The El Paso Independent School District is in the process of either firing or not renewing the contracts for several employees. Careers are at stake.
While the district is being quiet about the who’s and why’s, we are being led to believe that these personnel actions are related to the district accountability scandal.
The district paid $800,000 dollars for an external audit of the issue. The report is categorized by the board as a “draft”. The open records rules in Texas allow governments to avoid releasing “drafts” of documents.
Is the information in the audit accurate? Are the findings going to change? Should the board take action based on a preliminary report?
My suspicion is that the report is only a “draft” as a matter of convenience to the district. To me this is the same kind of “bending of the rules” that the employees are accused of.
The public and the people involved deserve to know what is in the report. Citizens are upset about what some are calling a “witch hunt”, yet they do not know what has been found.
Can we get down to the facts on this issue?
It is nice to be able to agree with the Times on this subject. Read their editorial here.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
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