"APS Board Candidates Need Transparency, Too"

is the title of an editorial opinion is this morning's Journal link

From that editorial;

Board member Marty Esquivel wants to make that election more transparent and its candidates more accountable by adopting a resolution that encourages them to disclose their campaign contributions and spending, and provides a way for them to do so.

The editors conclude that;

The move promises to foster trust in the APS board,
its members and its decisions.

In a move to guarantee that trust in the leadership of the APS is never restored, the leadership of the APS steadfastly refuses to provide stakeholders any opportunity to ask legitimate questions of the leadership of the APS,

and then to expect candid, honest and forthright responses.

In a disconnect of monumental proportion, APS Superintendent Winston Brooks and the board of education steadfastly refuse to be honest with stakeholders and yet expect to restore public trust.

The Journal's education reporters have watched the board and superintendent refuse to tell the truth over and over and over again, and will not share that truth with stakeholders.

Stakeholders who trust either the leadership of the APS or
the Albuquerque Journal to tell the truth about the public
interests in the public schools will find out eventually that their
trust has been betrayed by both the leadership of the APS and
by the Journal.