Teachers Vote 'No Confidence' in Superintendent

Teachers don't vote on district issues for many reasons: the union doesn't have all of their current addresses, teachers are busy, they are sure the union will "take care of it" or teachers are scared and intimidated. After all, if someone knows they voted, not even how they voted, they might be in trouble.

On a no-confidence resolution for their superintendent , 379 teachers cast their vote Thursday. Of those, 91.2 percent voted no confidence in Hubbard, the head of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District.

There was no celebration about the vote. In fact, the atmosphere was solemn. Kimberly Claytor, the union president, expressed sadness over the reasons for the vote. She recounted the points spelled out in the resolution, and added that the inequity in the district is legion. Her hope is that school board trustees are listening.

"I'm sad for all of us," Claytor said.

The votes were counted in the Newport-Mesa Federation of Teacher's office with PTA members overseeing. The results will be given to the school board Tuesday.

"We believe in his innocence until proven guilty," said teacher Sarah Auwater. "This vote has nothing to do with that. It is about the ."

Hubbard is charged with three felony counts of misappropriation of public funds from his tenure as chief of the Beverly Hills Unified School District. At a in Corona del Mar earlier this week, Hubbard briefly addressed his legal situation.

“For legal reasons, I cannot talk about legal issues. However, when this is over, I will share every bloody detail.”