Naming of Berman to ed board disappoints
I was displeased to see that Elaine Berman was appointed to serve on the State Board of Education after an eight-year stint on the Denver Public Schools Board of Education.
The district’s performance declined while Berman was a member of the DPS board, so how are her years of DPS service a credential for an analogous state position?
While she was president of the board, the DPS retirement plan was “double-dipped” by retirees who returned to the workplace, and “triple-dipped” by administrators who purchased years of service instead of having to work for the district for the same period of time as other workers. Doesn’t this describe her values as a public representative?
Heck, for an entire year her board didn’t even approve any meeting minutes! I don’t have a crystal ball, but I can predict how much Colorado’s schools will change for the better with Elaine G. Berman as a member of the State Board of Education: Not a whit more than DPS improved under her command.
Kathy G. Hansen, Bailey