Luna Cancels Visit To Vendor

State Superintendent of School Tom Luna told state purchasing officer Sarah Hilderbrand, “We were invited by a vendor to go to that vendor’s location” and hear from “a parade of these international experts” on online education, “to basically be their guests. We would travel at our expense, not at their expense, but it raised a lot of red flags to the point where we at the last minute canceled it. I think they understood. I think they were frustrated, we were frustrated. … How do we do the homework to make sure that the recommendations that we move forward are going to, that the water’s going to get to the end of the row?”/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here.

Question: Did Superintendent Luna make the right decision in canceling a visit to the location of the online vendor?