Monica Armenta "crisis manager"

It wasn't that long ago, that Monica Armenta admitted her
most important responsibility was publishing the district's
calendar, link.

It would appear she has come up in the world. Now she and
her "communications specialists" are "crisis managers".

Armenta is seen here "managing a crisis" at the gubernatorial debate at Eldorado High School. She is ordering the APS Police Department to remove a dissident, me, though I had a ticket and every right to be there. Since her actions amount to violation of my civil rights, it would appear she created a crisis, more than managed one.

Armenta comes to APS from being a talking head on KOB TV,
APS Board Member Paula Maes' old stomping grounds.

I would suppose that being a "crisis manager" would require
knowledge and a skill set far different from being a talking
head on local TV station.

When and where did Armenta and her "specialists" take crisis management training?

Can Armenta, or any of her crisis management team point to an illustrative crisis they managed? Did she, they, for example, manage the crisis at Rio Grande High School?

Frankly, I find it hard to believe that Armenta is really APS' top crisis manager. Who is in charge of crisis management when Armenta is busy working on her world class calendar?

The bottom line is that these people are being paid to spin the truth. It is their job to make Supt Winston Brooks look good, despite the truth. Their first loyalty is to those they work under (administrators and board members) and not to those they work for (taxpayers).

KOAT reports that when they asked Armenta about her salary, it took her more than a week to respond. Perhaps she was busy managing crises somewhere.

While it is commendable that KOAT shined some much needed light on the APS Communications Department, it is really low hanging fruit, News director Sue Stephens still will not investigate and report upon

• the denial of due process to hundreds of whistle blower complaints against administrators and board members, or upon
• the cover up of corruption in the APS Police Department, or upon
• the wholesale abdication of the entire leadership of the APS as role models of the APS Student Standards of Conduct.

for reasons she is keeping to herself.

The Journal also reported this morning on APS Communications Dept, link, defending Armenta and the leadership of the APS.

Kent Walz and the Journal, like KOAT, have no apparent intention to investigate and report upon the other aspects of the ethics and accountability scandal in the leadership of the APS. They will content themselves with the low hanging fruit as well.




photo ched macquigg