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Friday, January 13, 2023
School leader’s abrupt departure sparks ire Odin Rasco Staff writer Parents and teachers alike spoke passionately regarding the swift and unexpected resignation of Camino Union School District’s newest superintendent at a school board meeting Tuesday evening. The meeting took place in the cafeteria to accommodate the larger audience in attendance and a short state presentation given by
Patricia Horn the school’s fifth-grade students. Following an extensive search and hiring process, Patricia Horn
was announced as Camino School’s new superintendent in late June 2022 and began her role July 1. Horn’s tenure as superintendent came to an abrupt close at the end of the fall semester, with parents and staff informed of her resignation, which is stated to be for “personal reasons,” without any prior indications that it was coming. Many teachers and
parents shared the opinion that Horn had been pressured out of her position rather than resigned of her own volition. “I am completely disheartened by the removal,” Emily Walker, co-president of the Camino Faculty Association, said during the comment period of the meeting. “I was blindsided by the decision, but I’m not n
See Tensions, page A8
‘Ambulance Baby’ born in stormy situation Eric Jaramishian Staff writer
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ulian Thrift and Shayla Braly’s newborn child Paisley came into the world on the move — inside an El Dorado County Fire Protection District ambulance on a stormy December morning. The chain of events that led to the circumstance were unfavorable for Thrift, 36, and Braly, 27, but ultimately resulted in a post-Christmas blessing for the two. Thrift started experiencing intense contractions the evening of Dec. 26 and headed to Marshall Hospital in hopes that Paisley was ready to be born. She was sent home after medical staff determined it wasn’t quite time so the couple, now engaged to be married, headed back to their Red Robin Road home near the Sly Park Recreation Area around 10 p.m.
Mountain Democrat photo by Odin Rasco
Camino Board of Trustees members Bob Van Gilder and Pat Kernan listen to speakers at Tuesday evening’s charged meeting. The pair later walked out of the room during a heated conversation.
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Deputy Ishmael’s killer sentenced Odin Rasco Staff writer Two men prosecuted for the 2019 death of El Dorado County Sheriff ’s deputy Brian Ishmael were sentenced May 13, 2022. Juan Carlos Vazquez-Orozco, who fired the shots that killed Ishmael, was sentenced to 15 years to life plus an additional five years. Christopher Ross, whose misleading 911 call ultimately led to the fatal encounter, was ordered n
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Mountain Democrat photo by Eric Jaramishian
Shayla Braly and Julian Thrift welcome baby Paisley into their home on Red Robin Road off Sly Park Road in Placerville after a long evening of circumstances to deliver the “ambulance baby.” At 2 a.m. the next day, Braly said, the baby was about to come out and a storm arrived just in time.
Thrift recalled slowly driving through high winds; pine needles covered Sly Park Road, burying lane markers.
In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday the Mountain Democrat will not publish Monday, Jan. 16.
“It was raining so hard, the windshield wipers could not keep up,” Thrift said. n
See ishmael, page A7
See delivery, page A9
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