The El Paso Times published this interview with the incoming superintendent at the Ysleta Independent School District.
We are all probably getting used to typographical errors, especially in text messages. Many of us would like to see our newspaper avoid those errors. Maybe the new superintendent has difficulty with the English language and the reporter quoted him accurately. Either way, this article had several problems. I present some of them below:
“And if we determine that it was intentional and malicious and done with the express to circumvent accountability measures then you cure it.”
“He or she are the valve. “
“So I think they already taken steps forward to address it.”
“I’ve learned with my recent experience that if you move too aggressively to reorganize or downsize — even if it is exactly what an organization needs, even if you are going to address a significant deficient, even if it’s for all the right reasons — it would be premature to begin to calculate how you are going to save money.”
“It was a delegate issue that involved consolidating or eliminating positions and those positions are held by people and no matter how well you try to deliver the message. It does create stress and anxiety in an organization.”
“The board of education ask that it be done and it was done.”
Solidarity
I’m not normally the first person on the union band wagon but statements from the new superintendent make me wonder what the employees of the district have to look forward to. When asked about his job difficulties in California he said:
There is no collective bargaining in Texas. We don’t spend a lot of time negotiating and laying the ground work. We move quickly on behalf of kids.
That’s simply not the environment in California. With the strong union presence it takes time and you have to sort of navigate those politics.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
I have long said our children are being denied the ability to speak English or Spanish and our local authors are products of bilingual / duel language. To make this statement will label me a racist, bigotry or xenophobic. The districts get $$$ for all the duel and bilingual classes. It is about $$$ not education.
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Judy, to blame dual (or duel, as you mentioned) language education for the way de la Torre expresses himself is disingenuous – he was not exposed to local dual language programs here. To smear an entire group of people for the way one guy speaks is, well…I don’t know. I don’t want to be accused of being personal.
You probably aren’t any of the reprehensible things you mentioned – at least, I hope not.
Carlos
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