Saturday, June 09, 2007

Monica Armenta fills new post

Despite the fact that the school board has said that they did not want a superintendent level public relations person; Beth Everitt has hired one anyway. Everitt claims that money for the six figure salary already exists in the budget; in addition to the salaries of three full time spin doctors already on the payroll.

I can help but think that good news has a way of traveling all by itself; and if the District wanted to improve its image; little would go further than changing the manner in which they currently do business (and screw things up in the process).

Although Armenta said she will focus initially on internal communications; the first time her name appeared in the paper was as the APS spokesperson saying that, Cynthia West, implicated in the APSPD scandal is not slated for firing.

Rigo Chavez was recently promoted by the leadership of APS; presumably because he was do his job well.

So why are taxpayers now paying the salary of another administrator; joining the team as Chavez's superior?

As the head of the APS Foundation; Armenta was made aware of the ethics and accountability scandal in the leadership. If asked, she cannot deny it.

Now, she is directly on the taxpayers dime.

It is her job to make sure that taxpayers never find out how much of their money is being wasted by incompetence and corruption in the APS.

It is her job to cover up the ethics and accountability scandal.



simple proof otherwise;

Ms. Armenta, for the record and on the record,
produce, explain and defend the "official" position of the leadership of the APS; on an immediate (forensic) audit of the entire administration of the public trust and treasure in the APS.



or not.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

and if the District wanted to improve its image; little would go further than changing the manner in which they currently do business

Well said,,, If they treated their teachers and principals with simple respect, like the professionals they are, they would be APS's best spin doctors. As it is now, you can't go anywhere in this town without hearing APS employees horror stories. So as you say, there are three less teachers in the classroom and the Administration has their lead spin doctor.