During the many years of Jim Sadler's service on the Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees as a high school member there have been several heartbreaking and unnecessary decisions that have negatively affected so many Missoula children's lives. A few of the sad events in recent years are: school closures, a school sale, leases of our public schools to private schools, and references of closing Hellgate High and of selling other elementary schools. During discussions on many of these issues Jim Sadler voiced his support even though most were elementary school issues and he is a high school trustee. In addition, Sadler wrote a letter recommending the razing of the historic old Roosevelt School on 6th Street to make room for a parking lot for Hellgate students.
Prescott School Missoula believes that there has been enough tragedy and sadness due to the erosion of our neighborhood school infrastructure mentioned above. Missoula needs trustees that will protect our valuable and beloved schools which are our children's birthright and part of Missoula's heritage.
One reason for the creation of this blog and the sister blog missoula schools watchdog is to share information which can provide citizens with insight into the backgrounds and character of MCPS Trustees. Resumes mean something.
Ideally, the information below would have been posted at an earlier date so that citizens would have access to it before casting their votes for the school board positions. For a variety of reasons this was not able to be accomplished, however, this informatin can be of value if Jim Sadler decides to run again for the MCPS Board.
The decision to post this information on the Prescott School Missoula blog as well as it's sister blog is that Trustee Sadler has NEVER supported Prescott School for use by public school students and has ALWAYS advocated for the lease of Prescott to Missoula International School.
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JIM SADLER MISSOULIAN ARTICLES FROM 1984
Two articles published in the Missoulian newspaper one from June 13th, 1984 and another from the June 29th, 1984 Missoulian regarding long-time Missoula County Public Schools High School Trustee Jim Sadler.
Below is the June 13th, 1984 Missoulian article
Former Missoula lawyer faces five theft charges
Former lawyer James Sadler of Missoula was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with stealing almost $80,000 of his client’s money. Dressed in orange jail coveralls, Sadler appeared before Missoula District Judge Jack Green, who scheduled another hearing for June 27th. A 5,000 bond requirement was dropped and Sadler was released on his own recognizance after spending less than two hours in Jail.
The five count charge filed in District court Tuesday by Deputy County Attorney Ed McLean accuses Sadler of taking money from clients in eal0estate deals and in his role as manager of an estate.
The counts range from $58,900 allegedly stolen in a real-estate deal to a $12,000 banking transaction, to “more than $300” from Sadler’s guardianship of an elderly man.
The thefts allegedly occurred between 1976 and 1982. McLean said the delay between the alleged incidents and the charges Tuesday was largely the result of the lengthy investigation.
A conviction for thefts of that magnitude can bring up to 10 years in prison on each count.
Sadler, 42, 1800 Cyprus Court, voluntarily surrendered this license to practice law last year when unspecified charges were brought before the Montana Bar Association.
The defendant’s lawyer, Thomas Frizzell of Missoula, declined comment on the case.
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Sadler, 42, 1808 Cyprus Court, was first charged June 12. The Missoula County attorney’s office accused him of five counts of theft involving client’s real estate deals and one elderly man’s estate. The approximately $80,000 is supposed to have been taken between 1976 and 1982.
in 1983 Sadler voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law after unspecified charges were brought before the state Bar Association. A conviction for thefts of the kind charged in Sadler’s case is punishable by up to 10 years in prison on each count.
Sadler is a former Missoula City Council member.
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Prescott School Missoula is of the understanding that Jim Sadler offered an Alford plea to these charges.
Note: The information above was posted on a missoulaschoolswatchdog.blogspot.com post.
The website missoula schools watchdog is a sister blog to Prescott School Missoula.
