Are the San Diego Unified School District’s elected leaders aware of bad conduct and dysfunction — or are they happy to be kept in the dark by a staff bent on self-preservation? Does the dist…
Former San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten, now U.S. deputy secretary of education, is shown in 2022 at Renaissance High School for the Arts in Long Beach.
But since then, evidence has finally reached the public that shows Jackson himself engaged in grossly inappropriate behavior. On Aug. 30, the school boardto fire him after reviewing a report compiled by an outside investigator showing that he had fired two district employees, Monika Hazel and Tavga Bustani, after they rejected his sexual advances. And on Sept. 23, the release of public records sought by the media showed thatspecific allegations against Jackson had been made from 2021 to 2023.
It shouldn’t be lost on anyone that elected leaders sometimes want to be out of the loop. That’s because if they don’t know about gross misconduct, the public won’t either. To counter this suspicion, trustees should be infinitely more vigilant going forward — at least until voters show them the door.
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