"TUSD has cash problems. Unsustainable operating deficits are driving it relentlessly toward a fiscal reckoning. Reports from TUSD’s internal auditor show that longstanding weaknesses in internal controls remain widespread. The Governing Board should embrace its statutory responsibility to address these issues." — former school board member Mark Stegeman... Read more»
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TUSD Governing Board members Mike Hicks, Mark Stegeman, Adelita Grijalva and Rachael Sedgwick at a meeting in 2017.
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3 comments on this story
208 would help TUSD by increasing funding to hire more teachers and to pay teachers and classroom support personnel.
Unfortunately, Dr. Stegeman has endorsed Nick Pierson, who opposes Prop 208, Invest in Ed. Mr. Pierson is a “financial advisor,” but that does not qualify him to make decisions on where TUSD should spend its money. Nor does being a financial advisor mean he has any knowledge of Arizona’s system of school finance.
Mr. Pierson has had no involvement with TUSD or its issues.
I’m supporting Sadie Shaw, because she’s the very observant mother of a 3rd grader in TUSD. Sadie has observed first hand the underfunding of TUSD’s classrooms at all levels, because she’s volunteered and observed at elementary, middle and the high schools. She’s the most observant and perceptive of all the candidates.
Sadie is a credible candidate.
The TUSD board will not vote on Proposition 208. State funding issues are relevant mainly for the legislature and governor (and the general public in the case of Propositions), not local school boards.
Of course the TUSD Boars doesn’t vote as a board on 208.
However, it is remarkable that anyone running to be on a school board would oppose a proposition to improve Arizona’s abysmal funding of k12..
I would love to hear Nick Pierson’s explanation.for his opposition to Invest in Ed.
I would also like to hear why he appears to support arming teachers. Personally, I believe the last thing we need is guns in classrooms!