The Coast News, August 17, 2018

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THE ALLEGATIONS VIOLATE Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, and retaliation for reporting a claim against discrimination. Courtesy photo

RANCHO SANTA FE — An upscale Rancho Santa Fe country club violated federal law by failing to prevent and redress ongoing sexual harassment of female workers by the club’s general manager, according to a lawsuit filed Aug. 9 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, was brought forth by Sidney Scott and other female employees of the Fairbanks Ranch Country Club, according to court documents. Scott, Megan Fogelstrom and Mary Charlebois all accused Shant Karian, a manager at the Fairbanks Country Club, of unwanted sexual advances, groping and other unwanted sexual contact. They alleged that women who acquiesced to his demands were given better hours and pay than women who refused. Scott, according to the lawsuit, alleged that Karian subjected her to “unwanted sexual contact,” including touching, kicking, and firmly grabbing her buttocks. It also included Karian attempting to grope her, touch her breasts

THE New signs, monuments VISTA proposed for downtown NEWS By Aaron Burgin

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School district statements diverge from public record By Carey Blakely

The status of San Dieguito Union High School District’s lawsuit against the San Diego County Board of Education remains unclear, as district statements do not match court records. According to Interim Superintendent Larry Perondi, the district’s attorneys have effectively “placed a toll on the lawsuit,” a move Perondi likened to “a pause in the timeline.” However, no such tolling — a legal term for delaying or suspend-

ing the effect of a statute, such as the statute of limitations — exists on the case record. The county was served a summons on July 30, according to San Diego Superior Court filings. Perondi also said the district was pursuing “a potential opportunity” related to the case that couldn’t be publicly disclosed. As previously reported by The Coast News, San Dieguito’s lawsuit attempts to appeal the county’s reversal of a district-ordered expulsion that resulted from a Tor-

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ENCINITAS — Motorists, pedestrians and cyclists could find their way around downtown Encinitas a little easier if the City Council approves a series of new “wayfinding” signs and monuments proposed by the Encinitas 101 MainStreet Association. The City Council is considering approving the monument and directionalRANCHO sign network at its Aug. 15 City Council SFNEWS meeting. The freshly designed signs and monuments would guide visitors to destinations such as the beach, parking lots, City Hall and the library; landmarks such as the Boat Houses; preferred bike routes and the downtown business district. Most prominent among the new signs would be three so-called “monument signs,” located at the northern and southern edge of downtown at Coast Highway 101 and Encinitas Boulevard and the Santa Fe Pedestrian undercrossing, respectively, and one at the corner of Vulcan Avenue and Encinitas Avenue, the vehicular gateway to downtown. The sleek design includes an option of either a sheet rock or cobblestone base and a gold lotus akin to the one atop the Self Realization Fellowship temple would cap the three monument signs. Encinitas 101, which represents downtown’s merchants and businesses and promotes the city’s core, created

rey Pines High School student’s alleged “terroristic threats” on social media. The district expelled the student (whose name cannot be given) on March 16 by a board vote of 4-1, with John Salazar dissenting. The student’s family then filed an appeal with the county. On May 31, the county overturned the district’s expulsion order, citing “a prejudicial abuse of discretion … because the

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