Student Journalists Bust Lying Principal

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Days after student reporters at Pittsburg High School in Kansas dug into the background of their newly hired principal and found questionable credentials, she resigned from the $93,000-a-year job.

“She was going to be the head of our school, and we wanted be assured that she was qualified and had the proper credentials,” said Trina Paul, a senior and an editor of the Booster Redux, the school newspaper. “We stumbled on some things that most might not consider legitimate credentials.”

Minutes into a closed special meeting Tuesday night of the Pittsburg Community Schools Board of Education, board president Al Mendez emerged to announce to a packed boardroom that Amy Robertson, the new principal, had resigned.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article142788224.html#storylink=cpy

[Angry Dragon]

1. next Trump

[NewJeffCT]

10. Sr. Adviser to Betsy DeVos

or education consultant for Fox News

[Nitram]

2. Hope for the future of journalism.

[Blue_true]

3. Those kids did a solid job. I hope they become future leaders in their chosen field.

Facts and integrity matter.

[iluvtennis]

4. Love it. She was going to be the leader of the school...they deserve to vet her credentials

[Frequent Ranter]

5. Good to See another Carson Fan

He was the best!

[IronLionZion]

6. It's amazing that this still happens

It just happened with someone we extended an offer to for my team at work. Background check turned up some very serious lies about his qualifications. Someone with excellent experience and references but little formal education is better than a liar.

[LisaM]

12. And therein lies part of the problem......

we have become very wedded to credentials, rather than looking at the person.

[gratuitous]

7. And yet the Trump White House can't find someone who isn't connected to Russia

Maybe this student newspaper can hire out to do some vetting of potential hires by President Trump?

[dae]

8. Turn them loose on Devos!

[benld74]

9. Embarrassed school board much??

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. Wow. Kudos to those kids!

And what the hell is wrong with the Pittsburg Schools Board of Education and the Kansas Department of Education that they never bothered to check any of her credentials?

[Stuart G]

13. Great Post...an exceptional job done by students. k and r..nt