, he said, hoping for a scholarship. Should they lose their jobs? "Yesterday we were made aware of an inappropriate post on social media made by students at Eastside High School," Davis told The Covington News. "He didn't have a bed (for me) so I was sleeping on a pile of clothes on the floor. The split-level home sits on a congested street, about six blocks from Eastside. CLICK HERE. Some turn down out-of-state offers because their parents need them to help out at home, or because of a fear of leaving California at a time of anti-immigrant fervor and uncertainty about whether Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protections will continue. The second of five players emerge from the home of head coach Juan Griles a day after he said only two of his Paterson Eastside basketball players are living with him at his home on E. 19th Street. That meeting took place almost one year to the day after the Paterson Board of Education approved disciplinary action against five employees including the termination of Eastsides athletics supervisor, Gregory Cooper; the removal of the head coach of the boys team, Juan Griles; and the suspension of the head coach of the girls squad, Ray Lyde Jr. I think Paterson is ready to move on, said Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly, a former football and baseball coach at Eastside, who now coaches Hackensack High School's football team. Editor's note: The following story contains profane language and disturbing content. "I would just meet her at the gym and work out from there and take her to her game if need be. 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. Infighting, finger pointing and chaos erupted among high-ranking Paterson school district administrators as the Eastside High basketball scandal barreled out of control, according to a. She lacked spending money, health insurance, winter supplies and even women's sanitary items, the report and other sources said. Unfortunately, there are a pair of federal investigations underway related to the saga which first popped up on our radar screen almost two months ago. For Andrea and fellow Boyle Heights Beat reporters, news of the $25-million college entrance racketeering scandal hit like a gut punch. 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. Classes could be delayed at a high school sports power house after more than a dozen teachers walked off the job. Their experiences cover six years and account for four of at least 13 players NJ Advance Media has identified as coming through Eastside's ambitious and bold pipeline. 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. We want to make sure everything is done properly, Castillo said. unanswered questions in the Paterson basketball scandal. ", Christian Ortiz (backwards hat) and Selwyn Rodriguez (far right) chat outside the Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum in Puerto Rico. More specifically, we have been informed that investigators are looking to question a former athletics coach at Eastside over his alleged proximity to some of the central figures in this unspooling drama. Authorities have arrested an unidentified 15-year-old in connection with the stabbing of two Paterson students at Eastside High School on Friday afternoon, which left one of the victims dead . The Eastside basketball scandal was exposed in news stories published in the Star-Ledger. Once students fake their way in, do the parents keep paying to have someone fix the tests they take in class? Abraham wrote, "I will not remain at a parochial school whose singular religious figure, and now, president badly lies to his faculty and staff.". The promises were the same he made Rodriguez, his future teammate. There are also blackmail allegations linked to the rumored prostitution/ sex ring. Selwyn Rodriguez and Christian Ortiz started their odyssey in Puerto Rico. "And I said, 'Yes!'. 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. *NJSIAA announces new hearings to deal with Eastside fallout. *A Star-Ledger Editorial: Report flawed by 'unexpectedly bizarre conclusion', Justice Wallace's work is "relentlessly ignorant of those who coach sports on this level. The girls parents are charged with paying $500,000 to get her and her sister admitted under the guise that they were recruits for Trojan crew. A few minutes later, the emcee hummed a few bars from "The Final Countdown" as a basketball-shaped mascot with a cowboy hat and bushy moustache made its grand entrance. Finally, Evans had said that one of Eastsides principals, Karen Johnson, would not be disciplined because she was going to retire. Or an issue youd like to address proactively? Selwyn and Esteban added they rarely left that room because they feared what was happening downstairs. *Ugly accusations tearthrough highest levels of school. But Johnson, who is Shafers domestic partner, remains on the districts payroll with a total salary of $170,000, according to public records. From the beginning of our coverage, we have been focused on 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 are said to be somehow connected to the prostitution/ sex ring accusations. A KIRO 