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September 2017 ? Volume 67 Number 8

In This Issue

Vergara v. California: The Impact of Teacher Tenure on Educational Opportunity

Town Laws

versus Gown: How Land Use and Environmental Mediate Disputes Between Universities, Colleges,

and the Neighborhoods They Call Home

The Non-Dischargeable Student Loan

The 2017 RCBA Reading Day Was a Huge Success

Back to School in the Andes

An Exception to Education Code Off School Grounds Can Result

Section 44808: When Injuries in School District Liability

Confronting the Uncomfortable Truth: California Schools Required to Address Suicide Prevention

Top 7 "Education" Movies

First One to Bite the Dust

MAGAZINE

The Official Publication of the Riverside County Bar Association

Publications Committee

Sophia Choi Julianna Crawford Donald Cripe Melissa Cushman Megan Demshki DW Duke Abram Feuerstein Stefanie Field Alexandra Fong Betty Fracisco Amy Guldner

Boyd Jensen Robyn Lewis Jennifer Lynch Juanita Mantz Chad Morgan Charlene Nelson Nesa Targhibi Mohammad Tehrani Jamie Wrage Lisa Yang

Editor .............................................. Jacqueline Carey-Wilson Copy Editors ...................... Yoginee Braslaw & Juanita Mantz Design and Production ......................... PIP Printing Riverside Cover Design ................ Jacqueline Carey-Wilson/PIP Printing

Officers of the Bar Association

President L. Alexandra Fong (951) 955-6300 lafong@

Vice President Jack B. Clarke, Jr. (951) 686-1450 jack.clarke@

Secretary Nicholas Firetag (951) 684-2171 nicholas.firetag@

President-Elect Jeffrey A. Van Wagenen, Jr. (951) 955-1309 JVanWagenen@

Chief Financial Officer Sophia H. Choi (951) 955-6300 sochoi@

Past President Jean-Simon Serrano (951) 682-6400 jserrano@

Directors-at-Large

Stefanie G. Field (951) 684-2171 stefanie.field@

Lori Myers (949) 300-3596 loriamyers@

Jennifer Lynch (951) 686-1450 jennifer.lynch@

Matthew Strickroth (951) 955-5400 matthewstrickroth@

Executive Director Charlene Nelson (951) 682-1015 charlene@

Officers of the Barristers Association

President Shumika T. R. Sookdeo (951) 683-3974 shumika@

President-Elect Breanne Wesche

Secretary Priscilla George

Treasurer Nesa Targhibi

Members-at-Large Kris Daams Megan Demshki Braden Holly Paul Lin

Past President Erica Alfaro

Riverside County Bar Association 4129 Main Street, Suite 100 Riverside, California 92501

Telephone 951-682-1015

Facsimile 951-682-0106

Internet

E-mail rcba@

CONTENTS

Columns:

3 ....................... President's Message by L. Alexandra Fong

4 ... Barristers President's Message by Shumika T. R. Sookdeo

COVER STORIES:

6........ Vergara v. California: The Impact of Teacher Tenure on Educational Opportunity by Jamie Traxler

8....Town versus Gown: How Land Use and Environmental Laws Mediate Disputes Between Universities, Colleges, and the Neighborhoods They Call Home by Jennifer Lynch

10 ................................... The Non-Dischargeable Student Loan by Cathy Ta

12................The 2017 RCBA Reading Day Was a Huge Success by Jacqueline Carey-Wilson

14.................................................. Back to School in the Andes by Abram S. Feuerstein

16..........An Exception to Education Code Section 44808: When Injuries Off School Grounds Can Result in School District Liability by Megan Demshki

18...... Confronting the Uncomfortable Truth: California Schools Required to Address Suicide Prevention

by Dorothy McLaughlin and Heraclio Pimentel

20..................................................... Top 7 "Education" Movies by Juanita E. Mantz

22..................................................... First One to Bite the Dust by Julianna Crawford

Features:

24 .......................................... Opposing Counsel: Breanne Wesche by Betty Fracisco

26 ...................................... Judicial Profile: Judge Burke Strunsky by Mary Gilstrap

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Departments:

Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Classified Ads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Mission Statement

Calendar

Established in 1894

The Riverside County Bar Association, established in 1894 to foster social interaction between the bench and bar, is a professional organi zation that provides continuing education and offers an arena to resolve various problems that face the justice system and attorneys practicing in Riverside County.

RCBA Mission Statement

The mission of the Riverside County Bar Association is: To serve our members, our communities, and our legal system.

Membership Benefits

Involvement in a variety of legal entities: Lawyer Referral Service (LRS), Riverside Legal Aid, Fee Arbitration, Client Relations, Dispute Resolution Service (DRS), Barristers, Leo A. Deegan Inn of Court, Mock Trial, State Bar Conference of Dele gates, Bridging the Gap, and the RCBA - Riverside Superior Court New Attorney Academy.

Membership meetings monthly (except July and August) with keynote speakers, and participation in the many committees and sections.

Eleven issues of Riverside Lawyer published each year to update you on State Bar matters, ABA issues, local court rules, open forum for com munication, and timely business matters.

Social gatherings throughout the year: Installation of RCBA and Barristers Officers dinner, Law Day activities, Good Citizenship Award ceremony for Rive rside County high schools, and other special activities.

