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.
The following is from another article in the June 29th, 1984
Missoulian under -
Community Briefs
Former lawyer James Sadler
pleads innocent to theft chargesFormer
Missoula lawyer James Sadler pleaded innocent Wednesday to charges that he
stole almost $80,000 of his client’s money.
A trial
date has yet to be set before District Judge Jack Green.
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.
