WHO’S TO JUDGE?
As the Buffalo school board’s ethics committee is expected to announce its findings on Tuesday, April 15, regarding charges that members of the school board leaked information to the media, it may be reasonable to inquire if certain members should be sitting on the panel in the first place.
The ethics committee is currently debating a slew of charges including those brought by school board members Chris Jacobs (vs. whoever leaked information from an alleged executive session of the school board to the media), Florence Johnson (vs. Catherine Nugent-Panepinto, for talking to the press), and Ralph Hernandez (vs. Superintendent Williams, for mishandling the Discovery School incident).
Both Hon. James A. W. McLeod, chairman of the ethics committee, and Hon. Craig D. Hannah, who joined the nine-member group late, last Tuesday, appear to be presiding there in conflict with New York State standards and administrative policies pertaining to judicial conduct. (more…)
