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GPS Employees: Furlough Provisions Are in Your Contracts for a Reason
We’re hearing chirps from all directions that Gilbert Public Schools has already planned furlough days for the 2015-2016 school year, starting with the contract days when teachers usually set up...
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More Resignations and Retirements in Gilbert Public Schools
The Great Exodus of 2015 represents quite a learning curve for loyal Gilbert Public Schools employees. Last year, the huge number of resignations and retirements was made out to be the fault of...
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Gilbert Public Schools: Line of Sight and Other Ridiculous Management Strategies
The Superintendent of Gilbert Public Schools, Christina Kishimoto, described herself as “ridiculous” as she rode into the district. Now we’re finding out that Kishimoto’s management style is equally...
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Gilbert Public Schools: Weasel Words about your Tax Dollars
“Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel.” Homer Simpson *************************** Remember the *secret* marketing plan that...
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Homer Simpson’s Principles of Management in Gilbert Public Schools
It’s really sad when the Superintendent of Gilbert Public Schools channels the Homer Simpson philosophy of management: Homer Simpson: “The three little sentences that will get you through life: Number...
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Christina 3-2 Kishimoto’s Second Coronation: Corsages, Cookies and Cake
All hail Christina 3-2 Kishimoto! This gal set up her second coronation ceremony with lots of pomp, circumstance and taxpayer money for goodies such as refreshments, programs and … corsages. We well...
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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...
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Arizona Attorney General Monitors Gilbert Public Schools for Open Meeting Law...
We promised more information about how Gilbert Public Schools is being monitored by the Arizona Attorney General. This new development came about because Superintendent Christina Kishimoto and her...
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Happy Birthday – Westie Connect is Three Years Old!
As always, we are truly grateful to our audience for hanging in and hanging out with us. We saw in the past that opportunistic adults were using Gilbert Public Schools as a cookie jar for themselves...
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GPS Recycles an Inequitable Stepless Salary Schedule, Thinking Teachers Won’t...
Some teachers continue to believe that Gilbert Public Schools will come through on the raises that were promised if the 2015 tax override passed. These folks may have “The Heart of a Teacher,” but they...
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The 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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Holiday 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...
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Anonymous 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...
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Gilbert 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...
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Gilbert 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...
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GPS 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...
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GCA 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...
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Gilbert 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...
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Gilbert 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...
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Board 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,...
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