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A first-grade teacher at Theuerkauf Elementary School was arrested last week by Santa Clara police on multiple sexual assault charges allegedly committed against women, according to a statement released Saturday.
Santa Clara resident Bryan Rios, 36, was arrested on Nov. 29 on charges including forced sodomy and forced oral copulation against women he knew, according to the Santa Clara Police Department. The alleged sexual assaults in late October, according to police Lt. Dan Moreno.
Rios is a teacher at Theuerkauf Elementary who was reportedly put on paid administrative leave on Nov. 9, weeks before he was arrested. Moreno said the department is not aware of any juvenile victims.
Mountain View Whisman Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph confirmed Rios was put on administrative leave indefinitely on Nov. 9 for “personnel reasons,” but declined to comment on the reasons for the decision.
He said the district is not releasing information on why Rios was put on paid leave 20 days before the arrest, and declined to specify when the district was first contacted by Santa Clara police regarding the investigation.
“We will fully cooperate with the Santa Clara Police Department as they conduct their investigation, and monitor the situation as it goes through the legal system and adjudication,” Rudolph said.
Theuerkauf Principal Ryan Santiago declined to comment when contacted by the Voice.
An agenda item on the Dec. 7 school board meeting includes a closed-session item on employee discipline, dismissal or release. Rudolph said the discussion is not specifically related to Rios being on paid leave.
This story will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.
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Terrible news. So sorry for the victim or victims.
Sadly not surprising from what I and many other teachers recall of this individual since word of this has gotten around. Ironically he was a Team Ghysels hire and trouble early on which resulted him being passed around from school to school. Given the way the school board handled, diminished and brushed under the rug the well-publicized Ghysles affair, one hopes it didn’t send signals of what was considered appropriate versus inappropriate conduct among district personnel since then and thereby perhaps facilitating and giving rise to the present situation. I’m also left scratching my head as to whether Team Ghysels was the best pick as the current head of Human Resources. What sort of signal does that send? If Bryan was put on leave almost a month ago, it suggests that there was a complaint made from within the district. Now that the #metoo revolution is upon us, the district better hope that the chickens don’t come home to roost with a NBC-like scandal of its own. Regardless, I encourage all women in the district to show courage and come forward. A reckoning is long overdue.
I think its funny how everyone convicts men before their trial.
Guess that’s the new world we live in. All it takes is a pissed off girlfriend and men go to jail for having consensual sex. Look at the news nowdays.
Wow, guess I’LL give up the girl and keep the dog. He won’t throw me in jail.
Former Teacher,
Not sure what Mr. Ghysels has to do with this man’s accused crimes. Nor do I understand what a relationship between two consensting adults has to do with this case. The comments you’ve made here and the inferences and references are irresponsbile and repugnant. Nothing in Mrs. Ghysels’ career indicates her inability to do her current job, or any other job she’s held in the district in the past decade. Further, you’ve obviously not worked with Mrs. Ghysels so any comment about her abilities is purely ignorant speculation. I’ve personally worked with her for the past 5 years in various capacities and she has been an exemplary educator and in fact her work and her efforts are what brought me to this particular school district. And I have to say, it’s people such as yourself, taking anonymous pot shots in the dark are what drags on our school district. Your comments are pathetic and I’m sorry I wasted my time reading them.
Why is the moderator removing my posts?
Does the Mountain View Voice take the position that men are guilty before innocent of sexual crimes prior trial?
My comment was not offensive but pointed out that the previous comment claimed sorrow for the victims before it has even been proven that this man is guilty of anything. He could be facing lies from these women? Have you even thought of that?
Oh I forgot, this is a liberal feel good paper and men are heathens to start with so how could he be innocent, right?
The moderator keeps removing my posts because I question if this man is guilty.
Why is the moderator doing this. People are considered innocent before guilty but everytime I question this my post is removed as disrespectful.
My last post lasted 10 minutes before removal but got 5 likes.
Apparently, other people feel the same as me that people are innocent before proven guilty.
Mountain View Voice.. Do you believe in justice or are you bias and think men are guilty of sex crimes and trials aren’t needed to prove it? Why are you removing my view point?
Apparently, the Voice has resisted the temptation of shunning me because of my challenge. So, with that being said, I think we can now explore the realities of our society in 2017 without liberal media bias.
The truth is that we have seen a massive swing in our moral beliefs due to the political and Hollywood climate in what I call a coming out of the closet of females claiming 40 years of male dominance and sexual improprieties.
I think this is a montage of our societal beliefs today when viewing claims of rape or sexual misconduct of all men including the case involving Bryan Rios.
I am not an advocate for Bryan Rios, I know nothing about him but I do know that he deserves the right to be innocent before guilty.
Too many jump to conclusions before allowing a fair trial for a man that deserves justice. What if it were you?
I called out the first poster on that because she was offering condolences to the victims when they may be perpetrators to false allegations and my posting was removed by the Mountain View Voice for doing so.
Shame on you Mountain View Voice! You’re supposed to be the media, reporting news.. not making news!
I think we should all wait until this moves through the courts before jumping to conclusions.
Mountain View Voice.. are you ashamed of what you did by deleting my posts or are you thinking about what’s right for our citizens?
Let me know and we will have that discussion.
Mountain View voice, are you intimidated by my request for unbiased journalism from you.
Please respond in an open forum so we can be transparent to the public.
All persons have the right to feel safe in their workplace. When an appropriate consequence has not been taken against a heinous action; these types of individuals feel they can continue to cause terror and mayhem.
If you are a victim, or know someone who is a victim, please contact Detective Sergeant Lagergren at
408-615-4823.