APS continues to deny due process to whistleblowers

APS has a whistleblower program. It has a fundamental flaw;
it is nothing more than a forwarding mailbox that takes
complaints filed against the administration and then forwards
them to that same administration for adjudication.

The "check and balance" provided to address that appearance of a blatant conflict of interest, is a review of the adjudication by the "executive branch" of the APS, the one directly accountable to voters, the School Board.

Their charge could not be more explicit nor more clear;

"School Board Policy B.07D; The Audit Committee reviews and recommends approval of ... any whistleblower complaints ...", link.

The agenda for their next meeting, tomorrow, link, does not include review and approval of the adjudication of the most recent complaints.

To date, they have not reviewed nor approved the administrative handling of even one single complaint; including my complaints that;

Supt Winston Brooks has
abdicated his responsibilities
as a role model of the APS
Student Standards of Conduct,
and that, that complaint was
closed without due process.






Audit Committee Chair
David Robbins response
to my complaint that he is
betraying the public trust
placed in him, by denying
due process to more than
200 complainants;
"We are not breaking any federal law."




"Open Government Lawyer"
and School Board President
Marty Esquivel is content to
ignore the whole issue.

As is the Albuquerque Journal.



photos Mark Bralley