ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT LUIS VALENTINO IS BREAKING HIS SILENCE THIS WEEK. HE TELLS THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL HE’S FEELS SADNESS FOR HAVING BROUGHT JASON MARTINEZ TO APS AS HIS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT. HE ADMITS MARTINEZ WAS HIS CHOICE FOR THE JOB. MARTINEZ … WHO NO LONGER HAS THAT JOB …IS WANTED IN COLORADO ON FELONY COUNTS THAT INCLUDE CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT.
VALENTINO ALSO DISPUTES STATEMENTS FROM APS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DON MOYA THAT HE OFFERED MOYA THE DEPUTY SUPER’S JOB. MOYA SAYS VALENTINO PUT HIM ON PAID LEAVE BECAUSE HE RAISED ISSUE WITH HOW MARTINEZ WAS HANDLING APS CONTRACTS. VALENTINO TELLS THE JOURNAL HE NEVER OFFERED MOYA THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT’S JOB.
