No Comment From Monica Armenta

I received no response from Monica Armenta regarding the accuracy of the allegation that student athletes at Manzano High School have been conscripted into a student militia charged with breaking up fights between other students.

Two possibilities exist; 1) there is an ethical explanation for Armenta's failure to tell the truth about the accuracy of the allegation, or, 2) she is stonewalling.

If the allegations are true, she cannot admit that they are, nor can she deny them (if the draft was announced over the all call at MHS, there are too many credible witnesses to get away with denying that it happened).

The only defense of an indefensible position is to stonewall.

Why does something that happened at Manzano maybe two years ago, make any difference at this point?

In the first place, if the practice was in place two years ago, it might be in place now. Armenta has not denied that student athletes are currently having their personal safety placed in jeopardy by a categorically indefensible solution to the district's failure to provide adequate security at Manzano HS. If they are, it must be exposed and ended forthwith.

Even if the practice has ended, the fact that it ever existed reflects on the personal and professional judgment of a man who is reportedly on the short list to be the next superintendent.

The leadership of the APS, dba Monica Armenta.
owes stakeholders the truth.