Ybarra: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune gives JEERS … “to Idaho’s newly elected Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra. Even in victory, you have to wonder: Is she serious? First, she issues this prepared statement: “I am honored and proud because they have entrusted me with the position of ‘Chief of Schools’ and I will do everything I can to defend that trust.” There is no such office as Idaho “chief of schools.” Next, she ducks out. As the Idaho Statesman’s Bill Roberts notes, Ybarra faces a long to-do list: the State Board of Education’s controversial three-tier teacher licensing plan, a Common Core student achievement test, preparing the new public school appropriation request and building credibility with an education establishment that she hasn’t met. When Roberts inquired, Ybarra’s spokeswoman Melinda Nothern declined an interview. Ybarra was taking time off to be with her family, Nothern said.” More here.

Question: What do you think will be Ybarra’s next misstep?