The SAUSD confirms the hiring of Meléndez de Santa Ana as their Superintendent

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• "Matsui is one of her longtime mentors, and he's watched her grow professionally from a classroom teacher to a leader he believes will erase the notion that high achievement is largely the province of the white and wealthy.

  "I think she's part of the new generation of leaders who will break through that,' he said."

  MQ says:

  No she is nothing new to this country. She is another child of illegal parents who cannot understand that those white folk she despises so much, gave her and thousands of children a place in a college that most likely declined to enroll a middle class American child, most likely white! And Yes Patricia you are hoping she will be another Social justice nut and good news she is!

• If the parents in Santa Ana wanted their kids to succeed then like my kids, your kids they would be succeeding the fact is like Tmare stated and like most teachers I have spoken too, Spanish speaking parents are more concerned about the fact that the kids are not acting like criminals and disregard the fact that if they don't get their lazy butts learning English and try to encourage their children to learn....Then Santa Ana will continue to be a haven for people like the Mexican Mafia...lots of young uneducated Mexicans/central Americans to choose from with a US birth certification. And get off the race ban wagon, I could not care less about the racist stamp, because only racists are a segregated as the community of Santa Ana. And like Mrs Santa Ana misspoke that the DIVERSE district??? Where is the diversity, most of the kids in Santa Ana has never even played with a white/asian etc.....And what does she Santa for Art?? why would the republicans not like her???/ could it be that she is a left wing nut, pro-illegal immigration, pro dream act...Is she a RACIST...I bet she is!

  • Have you ever learned a foreign language Michelle? It is not easy. English is a Germanic language. Spanish is a Latin language with Arabic influences and Mexican Spanish also includes a fair amount of Native influences. English and Spanish are totally different languages.

    As for being lazy, many of these parents work two jobs and the work is the hardest work you will find. What, by comparison, do you do for a living?

    As for diversity, when I attended my oldest son's high school graduation this year I saw quite a mix of students including Latinos from many different cultures (Mexican, Central and South American); Asians of many different cultures (but primarily Vietnamese) and a few Caucasians. My son by the way was honored for having the highest GPA in the district. He graduated with a 4.6 GPA and is headed to UCLA.

    I don't think Melendez is a racist but she will have her hands full dealing with the dwindling GOP haters in Santa Ana.

• I have many friends, one from Iran ( learned english in 2 years) german, Spain. The reason why many, mostly Mexicans do not learn English is because they simply do not want too. They actually discourage the use of English i the home....I think they call it Spanglish....And your son is the product of good parents, a willing to learn and good parents! Simply that! It also proves my point that color does not dictate the intelligence of a human being, culture and an unhealthy social environment does! Santa Ana is full of gangs, welfare, and a culture unwilling to assimilate into a society that values education! And I doubt the GOP is going to do anything but kiss her butt...I am hoping that people who ACTUALLY care about either having criminals as neighbors or educated healthy individuals beside them will start getting involved to beat these suites into submission. She is a suite and a well paid suite and I see no difference in her and RUSSO! YOu do because you see Mrs Santa Ana's color and that is one of the reasons your community has NO parks, no hope and no future!

• I will give Michelle one thing, the key to the next Superintendent's success is entirely related to parents. Someone needs to say the hard things to parents and someone needs to find a way to require their involvement. A consistent and wide ranging parent education program would go a long way in this district. At least it appears that the new superintendent can relate to the situation of the parents but hopefully that won't mean more excuses and more unreasonable demands on the teachers as they attempt to get some sort of accountability from parents and students. The current administration undermines just about every attempt at effective discipline and allows children to remain in schools when they are clearly a danger to other students or have no intention whatsoever of completing homework or behaving like students. Accountability on the part of the district administration, the parents and the students is the missing factor. The blame and responsibility has been placed on the teachers and the school principals while just about every decision is made by the district administration, the parents and the students, this doesn't work. All parties need to be held accountable and maybe then we can all share in the blame and try to fix those things that are so very broken in SAUSD.

• tmare,

  No logical objective individual would disagree with you. I believe Dr. de Santa Ana is saying exactly what you post and have posted in the past.

  I and others feel energized with Dr. de Santa Ana's direction for SAUSD.

  The haters will be out in force. The arguments are based on hate for a community based on economic and economic manipulation.

  The racists will also be out in force because if successful everything they stereotype will change and so a tool to argue hate will disappear.

  Above it all, we can keep, as said by others, our eyes on the prize.

• "The haters will be out in force. The arguments are based on hate for a community based on economic and economic manipulation."

  Should read:

  The haters will be out in force. The arguments are based on hate for a community based on economic and political manipulation.

• Art Lomeli,
  I truly hope your right because I do love this city and my students. I am hoping for change and I would like to see more accountability and transparency. I am not one of the haters, I am wish the best for our new Superintendent.

• Frankly,

  Thats interesting. THINK TOGETHER was a once great program like Rosies Garage in La Habra, that once the Samuili $$$ started flowing, it was all about gala's and less about the kids.

• "The haters will be out in force. The arguments are based on hate for a community based on economic and economic manipulation."

  MQ says:

  Oh, please don't insult your own intelligence. What the heck does that above mean. Why would anyone hate anyone based on economic circumstance? That Is a ridiculous statement to make. People like myself who are well aware of the amount of money that is consumed by this school district and the results make people like myself sick to the stomach. It is a fact that Santa Ana as a community fails their children when it comes to supporting their eduction and this must be address. But what is happening is either a white idiot like Russo or a brown idiot like Santa Ana are bureaucratic suits who will not continue the feel good approach to the disadvantage, underserved community...which of course it completely the opposites this community is over severed with food, welfare and liberal policies that makes a gang member go to class with kids that are doing their best to learn... so get off the stupid PC band Wagon and use your influence lomeli to actually change this failing approach! I have read quite a bit about Santa Ana and am telling you she is nothing more than a big fat worthless paycheck....Let her prove ME wrong!

• Sorry for the typos, I am so sick of hispanic who will not help their own people to prosper to save face!

  PUKE!