Look what we found.
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Superintendent Misleads the New GPS Board at Their First Meeting
Congratulations! The new members of the Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board have been seated: Lori Wood, Sheila Rogers and Reed Carr. Members of the public are rightfully alarmed that Superintendent Christina Kishimoto intentionally misled the new board members about a very important matter. That was incredibly stupid, since evidence to the contrary is readily available … which Westie is […]
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The New GPS Board Should Call for a Do-Over of Kishimoto’s Contract Renewal
As 2016 winds down, and the current president of the Gilbert Public Schools governing board prepares to decamp after her bid for reelection was decisively defeated by voters, GPS Top Dogs have descended to new depths of depravity. The *Superintendent Evaluation Instrument and Performance Pay Measures and Weights* were approved at the November 22, 2016 board meeting, but the […]
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What They Were Trying to Keep Secret at the GPS Governing Board Retreat
We posted about the Gilbert Public Schools’ Board on the Run a while back. Now we’ll examine some of the information the board reviewed during that schmooozy little getaway hosted by Grand Canyon University, a private religious institution of higher education. We heard that GCU gave GPS the meeting room and catered meals for free. Of course we […]
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Gilbert School Board On the Run from Public Eyes
When the going gets tough, the Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board runs away, led by Superintendent Christina 3-2 Kishimoto. The board is taking their next public meeting 30 miles away from the school district to a private religious university so the public won’t be able to observe this public body in action. For the past […]
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Gilbert Public Schools: The New Board Has Done So Much in a Short Time
Our friend Glen Frakes, retired GPS teacher and librarian, addressed the Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board the same night that Dr. Jack Keegan was introduced as GPS Superintendent. You can watch Glen speaking here. There’s not much we could add to Glen’s message, which is right on the money (updated below): I’d like to address my remarks this […]
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GPS Lawyers’ Perpetual Employment Program and Fake Public Records
The Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board received legal advice in an executive session on August 8, 2017 about appealing the million dollar repayment the State of Arizona demanded after the district miscounted student enrollment. In addition, GPS recently settled two legal actions in which the district did not prevail: one to settle a lawsuit alleging discrimination and […]
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GPS Fraud, Waste & Abuse Report #5: Accountability for Fraudulent Schemes
For the past three years, Christina Kishimoto’s GPS superintendency has been marked by willful ignorance and intentional blindness in terms of oversight. One reason Westie is presenting this series of Fraud, Waste & Abuse reports is so the public will know what historically has been hidden from view in Gilbert Public Schools. Another reason is that […]
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GPS Fraud, Waste & Abuse Report #4: Sweetheart Promotions and Stealth Raises
This FW&A Report shows what happens when the GPS governing board does not personally review individual employment contracts, as GPS did prior to Christina Kishimoto’s arrival. Board members formerly reviewed and signed each employment contract. With today’s electronic employment contracts, there is no meaningful oversight of who Christina Kishimoto hires or what she pays each employee. Lists […]
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Stunning Incompetence at the Inception of the Push for a New GCA Campus
Dilbert Gilbert Public Schools is at a crossroads right now: decisions made by the newly elected school board will affect GPS in significant and irrevocable ways. An imminent vote giving the final go-ahead for constructing a *new home* for Gilbert Classical Academy is a line in the sand: there will be no second chance once this project goes […]
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GPS Must Slash Budget … Who Could Have Anticipated Student Losses?
Gilbert Public Schools has been losing students right and left as their reviled superintendent Christina Kishimoto destroys neighborhood schools in the name of reforms that no one wants. She appears to be driven by her quest for a national reputation, which is costing the district dearly in terms of squandered taxpayer dollars and the district’s […]