Whatever happened to all those people rallying around embattled Des Moines public school superintendent Ian Roberts? From the U.K. Guardian,
Des Moines revokes education license of school superintendent arrested by ICE.
The outlet reports,
Following his arrest, Iowa’s board of educational examiners appears to have revoked Roberts’s education license. According to the board’s website, the revocation was issued on Sunday.
In a letter dated 28 September and addressed to Roberts, the board’s executive director, Michael Cavin, wrote that their office had “received information that you no longer possess legal presence in the United States, therefore you [are] not able to hold a license issued by the Iowa Board of Educational examiners”.
Over the weekend the Des Moines school board met and placed Roberts on paid leave, given his unavailability for work. The board is expected to meet again tonight and place Dr. Roberts on unpaid leave, From WHO Radio,
At the special meeting, the School Board is expected to place Roberts on unpaid administrative leave as required by law. The meeting is scheduled for 4:45 Monday afternoon at Central Campus.
Roberts is currently being held at the Woodbury County Jail in Sioux City.
The Washington Times reports that Des Moines is not among the nation’s school districts enrolled in the E-Verify program. It appears that Roberts submitted paperwork indicating that he was eligible to work in the U.S. and the school district didn’t question him.
The Des Moines Register reports that the district tried to shift blame onto their third-party contractor, but the vendor was not hired to verify his status, nor is that a service that they offer.
Oh, and that thing that never, ever happens, happened again. From Fox-45 Baltimore,
While Ian Roberts’ ties to Baltimore City schools are under review, concerns are also shifting beyond the classroom, as state records suggest the undocumented immigrant may have been registered to vote despite his immigration status.
The station reports that they have received no response to questions sent to the state board of elections.
