King claims threat from Malloy

The acting superintendent of the Big Oak Flat-Groveland School District called the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday afternoon to report an angry school board trustee in his office acting in a threatening manner.

Mike King, interim superintendent since August, is asking for a temporary restraining order against Trustee Michael Malloy after the alleged confrontation at Tenaya Elementary School in Groveland.
   

According to King, Malloy entered his office Tuesday while King was speaking to Trustee Gloria Marler about a personal issue.

 King said Malloy was yelling that he “would not put up with this anymore” and “you can’t do this to me.”

Malloy did not immediately say what had made him angry, King said, but he later referred to Marler’s problem as the cause for his intrusion.

Malloy then allegedly passed behind Marler and stood at the corner of King’s desk, continuing to shout. The sheriff’s report said Malloy assumed a “threatening posture.”

King said he asked Malloy to leave the office three times before Malloy complied.

Marler was still present, King said. 

According to King’s secretary, Jennifer Shimer, Marler stayed calm and quiet except to assure Malloy that she was handling the matter with King.

King called the Sheriff’s Office after the incident.

“It was very unsettling to have something like that happen,” King said Wednesday. “I’m working there as an interim, trying to help the district, and I have to put up with something like that. It’s ridiculous.”

The incident upset Shimer, who said she could hear but not see what was happening. 

“I have an earpiece, and I had a finger on the button ready to call 911,” Shimer said. “It made me sick to my stomach. I could tell it was threatening.”

Malloy would not directly comment. Calls to his accounting office in Big Oak Flat were answered by his administrative assistant, who said she was instructed  to say “there was no confrontation and there is no comment.” 

Marler could not be reached for comment.

King was advised by sheriff’s officials to seek a restraining order if he felt future incidents were likely.

It would be the second restraining order sought by a district employee against Malloy since he took a seat following May’s recall election.
  

In July, business manager Lisa Rico, of the Don Pedro area, sought a restraining order after receiving an allegedly threatening e-mail and, later, flowers from Malloy who allegedly requested her to not tell anyone about the e-mail, court documents show.