Tuesday, October 16, 2012

He’s not a teacher, she said (employee thrown under bus)

     Earlier, we reproduced an OC Reg report about the peculiar child care efforts of one Jason Buchea at an IVC parking lot. Buchea, or someone, left his baby—in a stroller detachable car seat—there and strangers discovered the kid. Buchea was eventually charged with lousy parenting or something. I looked up Buchea’s name in the IVC directory and found that he was listed as a “project specialist” with “Fine Arts Productions.”
     Soon thereafter, Navelgazing’s Matt Coker covered the story, evidently inspiring an exchange between Coker and IVC’s Diane Oaks:
UPDATE, OCT. 16, 1:57 P.M.: Irvine Valley College has alerted the media and the Irvine Police Department to clarify Buchea, 33, is not a teacher on campus.
     He is a "short term temporary employee," according to spokeswoman Diane Oaks.
     Asked what that means, Oaks replied, "For clarity, Mr. Buchea is a part-time accompanist. . . . He is not a teacher."
     Various websites mentioning campus musical productions note Buchea accompanied on drums.
     Well, OK.
     You can find a brief biography of Mr. Buchea here.

From the IVC Directory

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who is the employee/supervisor that approved his hiring?

Anonymous said...

What, the supervisor was supposed to know that Buchea would one day abandon his child in the parking lot?

Why is it important to know who approved his hiring?

Roy Bauer said...

Am I missing something? Obviously, administrators/faculty cannot be expected to know whether an employee will turn out to be the sort (whatever that sort is) who leaves his baby in a parking lot. --Not unless the guy regularly displays his disposition to do such things. That's hard to imagine.

Anonymous said...

He was charged with a felony

Anonymous said...

So, if you're charged with a felony, your supervisor is somehow responsible simply for making the decision to hire you before the felony charge?


Anonymous said...

He was cleared of all charges. It was not intentional.

Anonymous said...

How do you leave your child unintentionally in a car seat in a parking lot on a hot day?

bajanorte said...

Obviously you do not know this person. You guys are just throwing accusation at this person. Who are you to judge someone you don't know. Better yet, you have nothing better to do with your perfect lives.

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