7 crew went to Eastside Catholic to try to talk to administrators and was told to leave. Probably. "Nobody ever said anything to me about I-20s," Lyde said. (Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com). Under the districts 50-step plan, coaches and other employeeswho allow transfer students to live with them or become their legal guardiansmust report that information in writing to their school principal and the superintendent. In his senior season, Rodriguez only played a few minutes per game. Christine Kelley, an adult advisor to the Beat which operates under the auspices of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism said shed been on the job eight years and had never seen students deal with more pressure. NJSIAA slams Eastside with unprecedented penalties, N.J. lawmakers take steps to halt phony transcripts like ones used at Eastside, Homeland Security joins probe, with eye on international pipeline, State athletics group orders hearing into Eastside, Ugly accusations tearthrough highest levels of school, State criminal investigators launch probe into Eastside, District busted budget on$90k Wallace report, NJSIAA announces new hearings to deal with Eastside fallout. The video recording was sent via Snapchat to a lot of their buddies at Eastside Catholic and other Eastside high schools. A fight broke out during the Camden County Tournament championship game between Camden High School and Eastside High School. Luis says he reads up on the college application process and what his peers say about their experiences. Jio Fontan, a former Sparks coach and now the head coach at Queen of Peace High, said he worked closely with Aquino early in her New Jersey stay. Two days later, Mathews issued a statement through his attorney confirming our reporting. 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HSI agents have also reportedly been asking questions aboutBrian Gem Garrison a former adjunct tennis coach atEastside High Schoolin Taylors, S.C. who was arrested and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor last spring. 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. Supervisor of Athletics at Eastside High School phone: 973 321-0515 Email: thill@paterson.k12.nj.us. Christian Ortiz and his father, William, heard journalists from New Jersey were in Puerto Rico for a story on Eastside and drove 90 minutes from their home for an audience. Aquino needed to get to the U.S., where she could develop her game, earn a college scholarship and potentially play professionally. 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. During the meeting the other co-chair resigned and the board of trustees removed Father William Heric as the interim president. What if she owed money to drug dealers? Got a technical question or a glitch to report? We have an open microphone policy here at FITSNews! Get more of Steve Lopezs work and follow him on Twitter @LATstevelopez. Griles, the Rodriguezes said, then became a ghost, leaving the brothers to taxi to doctor's appointments in Fort Lee. Upon learning of this fact, we separated and I filed for divorce in July., Mathews added that he was aware that there is an investigation being conducted and that while he was not a suspect in any illegal activity, I am cooperating fully with law enforcement and will continue to do so.. Find NJ.com on Facebook. He left Paterson midway through the season and returned to Puerto Rico. Ortiz arrived in Paterson unexpectedly in 2012. Phone 770-784-2920 | Fax 770-784-2918. It's still unclear what sparked the altercation. The veterans still call him "the rookie," but Selwyn hopes it'll be "Rookie of the Year" when the season ends. Wealthy celebrities and business executives allegedly paid small fortunes to rig their kids SAT scores, bribe coaches and gain entrance to elite colleges, in some cases taking tax deductions for bribes disguised as charitable donations. A big shakeup happened at. I found out in late June of this year that my wife, Jennifer Mathews, had engaged in multiple extramarital activities, Mathews said in the statement. The school released the following statement Friday afternoon: "We made and announced administrative changes on August 2. The school board terminated two Eastside High School basketball coaches and the school's athletics supervisor on Wednesday night as a result of an investigation into the school's use of foreign players on its team. KIRO 7 News Seattle facebook feed(Opens a new window), KIRO 7 News Seattle twitter feed(Opens a new window), KIRO 7 News Seattle youtube feed(Opens a new window), Lenin statue in Seattle: Read this Q and A about how it got to Fremont, Eclipse traffic is already awful and we're still four days away, Why is a Confederate memorial in Seattle? 1 Union City. Between five and six boys basketball players from Paterson Eastside lived with the team's head coach this season. "Felix had problems in his household, and after that, that girl went from place to place," said a coach familiar with the events in Aquino's life that fall. 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. 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