Sanchez Sows Seeds Of Fear Through TUSD
A email dated September 28, 2015, from Sylvia Campoy, one of the plaintiff representatives in the Tucson Unified School District desegregation case has revealed a campaign by Superintendent H.T. Sanchez to mislead parents and teachers. Campoy’s thoughtful and fact-filled letter was written “to bring clarity to some issues that have become unnecessarily complicated.”
Campoy, a Mendoza plaintiff representative, is referring to the recommendation by the Special Master on the magnet status of certain TUSD schools. According to Campoy, in his campaign against the Special Master assigned to the case by federal Judge Bury and the current plaintiff representatives, Sanchez met with parents. At that meeting Sanchez claimed that the representatives and the Special Master were sending the message to Chicanos that they cannot learn unless they are sitting next to a white person.
As part of his campaign, Sanchez has ordered the distribution of a petition “which requests the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) provide legal representation to parents,” according to Campoy. Sanchez is attempting to remove Campoy and others who have fought for years to ensure equal access to quality education for TUSD students.
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