State superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s legislative liaison was quick to lay the blame for the flawed $61 million Schoolnet project at the feet of former state superintendent Tom Luna. Ybarra staffers responded Tuesday morning to a sharply critical Office of Performance Evaluations report on Schoolnet — a report that blasted Luna for pursuing a statewide instructional management system, despite questions about whether the approach could work. The state has spent $61 million in taxpayer and grant money on the project, with spotty results, and now has few options going forward. “The report is accurate. We admit that,” said former state Sen. Tim Corder, Ybarra’s point man on legislative issues. “We also would tell you that it’s not us … Superintendent Ybarra is going to be about fixing the problem”/Kevin Richert, IDEDNews.org. More here.

Question: For all her perceived shortcomings during the recent superintendent campaign, Sherri Ybarra did a good job leading Idaho schools and the Legislature out of the broadband fiasco. Maybe she can fix Schoolnet, too?