Threatening emails from an individual seeking a trustee seat in San Jose’s largest school district has the community on edge.
Rami Gideoni, a parent of a child in the San Jose Unified School District, started sending menacing emails last year to the board of trustees after its decision to end the Middle College program. The unique program offered high school students the ability to simultaneously take courses at local community colleges for free.
Gideoni, 57, is one of three candidates running for the open seat in District 5 at SJUSD. He has no campaign website and is a first-time candidate. He told San José Spotlight the loss of the Middle College program played a part in him running for office.
Gideoni voiced his anger to board members through several emails.
“Dead or alive, I’m going to make sure you will pay for your decision to cancel the Middle College program and for your refusal to help me to find alternative solution for my son,” Gideoni stated in an email sent last July.
In another email sent last August, he said he was going to pray for “evil forces” to “take revenge” to “harm your children, parents, yourself and any other member of your extended family.”