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Melendez gets a new job in L.A. that will pay $140K and boost her pension

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Editor Posted in Education, SAUSD, Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana 2 Comments

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti plans to appoint veteran school district administrator Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana as his new education deputy, according to KPCC.

The arrangement came to light in documents for L.A. Unified’s Tuesday school board meeting. A “reimbursement agreements” section included a request by the City of Los Angeles to hire an LA Unified employee.

Vivian Ekchian, L.A. Unified’s Chief of Human Resources, said that item refers to Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, who was hired by the school district at a $140,000-a-year salary. Continue reading→

Activist rips choice of Thelma Melendez as Garcetti’s Education Deputy

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Editor Posted in Education, Santa Ana, Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana 3 Comments

Op-Ed: Mayor’s Education Appointment Presents Pivotal Opportunity

By Karen Wolfe, special to K12NN

Rumors that Mayor Garcetti will appoint Thelma Melendez to be his education deputy are causing grave concern among public school parents.

In making this appointment, the Mayor should follow his creed to lead by listening and consider first and foremost the concerns of public school parents, the only “special interest” group whose only concern is children. In so doing, he can resist appointing a staffer who will advance the so-called “reform agenda” which tends to view schools as business franchises in need of a quick corporate turn-around. Continue reading→

L.A. Mayor Garcetti may hire former SAUSD Superintendent to advise him

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Editor Posted in Education, Santa Ana, SAUSD, Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana 1 Comment

As Mayor Eric Garcetti considers his top education appointment, one name is generating more buzz than any other — Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, according to the LA School Report.

She quit her job as Superintendent of the Santa Ana Unified School District after a huge scandal broke out – at Spurgeon Intermediate, where 12 year old kids were openly smoking pot, tagging and disrupting their classrooms, as we reported a few months ago. Continue reading→