Tina Deskovitz

I would come in hours early to review every single one of their files.

And if there was an arrest record or anything of that at all, I would reach out to the candidate, have the discussion.

You know, it was 30 years ago.

I was a kid.

Whatever the reasoning was, I wanted to know before I put my stamp of approval on it.

When it comes to hiring a superintendent, school boards usually reach out and use a search firm, and you ask the search firm to do the background checks and other things.

But your HR department should also be screening.

There should be several layers of checks and balances before this man should have ever been around children.

Parents better get their act together and get down to that school board meeting.

I don't know when it is.

I can go ahead and look it up.

I'm sure you could go to the Des Moines Public Schools website and figure that out.

You need to hold these people accountable.

Those school board members need to know your thoughts on this.

They need to do a better job next time around.

They need to remove him immediately, of course.

I think I read they've already replaced or placed somebody in the interim to cover the school district.

But they're in a lot of hot water.

I've also seen, Steve, a lot of people come to the defense of this man, look at him like he is the victim.

And I tell you, he is not.