EDITOR: Morgan Hill School Board meetings went from amusingly
pathetic to downright sickening last week when Trustee George Panos
orchestrated a character assassination of Jasmine Woodworth by
unleashing a prepared tirade of pent-up frustration based purely on
misinformation. What an example for the school board
’s president to set.
EDITOR:
Morgan Hill School Board meetings went from amusingly pathetic to downright sickening last week when Trustee George Panos orchestrated a character assassination of Jasmine Woodworth by unleashing a prepared tirade of pent-up frustration based purely on misinformation. What an example for the school board’s president to set.
Jasmine may have lost by a couple of hundred votes in the last election, but Panos is a much bigger “loser” (terminology he himself uses). He has lost all trust and respect of the community. He has lost his ability to function effectively as a board member. He has lost his right to represent his constituents. He is no longer doing a public service – he is doing a public disservice. George Panos should resign immediately.
At the very least, Panos should step down as board president. He is not a leader. A leader would never purposely humiliate another person, especially under false pretenses. A leader would never use his position is espouse his views, especially when they are self-serving and warped. A leader would never blame others for his failure to live up to his promises as an elected official.
As a Morgan Hill taxpayer, a parent of two Live Oak students, and a teacher in the district, I am thoroughly disgusted by Panos’ unprofessional behavior. I have been going to board meetings for years, and I have never before witnessed such a display of self-serving ignorance. Panos is unfit to be a decision maker or a statesman. He continually hides from the truth and pompously lectures others about how they should act while he himself is the poorest example of all. This community deserves better.
George should redeem himself by publicly apologizing, accepting full responsibility for erroneouss accusations, and then resigning as Tom Kinoshita did. He would be doing himself and all of us a big favor. Five is the best number to work with, anyway (the Southern California districts in which I taught previously were twice as big as this one, yet they had only five board members).
This board needs to move on, make difficult, but informed decisions, and show the students how elected officials should act.
Brooke Bailey,
Morgan Hill
