ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT WINSTON BROOKS IS APOLOGIZING AFTER MOCKING NEW MEXICO'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SECRETARY-DESIGNATE. HE TWEETED UNFLATTERING COMMENTS ABOUT HANNA SKANDERA TO A TV-REPORTER AT A FORUM IN MORIARTY TUESDAY WHERE SKANDERA WAS DISCUSSING GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.
BROOKS HAS BEEN PUBLICLY CRITICAL OF SKANDERA'S TEACHER EVALUATION PROGRAM. BROOKS' TWEET READ: "MAYBE SKANDY SHOULD HEAD TO THE LIVESTOCK TRUCK" AND WAS FOLLOWED UP WITH "MOO, MOO, OINK, OINK …" HE TELLS 770-KKOB REACHED OUT TO APOLOGIZE TO SKANDERA YESTERDAY. HE SAYS IT WAS POOR JUDGEMENT ON HIS PART. BROOKS SAYS THE COMMENTS WERE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND WERE A MISUNDERSTANDING.
APS BOARD MEMBER MARTY ESQUIBEL SAYS THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS WHETHER BROOKS SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED FOR WHAT AMOUNTS TO HIS SECOND TWEETING INCIDENT.
