Maes, Esquivel, and now Barela

It used to be that the APS school board selected its own
members. link page 12

They still do.

When Leonard DeLayo decided to resign rather than answer
tough questions on the record, during a re-election bid,
the board picked Marty Esquivel as his replacement.

I told you at the time about how Paula Maes and Marty Esquivel exchanged a long hug before the first meeting of all of the candidates in the last school board election.

I told you how as everyone spoke their last at that meeting; candidates would leave saying, "If I am elected, I look forward to serving with you.", and I told you how Marty Esquivel said simply, "I look forward to serving with you." His appointment was certain.

If you don't think Marty Esquivel was "appointed to the board,
by the board", how do you explain his subsequent support of
every rotten thing the board is doing; most notably;
refusing to respond candidly, forthrightly and honestly to legitimate questions about;

• administrative role modeling,
• administrative standards of conduct and competence,
• administrative accountability to meaningful standards, and
• their relentless refusal to defend, deny, explain, or even acknowledge their refusal to begin an impartial audit of the entire leadership of the APS (despite overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence of the need.)

If Marty Esquivel could deny any of this he would.
He would take a public stand on role modeling, standards and
accountability, and on an audit.

He can't even look constituents in the eyes at board meetings.

None of them can.


And Jon Barela will be the next board member from District 7.

And he will arrive at that position, never having had to answer
a very legitimate question;

Are you willing to hold yourself honestly accountable as a role model of the student standard of conduct; for the measly few hours a day that you hold students accountable to that same standard?

Any answer except yes, is no.
"Stonewalling" is no.

How can anyone get "installed" on a school board,
how can anyone sit on a school board,
how can one be a superintendent,
the senior most administrative role model in the entire district;

never having had to answer that question?


Because nobody is willing to stand up to them and
put an end to it.

Because when it comes right down to it,
Somebody (else) should do something!

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