Stegeman Alleges TUSD “Misleading” Court On Hicks Letter
On December 3, Tucson Unified School District Governing Board (TUSD) member Dr. Mark Stegeman advised federal Judge David Bury that the District appears to have misled the Court in the matter of Board member Michael Hicks’ letter to the Court advising it of the District’s effort to undermine the Special Master in the 30 plus year desegregation case.
Stegeman also alleges that the District violated A.R.S. 38-341 in its November 20 filing.
At issue is the statement in the filing that the “TUSD Governing Board has engaged the services of an independent investigator to investigate the allegations the [Hicks] letter contains.” In his letter to the Court, Hicks reported actions by the District’s Superintendent H.T. Sanchez, and the Board majority led by president, Adelita Grijalva, against the Court and its court-appointed Special Master Willis Hawley.
A.R.S. 38-341 relates to the duties of school boards, and as Stegeman notes, “is generally understood to require a public vote before any public statement of the board’s will.” The subject of Hicks’ letter has never come before the Board in public. There has been speculation that his letter was the subject of Executive Session of the Board, but because it is illegal for anyone to reveal discussions in Executive Sessions, it remains only speculation. However, had the subject been addressed in Executive Session, any action the Board might discuss would have to be voted on in Regular Session in public view.
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