AFTER A FIVE HOUR SPECIAL MEETING SUNDAY, THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD HAS YET TO DECIDE IF THE DISTRICT’S NEW SUPERINTENDENT GETS TO KEEP HIS JOB. AT ISSUE: LUIS VALENTINO IGNORED THE FACT THAT HIS HAND-PICKED DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT … JASON MARTINEZ … HAD NOT COMPLETED HIS BACKGROUND CHECK. MARTINEZ WAS HIRED BY VALENTINO IN JUNE. IT’S NOW COME TO LIGHT THAT HE FACES HALF A DOZEN CHILD SEX ASSAULT CHARGES IN COLORADO.
BY THE TIME MARTINEZ HAD RESIGNED LAST THURSDAY, HE STILL HADN’T COMPLETED THE BACKGROUND CHECK. THIS ALL CAME TO LIGHT AFTER VALENTINO ACCIDENTALLY SENT AN EMAIL MEANT FOR EDUCATION SECRETARY HANNA SKANDERA TO CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DON MOYA, WHO VALENTINO SAID HE WAS GOING AFTER. MOYA IS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
THE APS BOARD MEETS AGAIN TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION OF VALENTINO ON THURSDAY MORNING.
