THE chairman of the House Committee on Education says he will continue working with the Public School System, notwithstanding the controversies involving the retention of Education Commissioner Rita H. Inos.
“The experience we have gone through should be a learning experience for all of us,” Rep. Danny O. Quitugua, R-Rota, said. “It should teach us what not to do and what ought to be done,” he added.
Despite the opposition of ranking lawmakers and key administration officials, the Board of Education voted on Thursday to renew Inos’s contract.
Quitugua said PSS was dragged into politics when Inos sought public office in the Nov. 3, 2000 elections. Instead of resigning from her post, she took a leave of absence and returned to PSS after her ticket lost by a landslide.
“Future interested parties should learn from what has happened,” Quitugua said. “ I am sincerely hoping that what happened last year would not be repeated.”
“The public has been made aware of the situation. If the public accepts BOE’s decision, then it should be respected. After all it is the children that we are trying to protect,” he said.
“If they are satisfied with the decision, then let us move on,” Quitugua said.
