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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Filling the Slot
Machinations of the D-60 School Board.
Watching the business, over the last year, of the D-60 School Board waffling with the Pacheco-Koveleski fiasco has been interesting.
It was blatantly obvious to the casual observer that Pacheco-Koveleski should have been tossed quite some time ago, when she was in violation of the board’s policies regarding attendance at meetings. Let’s face it, if kids were tardy or truant for school, you can bet dollars to donuts this school board would have nodded sagely as the kid and the parents thereof got their come-uppance. However, when it came to the school board practicing what it preached….we got nada. And this is supposed to be a ‘good example’? No wonder kids are dropping school in droves.
I’m particularly interested in why the board took so long to act on this matter. Not to mention why they felt compelled to wait until AFTER the August deadline for candidates to come forward to run for the board. Not sure of the mechanisms involved, but to have waited this long and then, all of a sudden, Pacheco-Koveleski relents and Kennedy FINALLY acts. This is very ‘interesting’.
It’s for this reason, and a number of others, that I think we need to dramatically change the make-up of the D-60 School Board. I think the kids of Pueblo, as well as the people, deserve better than what we’ve got. I’m voting for Piatt and Garcia, come November.