Parents concerned with recent inappropriate conduct with minor charges at Salinas Union High School District
“This is worrying me a lot, you know,” parent Maria Anya said. “I have my daughter. She's at La Paz too, and I have my son here.”
Anya is one of many parents concerned about their kid’s safety after learning of Julio Cesar Gonzalez Garcia’s arrest.
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She says this isn’t the first time something like this has happened at North Salinas High School.
“This is the third time,” Anya said. “We had a PE Teacher, and now this one? No, that worries me a lot.”
We did confirm that this is at least the second time something similar has happened here within three years.
Communication is also an issue. Anya said she didn’t hear anything from La Paz or North Salinas High Schools.
“I found out about the arrest from Facebook,” Anya said. “They don’t even call us to let us know.”
All of these incidents happening in such a short time puts her in a tough predicament.
“What’s going through my mind is that I need to change my child's school or keep them home,” Anya said. “But I don’t want to keep them home, you know, but with these things going on, maybe I will keep them home.”
In a statement from both schools, they say that they are ready to support both students and parents at both schools. Right now, no further comments will be made.
KION found at least four other incidents involving people with ties to Salinas Union High School District and sexual assault allegations against minors.
In April of 2021, former North Salinas High School coach John Fickas was sentenced to 28 years in prison on sexual assault charges stemming from incidents from 2009 through 2015.
In November of 2021, 26-year-old Daliah Farfan was booked into the Monterey County Jail for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14. Farfan was a Community Liaison at El Sausal Middle School.
On Sept. 4, 2021, John Doe told Salinas Police that he had been sexually abused by his Harden Middle School teacher, Robert William Dunham, for years. Dunham was sentenced in August to 40 years in prison for continuous sexual abuse of a minor
In March of 2021, a former Salinas High School biology teacher was convicted for molesting two former students. Juan Govea, was sentenced to serve probation for two years, register as a sex offender for ten years, pay restitution to his two victims totaling $965, and complete a year-long sex offender program.
