Maes out, Duran squeaks by Robbins

Very occasionally, we are reminded that every vote counts.
David Robbins, 1,209 votes, Donal Duran, 1,211, link.

 

The future lies in the balance depending on the inevitable recount.  Two votes one way or the other, and APS could take different paths for at least the next two years.

If Duran hangs on, teacher and other site based interest holders will find a voice in the decision making that affects their interests.

If Robbins pulls out a win, who knows, he might just deliver on his commitment to more open and honest communication between the leadership of the APS and the community members they serve.

Either outcome would serve the interests of students.

Lorenzo Garcia will take his seat again.
He has intimated there might be conflicts
with his future employment.  He has a
record of pointing to the problem of
no venue for hard to have conversations.

His record does not include actually
doing anything to create such a venue.

He could support the efforts of the
Citizens Advisory Council on Communication, has does not.

David Peercy will take his seat again,
and will continue his efforts to prevent
open and honest discussion of
executive, administrative, staff and
student standards of conduct, and
in particular the obligations of the
senior-most role models of the standards
of conduct they establish and enforce upon students.

He will continue his obfuscation of any efforts to restore a role modeling clause to his own code of conduct.

In no case shall the standards of conduct for an adult
be lower than the standards of conduct for students.

Board Member Elect Steven Michael Quezada has not picked a side in the cover up of the ethics and accountability scandal in the leadership of the APS.  He remains untested.

With NM Broadcasters Assoc President and CEO Paula Maes out of the picture, the Journal and the NMBA affiliates, KRQE, KOAT, and KOB, may start investigating and reporting
upon the scandal.

Or they may not, we'll see.




photos Mark Bralley