Times Article Shows There's Plenty Blame to Go Around
The El Paso Times had a pretty thorough piece today about the El Paso Independent School District and their series of problems. If you haven't read it yet, click here.
It looks like a lot of people have dropped the ball, in my opinion, over at EPISD. Maybe I was the only person who has been hearing this steady drum beat over the last couple of weeks that basically says EPISD Trustees over see one person, the Superintendent.
Well, I guess it turns out that they actually over see more than one person. It sounds like they are supposed to over see the Internal Auditor as well. Or at least they should've been.
School board officials are to blame for not doing so. Period, point blank.
But there are some other people who should be answering some questions as well.
The attorney for the school board. Shouldn't he be advising the school board about their legal responsibilities?
Region 19 Trainers. Whomever is responsible for providing training to the school board members has some "splainin' to do as well. According to Trustee Borrego, they were never advised during training that they had a responsibility to oversee the auditor. That's a big mistake if its true.
The auditor himself. He, more than anyone else, should've known he was supposed to report to the board. Not sure why the investigator isn't in trouble for that other than the fact that it was their work that led to the indictment of Garcia.
Yes, the School Board Members should be held accountable and in the next election we, as voters, will be able to voice our opposition or support of the board in the next election. In the mean time, we should be bugging them and getting them to fix the mistakes.
And we should be holding accountable some of the other people who clearly made mistakes at the School District as well.
It looks like a lot of people have dropped the ball, in my opinion, over at EPISD. Maybe I was the only person who has been hearing this steady drum beat over the last couple of weeks that basically says EPISD Trustees over see one person, the Superintendent.
Well, I guess it turns out that they actually over see more than one person. It sounds like they are supposed to over see the Internal Auditor as well. Or at least they should've been.
School board officials are to blame for not doing so. Period, point blank.
But there are some other people who should be answering some questions as well.
The attorney for the school board. Shouldn't he be advising the school board about their legal responsibilities?
Region 19 Trainers. Whomever is responsible for providing training to the school board members has some "splainin' to do as well. According to Trustee Borrego, they were never advised during training that they had a responsibility to oversee the auditor. That's a big mistake if its true.
The auditor himself. He, more than anyone else, should've known he was supposed to report to the board. Not sure why the investigator isn't in trouble for that other than the fact that it was their work that led to the indictment of Garcia.
Yes, the School Board Members should be held accountable and in the next election we, as voters, will be able to voice our opposition or support of the board in the next election. In the mean time, we should be bugging them and getting them to fix the mistakes.
And we should be holding accountable some of the other people who clearly made mistakes at the School District as well.
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