Auntie Charo's Soapbox

Juan Flores wasn't the media darling (or as pretty/charming) that was the acting DOE supe, Narissa Shafer(sp) was. He was, however, always available for comment whenever someone in the media had a question about anything that related to the school system-even if I am still confused about why the DI thingy got changed and the stateside DOE folks got upset that we decided to put a hold on our DI instructions, etc...and why our grades didn't go up all that much even if we did throw bunches more money at GPSS.
Anyway...Mr. Juan Flores was a burr in the sides(oh and he must have been a big burr because there are some really big sides)of those elected GPSS board members. They've already fired him once, his departure the first time around to be in August...then this week, during a meeting, they either didn't like his shirt or after shave lotion or both and gave him the boot and at four in the morning after the rooster crowed three times, one of the GPSS clan was messengered to his home to give him the final boot. I'm assuming that he was allowed to return to clean out his desk?
Now many weeks ago, a group of teens held a conference at the Hyatt Hotel to talk about mediation. They talked about how it is better to sit down and discuss issues with calm and level heads rather than to argue or fight about issues and to walk away when emotions got into the picture. The local courts now have mediation as part of its process, something that it advertises in this part of America in Asia. Is there something that the mouth breathers at GPSS don't understand? Are they like that lady in Yigo? Do they shoot first then ask questions? Fire Flores first then face the consequences?
Firing the head of GPSS at the end of the school and at the time when the agency is asking for a budget isn't exactly the best time to be without a titular head, ya think-dummies-but then, you A.,you don't have to be smart to be a board member of the school board, or B., gather many votes to be a board member. Let's pray it's just as easy to get rid of them!!!
I'm not defending Mr. Flores. Nobody died and made him king. I just think that there are better ways to running a school system and firing the head of a school when its asking for a big budget isn't the right time....and sending a goof-off to his house at four a.m. to deliver his walking papers ain't the right way to do it, either!
I always wondered where on Guam they would flush the toilet if there were such a place...now I know....now...you know!!!
I'm glad you chose not to say anything about those mouth breathers, Mr. Flores, you've got far too much class.
Unfortunately, the losers aren't the mouth breathers, not Mr. Flores, the losers are the children. The test scores won't increase next year, there will still be a shortage of teachers next years, perhaps there will be a shortage of books and the schools will be in deplorable condition and perhaps those same people that sit on that board will have some excuse for why those conditions exist and you'll just accept it because you've been conditioned to do so...year after year after year.
How very, very sad.