Former Principal Ed Arriaga Is Demanding Tax Dollars Because Someone Leaked TUSD s Sex-Harassment Settlements On His Behalf.
By Chris Limberis
BROKE AND NO longer a Tucson Unified School District bigshot,
Edward R. Arriaga is demanding $150,000 from taxpayers because
confidential information about sexual harassment complaints against
him was leaked to
The Weekly and
The Arizona Daily Star
last year. Arriaga, whose 31-year TUSD career ended with a stint as interim
principal at Sahuaro High School, was the target of two sexual
harassment complaints that TUSD settled for $50,000 and $17,900
in 1996 and 1997. Arriaga did not return a call from
The Weekly. He has
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TUSD School Board Transfers Two Dozen Administrators And Wrestles With A $300 Million Budget.
By Chris Limberis
IT CERTAINLY WAS an agenda for success: Send notices to all 200 administrators in the Tucson Unified
School District informing them Friday before a Tuesday meeting during
summer break that they could be transferred. Hold a secret executive session that delays the start of your
regular meeting by more than an hour. Time is needed to carve
up the pie out of public view. Get a report on how your magnet schools are failing to achieve
the goal of attracting minorities. Get figures to monkey with a reading program that is made controversial
Tucson icon celebrates 100th birthday
Unmute
Dr. Laura Banks-Reed turned 100 Tuesday. She is celebrating in a very special way.
Banks-Reed grew up in Barrio Anita. She wrote a book, from the Barrio to the Boardroom. The book was part of birthday book drive.
The following schools will each be receiving 100 of the books - Laura Banks Elementary, Davis Elementary, Manzo Elementary, Cavett Elementary, Booth-Fickett Magnet K-8, Tucson Magnet High, Mission View Elementary, and Dunbar Pavilion.
All schools Dr. Banks-Reed had a connection with.
Banks-Reed now lives outside of San Antonio. It s a dream I ve never dared to dream, she said.