Infighting on the APS School Board

Board member Dolores Griego is unhappy with APS hiring
practices. According to an August 5, 2008 Journal article

"The color of APS does not reflect the color of people
that it serves," Griego said in an interview.

Griego was publicly spanked by several board members
including Paula Maes, Marty Esquivel and Robert Lucero.

Esquivel read into the record, a letter that he had written
to Winston Brooks, taking issue with Griego's charges;
and offering what are apparently controverting statistics.

Paula Maes was quite exercised in her attack on Griego's
position, quoting extensively from the resumes of several
high ranking administrators.

Robert Lucero went so far as to demand an apology from
Griego.

Griego claimed that the August 5, article by Journal reporter
Andrea Schoellkopf had twisted her words. Although
as Schoellkopf points out in her article in today's Journal
link sub, after Griego claimed to have been misquoted,
she went on to defend the substance of her allegedly
misquoted remarks.

Mary Lee Martin, despite the manifest rancor and hurt
feelings, declared that everything was just hunky dory
and we have nothing to worry about, as the board and
superintendent are a tight knit team working for the
benefit of stakeholders.

I think if you take a look at the broadcast version of the
board meeting, you will see that Mary Lee Martin
is mis characterizing the solidarity of the board.

TalNet is scheduled to broadcast the entire meeting at 5 pm
today. channel 96 link