By Bruce Rolfe
Climax-Scotts varsity football coach, Dean of Students and Athletic Director Tyler Langs has been very transparent about his ambition to return to school following an investigation into complaints made against him that has left the 2006 C-S graduate on paid administrative leave in all three capacities.
While the investigation has concluded, the issue, suspending his employment status, which is now entering a 15th week, has still not been resolved.
While Langs has faced a pile of accusations, he wants to return because he and his family love the C-S School District.
After over an hour and 15 minutes of public comments from many in a large audience of approximately 75 people at a special school board meeting January 27, Langs and the school board went into closed session together.
The closed session lasted nearly two hours, however Langs returned to the Board Room a while before the school board did.
The board returned to open session and a short time later adjourned, keeping many in the audience wondering when will this end?
After the January 27 meeting C-S Superintendent of Schools Doug Newington said communication between the school district’s attorneys and Tyler Langs’ attorney are taking place.
“When that finishes, we’ll know what our next step is. I don’t know how fast they work. Obviously, we’ll move as quick as possible,” said the C-S superintendent.
Langs said the closed session January 27 was the first opportunity he had to discuss the issue with the entire board collectively face to face since he has been placed on paid administrative leave.
“If I had been butting heads with the them for a long time, if I had been butting heads with Mr. Newington (C-S Superintendent Doug Newington) for a long time, I get it. But I haven’t had any issues with any of them. I haven’t had any problem. As far as I know, it’s been going very smoothly. And then all of a sudden you want me fired? It’s something that was happening in the background for some time. I hope that’s not the truth, but it’s one of those things that sometimes you’re a little naive, especially with a place like this that we love a lot. In our mind, everybody’s here for what’s best for the community and when that’s in jeopardy, it always makes us a little nervous for sure,” said Tyler Langs.
C-S Superintendent Doug Newington disputed Langs’ claim that he has not had the opportunity to meet with the board.
“Up until the January 27th meeting, Tyler was not willing to meet with the board in closed session. He demanded that a meeting with the board be in open session,” offered the C-S superintendent.
Langs said he still has not seen the 41 pages of parent/community complaints, which he said his attorney claimed is Langs’ right.
Langs said he has reached out to the school district twice for all of the original parent and community complaints and has been denied both times.
“Our lawyer has said, whatever they’re firing you for, those complaints, then I have every right, to be able to see those in original form. Not these summaries. Our lawyer said that we are allowed to see that. The only thing that I have seen is a summary of the complaints,” explained Langs.
Langs said he wants to see when the complaints came in and what the situations concerned. He understands if names have to be redacted.
“Not one time did the board come to me and say, Tyler, let’s get your side of this. And that’s where I think we’ve made a mistake, is that we took these complaints and just piled them up and said now you’re fired. And not one time did somebody say you know what, let’s go ask Tyler about these complaints to get his side of it. I was never given that chance until last night,” explained Langs.
Newington said the district previously explained to Langs that there are not 41 pages of complaints.
“He was informed that if he is referring to the investigation report, it is attorney-client privileged information. If he had questions about it, he should have his attorney contact the district attorney. He said he would do that, but to my knowledge that has not happened,” said Newington.
A document provided by the school district’s attorney notes Langs received a summary of 41 pages, not the actual parent/community complaints that Thrun Law Firm attorney Eric Walz, who conducted the investigation, was provided on which she based her investigation.
Tyler Langs became co-head varsity football coach at C-S with his father, in 2021. He assumed the role as head coach in 2022.
Tyler was named athletic director and dean of students at C-S beginning with the 2021-22 school year.
Climax-Scotts varsity football coach, Dean of Students and Athletic Director Tyler Langs has been very transparent about his ambition to return to school following an investigation into complaints made against him that has left the 2006 C-S graduate on paid administrative leave in all three capacities.
While the investigation has concluded, the issue, suspending his employment status, which is now entering a 15th week, has still not been resolved.
While Langs has faced a pile of accusations, he wants to return because he and his family love the C-S School District.
After over an hour and 15 minutes of public comments from many in a large audience of approximately 75 people at a special school board meeting January 27, Langs and the school board went into closed session together.
The closed session lasted nearly two hours, however Langs returned to the Board Room a while before the school board did.
The board returned to open session and a short time later adjourned, keeping many in the audience wondering when will this end?
After the January 27 meeting C-S Superintendent of Schools Doug Newington said communication between the school district’s attorneys and Tyler Langs’ attorney are taking place.
“When that finishes, we’ll know what our next step is. I don’t know how fast they work. Obviously, we’ll move as quick as possible,” said the C-S superintendent.
Langs said the closed session January 27 was the first opportunity he had to discuss the issue with the entire board collectively face to face since he has been placed on paid administrative leave.
“If I had been butting heads with the them for a long time, if I had been butting heads with Mr. Newington (C-S Superintendent Doug Newington) for a long time, I get it. But I haven’t had any issues with any of them. I haven’t had any problem. As far as I know, it’s been going very smoothly. And then all of a sudden you want me fired? It’s something that was happening in the background for some time. I hope that’s not the truth, but it’s one of those things that sometimes you’re a little naive, especially with a place like this that we love a lot. In our mind, everybody’s here for what’s best for the community and when that’s in jeopardy, it always makes us a little nervous for sure,” said Tyler Langs.
C-S Superintendent Doug Newington disputed Langs’ claim that he has not had the opportunity to meet with the board.
“Up until the January 27th meeting, Tyler was not willing to meet with the board in closed session. He demanded that a meeting with the board be in open session,” offered the C-S superintendent.
Langs said he still has not seen the 41 pages of parent/community complaints, which he said his attorney claimed is Langs’ right.
Langs said he has reached out to the school district twice for all of the original parent and community complaints and has been denied both times.
“Our lawyer has said, whatever they’re firing you for, those complaints, then I have every right, to be able to see those in original form. Not these summaries. Our lawyer said that we are allowed to see that. The only thing that I have seen is a summary of the complaints,” explained Langs.
Langs said he wants to see when the complaints came in and what the situations concerned. He understands if names have to be redacted.
“Not one time did the board come to me and say, Tyler, let’s get your side of this. And that’s where I think we’ve made a mistake, is that we took these complaints and just piled them up and said now you’re fired. And not one time did somebody say you know what, let’s go ask Tyler about these complaints to get his side of it. I was never given that chance until last night,” explained Langs.
Newington said the district previously explained to Langs that there are not 41 pages of complaints.
“He was informed that if he is referring to the investigation report, it is attorney-client privileged information. If he had questions about it, he should have his attorney contact the district attorney. He said he would do that, but to my knowledge that has not happened,” said Newington.
A document provided by the school district’s attorney notes Langs received a summary of 41 pages, not the actual parent/community complaints that Thrun Law Firm attorney Eric Walz, who conducted the investigation, was provided on which she based her investigation.
Tyler Langs became co-head varsity football coach at C-S with his father, in 2021. He assumed the role as head coach in 2022.
Tyler was named athletic director and dean of students at C-S beginning with the 2021-22 school year.
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