Continuing Legal Education brown bag lunches and section work shops. RCBA is a certified provider for MCLE programs.

The Riverside Lawyer is published 11 times per year by the Riverside County Bar Association (RCBA) and is distributed to RCBA members, Riverside County judges and administrative officers of the court, community leaders and others interested in the advancement of law and justice. Advertising and announcem ents are due by the 6th day of the month preceding publications (e.g., October 6 for the November issue). Articles are due no later than 45 days preceding publication. All articles are subject to editing. RCBA members receive a subscription automatically. Annual subscriptions are $25.00 and single copies are $3.50.

Submission of articles and photographs to Riverside Lawyer will be deemed to be authorization and license by the author to publish the material in the Riverside Lawyer.

The material printed in the Riverside Lawyer does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the RCBA, the editorial staff, the Publication Committee, or other columnists. Legal issues are not discussed for the purpose of answering specific questions. Independent research of all issues is strongly encouraged.

SEPTEMBER

12 Civil Litigation Section Meeting Noon ? 1:15 p.m. RCBA Gabbert Gallery Speaker: Ambassador David Huebner (Ret.) Topic: Best Practices Tips from the Arbitrators About Arbitration MCLE

13 Criminal Law Section Noon ? 1:15 p.m. RCBA Gabbert Gallery Speaker: Paul Grech Topic: Cross Examination MCLE

19 Family Law Section Noon ? 1:15 p.m. RCBA Gabbert Gallery Speaker: Matt Havrevold Topic: "Implications of Technology and Social Media for Domestic Violence and Family Court Cases" MCLE

26 Appellate Law Section Noon ? 1:15 p.m. RCBA Gabbert Gallery Topic: Juvenile Dependency Appeals Speakers: Alice Shotten, Carole Nunes Fong & Julie Jarvi MCLE

28 RCBAAnnualInstallationofOfficersDinner Mission Inn ? Grand Parisian Ballroom Social Hour ? 5:30 p.m. Dinner ? 6:30 p.m.

OCTOBER

3 Red Mass 6:00 p.m. Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral 2525 N. Arrowhead Ave., San Bernardino

EVENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. For the latest calendar information please visit the RCBA's website at .

Cover photo by Jacqueline Carey-Wilson

Joseph Widman, Assistant U.S. Attorney & Chief, Riverside Office, reads to a class at Magnolia Elementary School in Riverside during the RCBA Reading Day on June 6, 2017.

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by L. Alexandra Fong

It is a great privilege serving as Riverside County Bar Association president this year. I am a deputy county counsel with the Riverside County Counsel's Office and currently practice in the field of juvenile dependency law. I am honored to follow a long line of attorneys from the Riverside County Counsel's office to serve as president of this organization, including Ray Sullivan, James Angell, Earl Redwine and William Mackey.

For those of you who don't know me, I graduated from California Southern Law School in January 2000. I passed the February 2000 bar exam and started my legal career at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP (then known as Lewis D'Amato Brisbois & Bisgaard) in San Bernardino, California, shortly after becoming licensed. After five years in private practice, I joined the Riverside County Counsel's Office and handled administrative, litigation, and transactional matters before transitioning into the field of juvenile dependency law, where I regularly appear before Judge Jacqueline Jackson, the presiding judge of the juvenile court.

This year, I will be working with an excellent board: Jeff Van Wagenen, Jack Clarke Jr., Sophia Choi, Nick Firetag, Lori Myers, Matthew Strickroth, Stefanie Field, Jennifer Lynch, Jean-Simon Serrano, and Shumika T.R. Sookdeo, Barristers' President. We also have a remarkable executive director, Charlene Nelson, to help us run things smoothly. Together, we will work hard so that the RCBA remains in outstanding fiscal health.

The installation dinner will be held at the Mission Inn on September 28, 2017. District Attorney Michael Hestrin will be the master of ceremonies for the event. Judge Jacqueline Jackson will swear in the 2017-2018 Board of

Directors for the Bar Association and Justice Richard T. Fields will swear in the 2017-2018 Barristers Board. During the dinner, Jane Carney will present Senator Richard D. Roth with the James H. Krieger Meritorious Service Award for his outstanding record of community service and Justice Fields will present Judge Gloria C. Trask with the E. Aurora Hughes Award for her dedicated service to the RCBA. Please join us for this very special evening.

This month's magazine is dedicated to "Education and the Law," with the subtopic of "Back to School." As I mentioned earlier, I attended California Southern Law School in Riverside, California. Many students who attend their part-time program at night do so in order to embark on second careers as attorneys. The majority of the students in my graduating class worked full-time during the day and attended night school three nights per week. My graduating class consisted of individuals at stages in various careers ? a pharmacist, a sheriff's deputy, two legal secretaries, school teachers, insurance claims adjusters, and those in the field of information technology. Although I was also working full time and going to law school part-time at night, I knew my first and only career would be as an attorney.

On a final note, RCBA board meetings are open to members, except for executive sessions. I invite you to attend our board meetings, which are generally scheduled on the third Wednesday of the month. Please call the RCBA at 951-682-1015 and let us know if you plan to attend. I look forward to seeing you at the installation, at one of our upcoming board meetings, or one of the many other events hosted by the RCBA! L. Alexandra Fong is a deputy county counsel for the County of Riverside, handling juvenile dependency cases.

MEDIATION

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