He Told You So!

For months Ched Macquigg has been asking APS board members a simple question, what standard of accountability will you hold yourselves to? A question APS board members consistently dodged when asked.

In fact, read the Journal's editorial on the issue written today and Ched's thoughts written months ago (August 1st, 2006, August 21st, 2006 and here)  and you'll see just how ahead of the curve (media) this guy really was and is.

ABQjournal: APS Must Make Up Missed Assignments:

Albuquerque Public Schools officials haven't been turning in homework that's required as a condition of $2.3 million in grants from the city.

Students should be warned against plagiarizing the official excuses offered for the lapse— they're that weak. According to APS spokesman Rigo Chavez, the contribution of the programs toward overall goals is hard to evaluate. And the city grants didn't fund a position for program monitoring. And, anyway, it's the city's responsibility to collect the data.
Not according to how city auditors read the contracts.

For example, the city put $1.5 million into a program that provided tutoring and homework assistance for students up through elementary school.

The city can't tell what the program accomplished, auditors said, because 10 of 21 middle schools didn't prepare the required plan for evaluating results. There was even less compliance from schools in a $640,000 anti dropout program and a $155,000 mentoring program.

I know how people hate it when someone says "I told You So!" And Ched is way to modest to say it anyway, so I'll say it for him, "HE TOLD YOU SO!"

Tip of the Hat to Ched MacQuigg.