GPS Fraud, Waste & Abuse Report #14: School Bus SNAFUs
Parents of Gilbert Public Schools students got a wake-up call a couple of weeks ago. Allegedly, just before national School Bus Safety Week (during which GPS was closed for fall break), Oscar, a GPS...
View ArticleChristina Kishimoto’s *Artful* Letters of Recommendation for Her New Job
As promised, this post will examine the letters of recommendation Christina Kishimoto submitted to Ray and Associates, and then to the St. Paul school district, with her application to be a school...
View ArticleLies Christina Kishimoto Told While Looking for a New Job
While Westie was on vacation, the Intertubes on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific buzzed about Superintendent Christina Kishimoto going out and getting herself a new job … apparently without...
View ArticleChristina Kishimoto Plays Both Ends Against the Middle with Betsy DeVos
Christina Kishimoto has made it a point to go her own way during her two plus years in Gilbert. GPS Governing Board members can barely figure out what she’s doing, let alone what vision the...
View ArticleGPS Puts Thumbs on the Scales for Election 2016
Election season is here! Signs are popping up on every street corner. Candidate emails are hitting inboxes with a fury. It’s a *fun* season of the year, and Gilbert, Arizona has its own traditions of...
View ArticleGPS Superintendent Christina Kishimoto’s Education Reforms: Pokemon GO
Students pay the price when the school district is adjudged criminally incompetent by citizens; those kids will never get back the years of their lives and educational potential that were squandered by...
View ArticleThere’s Still Time to Enroll Your Student! #AnywhereButGPS
It’s almost that time in Arizona: First Day of School coming soon! If you haven’t already enrolled for the 2016-2017 school year, you can be assured of a warm welcome when you do. That’s because...
View ArticleChristina Kishimoto’s Record of Failure in Gilbert Public Schools
The governing board of Gilbert Public Schools evaluated the performance of Superintendent Christina Kishimoto in a super-secret executive session that apparently was held in spite of the fact that...
View ArticleThe Greedy Million Dollar Superintendent of Gilbert Public Schools
Superintendent Christina M. Kishimoto is a Million Dollar Superintendent! “How did she achieve this awesome title?” you wonder. Simple: ANOTHER 3-2 vote, wherein Her Three Votes gave her 100%...
View ArticleGPS Teacher Salaries Will Never Keep Pace with Other Districts
The Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board is self-destructing before our eyes with some of the stupidest stunts ever performed by public officials. We know that sounds like hyperbole, but it’s true....
View ArticleBoard President Tram Falsely Claims GPS Budget has $4.5 Million Deficit
Gilbert Public Schools is playing with fire — fanning the flames of discontent and acrimony among good-hearted voters who gave the school district Million$ and Million$ of dollars to educate children,...
View ArticleGilbert Public Schools Will Vote on a New Budget with NO Public Comment Allowed
Has Gilbert Public Schools become an alien life form that devours tax dollars as it spits out the ragged entrails of former employees? Many people say the answer is “Yes,” now that the GPS board has...
View ArticleGilbert Public Schools: Prospective Employees, You’ve Been Warned!
Cue the crocodile tears from Gilbert Public Schools again: with the passage of Proposition 123, the school district will receive new $$Millions from the state, all of which has already been budgeted...
View ArticleGCA Lusts for Athletic Fields at Mesquite Junior High School
The athletic facilities at Mesquite Junior High School are so nice, Gilbert Classical Academy is determined to take them away … for the 1% of Gilbert Public Schools students whose parents have taught...
View ArticleGPS Governing Board Doesn’t Need Data! They Just Do As They’re Told
Gilbert Public Schools is going to *repurpose* a junior high school to give Gilbert Classical Academy a new home. You would think that this upcoming decision would be *data-driven,* since...
View ArticleGilbert Public Schools’ Payday Melee Continues – Employees Remain Unpaid
Chaos continues in Gilbert Public Schools: employees have not been paid, have been paid the wrong amount, or were given the wrong paycheck. Computer systems continue to malfunction, crash or otherwise...
View ArticleGilbert Public Schools Screwed Up New Payroll System – Employees Shafted
Under the category of we couldn’t possibly make up anything more ridiculous than what actually happens in Gilbert Public Schools: Add new financial problems to the 2016 List of Disasters. If we...
View ArticleAnonymous Letter: Gilbert Public Schools Superintendent in Inappropriate...
Something happened after Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board Member Julie Smith stated on December 15, 2015 that GPS employees have a right under GPS Policy GBP to file a complaint with the...
View ArticleHoliday Greetings from Gilbert Public Schools
Gilbert Public Schools sent out holiday wishes via social media. This bit of silliness, which apparently was supposed to make recipients feel festive, had quite the opposite effect. The nicest thing...
View ArticleThe One Where Westie Lets Others Write the Post
Keyboard, being a three year old, gave the Westies a Christmas list that’s a mile long. Whew! So we can go shopping, we’ll let Silly Jilly Humpherys write this post about all the choices that the...
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