According to the Journal, the names of candidates for the superintendency will be kept secret from stakeholders.
Board Member Marty Esquivel, an expert in open government law says; the secrecy may violate state law.
Board President Paula Maes says; she'll ignore the law until the lawyers of Modrall can no longer except her from its requirements.
As her excuse she offered; other people are doing it.
That was the same excuse she used when she moved the public forum off the public record;
...other people are doing it.
Secrecy in this process serves no legitimate purpose.
It serves only the interests of candidates who would deliberately mislead the stakeholders in their current situation.
Do we really need another superintendent who is willing to deliberately mislead stakeholders in order to advance their own interests?
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Board Votes for Secret Search
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
3 comments:
I'll say it again!
The PUBLIC school board members are our representatives based on our districts. If they are privy to all who apply for the Superintendent's position, shouldn't we all be privy to that too? Without parent and community input on these candidates and this process, who are they representing - themselves?
No wonder parents are getting mad. We are having to represent ourselves to our representatives.
Why oh why did the knight for open government, Marty Esquivel, vote for this. Has he gone over to the dark side? Our last hope?
As her excuse she offered; other people are doing it.
As the good germans in WWII said, I was just following orders.
And as my mother said, if other people jumped off a bridge would you?
Elementary children know better, but what can one expect from someone who tells parents they have the right to get in teacher's faces.
Head of character counts, right!
Post a Comment