By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo High School recently made headlines when its district board fired head basketball coach and history teacher Jeff Brandow amid allegations of sexual misconduct with a …
San Luis Obispo High School recently made headlines when its district board fired head basketball coach and history teacher Jeff Brandow amid allegations of sexual misconduct with a student. The decision to terminate a winning coach appears to be a game-changing blow to a decades-long old boys club mentality.
While working with the teen, Deeds allegedly pulled Student A into the boys’ locker room and placed his hand on her thigh, she told CalCoastNews. A few weeks later, he allegedly lifted her shirt in front of a weight lifting class and touched her stomach. Though the alleged acts made the teen uncomfortable, she did not tell her mother or school officials.
Student A and her mother met with then-SLO High School Principal Leslie O’Connor who said he would look into the allegations. However, Student A said O’Connor later pulled her aside and told her Deeds was close to retirement, her allegations could ruin his life and the whole senior class would be mad at her if she moved forward with her complaint.
In March 2022, SLO High School Principal Rollin Dickinson asked Chomicz and student B to his office to discuss their alleged inappropriate relationship. Following Dickenson’s instructions to end their friendship, Student B attempted to stay away from Chomicz. At the time, school staff did not inform Student B’s mother of the meeting or the allegations.
“The school allowed it to continue without letting me know until she went in crying to complain he would not leave her alone,” Student B’s mother said. “It basically ruined her senior year. She couldn’t wait to get out of her graduation.” Both former male and female students have described classmates who were allegedly in intimate relationships with teachers and coaches, one of whom bragged she would marry her teacher after she graduated. Allegations often withheld from the student’s parents.In Oct. 2022, a group of students attended a party where one underage student allegedly shared inappropriate texts coach and teacher Jeff Brandow had sent her, according to several sources.
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