Jane Russo might be a good chauffeur, but she is a terrible school superintendent!
I ran into a lady today who was quite mad at me. “Jane Russo is a nice lady,” she kept saying. Well, that might be the case, but time again Russo has proven that she is completely inept.
Case in point, what would YOU do if a school district employee got busted for abusing a special education student? You think you might let the parents know? And if the parents warned you about the guy in the first place, wouldn’t you have done something about it?
You would have done something about it, but not Russo. “Yesterday, Saddleback High special-ed assistant Alonso Manuel Gonzalez plead guilty to child abuse and endangerment in a case that has dragged on since November yet has provoked no public or parental notification from Santa Ana Unified High School District officials,” according to the O.C. Weekly’s Navel Gazing blog.
We wrote about his previously, and compared how Russo handled this to how the Capistrano Unified School District handled a similar matter – Capo officials reported the incident to the Register.
I was so mad when Russo was hired – the SAUSD school board allegedly conducted a national search, only to hire a former assistant to inept former SAUSD Superintendent Al Mijares. Russo had ZERO experience as a Superintendent. She had ZERO experience turning around troubled school districts. She has NO doctorate in education. And she is paid a quarter million a year!
And she still has no clue how to do her job. Honestly, how can anyone give this lady a free pass after she bungled this case? She STILL hasn’t told the parents about the arrest and plea bargain of Manuel Gonzalez!
How will things ever get better at the SAUSD with an inept, secretive bozo like Russo in charge?
It’s true – Jane is a very nice person. I know of her through acquaintances and a neighbor of hers. Nice does not necessarily equate with competent. She is in way over her head. She is not a leader; she is a follower. Hence, you have Lopez, Olsky and a few others destroying the district. I have yet to see her take the lead in anything.
I don’t see how Russo can be a nice person. It takes a certain kind of EVIL to send out the previously mentioned “you’re fired” letters on the day of the teacher. She’s the one who needs to be fired.
We need to organize a peaceful assembly to pressure the district to fire her. SHE NEEDS TO GO.
ASAP. WE NEED TO SHOW UP WITH SIGNS AT THE NEXT BOARD MTG.
those super-intendents need to go instead of asst.principals who excuse my french-work their
a_ ses off while principals – at least a great majority do a lot of “public figure” work.
Jan Russo needs to go – hey there are a lot of nice ppl. doesn’t mean we can run a school district. She needs to go, guys.
Art- start a new thread- headline and all NOW-
let’s plan like “just in time” asap.
Peaceful assembly –an entire city unites to fire Jan Russo who has not prepared SAUSD to face these times of economic turmoil. Had we had a qualified leader, she’d just be patching wounds at this time, and she would have better negotiating power with teachers, staff, and students. But she is so retarded that now she is dealing with the mess she created. Where is the long term planning- “uh deal with issues as they slap me in the face, duh,duh” This lady is a NICE AIRHEAD!!!!
AIR-HEAD RUSSO AIR-HEAD RUSSO, AIR-HEAD RUSSO, AIR HEAD RUSSO, AIR HEAD RUSSO
WE ALL NEED TO, FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, REFER TO JANE RUSSO AS
“AIR-HEAD RUSSO”
WILL SOMEONE WAKE UP AND MODERATE MY COMMENTS.
FIRE THE MODERATOR, OR BREW HIM/HER SOME COFFEE!!
uh not a morning person-rise and hit the yard sales in Santa Ana. 🙂
“WILL SOMEONE WAKE UP AND MODERATE MY COMMENTS.
FIRE THE MODERATOR, OR BREW HIM/HER SOME COFFEE!!”
Dude! Relax! You’re posting well before 7 am and this IS a SUNDAY 😉
Welcome. Carry on! Rv- –
Gummerman’s Law– The people who want power are usually those who can least be trusted with it.
Air Head running SAUSD.
#3 The BoE never had the courage to fire the last Superintendent who was not good for this school district.
It’s important to remember that Lady Noji personally solicted the current Super, her personal pal,to squeeze out the prior Superintendent. Lady Noji is the problem. She needs to be booted from the BoE. As long as she has the votes to keep the current Superintendent, no picketing or public outrage will matter.
Lady Noji?