According to an article in the Trib, here; Board Member Delores Griego has alleged a prejudice in the leadership of the APS, against south valley schools; and that they have not been treated equally.
"What has happened the last seven years?" Griego asked. "This is not equality in a school system."It is a serious allegation.
She has offered no facts to substantiate her allegation.
Oddly, an administrative accountability audit
would absolutely substantiate her claims.
And she is yet to join Board Member Marty Esquivel
in calling for that audit.
It is almost as if she is selling out
the interests of her constituents in favor of supporting
those who's interests are served by avoiding
an honest audit of the conduct and competence
of the leadership of the APS.
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This from the boardmember who sat ever so quietly by while her mentors Acosta and Cordova made a mockery of the Educational system. Pahleeeees, give me a break!!!!!!!
I know so many teachers in this district ... the issue it not necessarily that they do anything better or different. What most have said to me is that they can't do it on their own. Parents really need to hold student accountable too. I can't tell you how many teachers tell me that the parents make excuses for the children's' behavior and lack of effort.
I hope while Griego is investigating what works in one school vs another, she also takes a look at the bigger picture to see WHO exactly is failing these students. Teachers and schools can't be 100% at fault.
My kid has a new teacher this year who came from a failing school. I'll tell you what - this woman is AMAZING and we, parents, are noticing. Rumor has it - she learned all these different methods from the training that was required at the failing school.
I hate to quote those tired ol' sayings, but I'm gonna!!!
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. Maybe she ought to do a little subbing so she can walk a mile in their shoes before throwing around judgment.
It has been suggested before, and no one wants to acknowledge the suggestion, that anyone at APS who administratively contols more than a certain amount in funds should be subject to periodic, not random, forensic audits. If a person takes a job that allows them access to funds from a school or APS department, they need to get the equivilant of the evidence tech taking a drug test: the forensic audit.
The administrative accountability audit and set of ethical controls that you propose are more far reaching, I think APS could employ a forensic auditor based in another city and catch a lot of crooks just with periodic audits, though.
There are tons of ethical APS employees who will pass the financial scrutiny with ease. And their boss will see nothing of their finances, just the truly unbiased forensic auditor out of state.
Any principal who has overstated numbers to keep from losing teachers is afraid. Anyone who took money for short terms, put them in high interest bearing accounts for a few months, then replaced the money, is scared. Anyone who straight out stole cash from APS should be scared too. Not to mention exact percentages of contract fees magically showing up in APS employees bank accounts who oversee that same contracting process.
And the people who make the decisions about whether or not we should set a RICO trained accountant loose on potential fraud and graft - we will understand when they politely decline and instead buy an industrial shredder for the office, and accidentally start a fire in the records storage area.
J. Lopez
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