GPS Fraud, Waste & Abuse Report #11: Gilbert Education Foundation Schemes
The relationships and concerted operations of public officers of Gilbert Public Schools (GPS) and the Gilbert Education Foundation (GEF), a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, are rife with intentional...
View ArticleGPS Fraud, Waste & Abuse Report #12: Prohibited GEF Electioneering
As a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, Gilbert Education Foundation has some specific laws to obey. Consequences of failure to fulfill statutory requirements to be organized and operated exclusively...
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’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 ArticleChristina Kishimoto’s *National Reputation* Beats Her to Hawaii
Christina Kishimoto, outgoing superintendent of the Gilbert, Arizona public school district, has been feted with attention by news media all over the country, acknowledging that she has indeed acquired...
View ArticleGPS Fraud, Waste & Abuse Report #13: Student Enrollment Fraud
This FW&A Report connects the dots between the million dollar ADE repayment demands and rampant consultant fraud that proliferated in GPS during Christina Kishimoto’s tenure. There’s been a major...
View ArticleSweetheart Paydays for Christina Kishimoto’s Favored Employees
GPS taxpayers have been asking for almost two years about the big bonus that former superintendent Christina Kishimoto allegedly gave to her subordinate who *allegedly* engaged in an inappropriate...
View ArticleFive-Figure Bonuses for Incompetent GPS District Staffers
Hey, teachers, are you feeling all that awesomeness from the convocation that was supposed to inspire you to achieve greatness for Gilbert Public Schools? Welcome to the real world of GPS where the...
View ArticleGPS Lawyers’ Perpetual Employment Program and Fake Public Records
The Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board received legal advice in an executive session on August 8, 2017 about appealing the million dollar repayment the State of Arizona demanded after the district...
View ArticleGilbert Public Schools Superintendent Search: Predetermined Outcome?
There’s been a lot of talk about how *transparent* the search for a new Gilbert Public Schools superintendent will be, and even Westie bought into that daydream. Unfortunately, the assertion of...
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