Erie County, Pennsylvania, is the site of Pennsylvania's shoreline on Lake Erie. The County is of mixed demographics. It has offen favored Democratic Candidates in statewide and presidential races. The county is part of the congressional district of Republican James Kelly. The district's layout runs south one hundred miles to Lawrence and Beaver Counties.

The demographics of Millcreek Township favor Republicans. It is currently a big news story in Erie as to how the Millcreek Township School District's vetting process allowed Ian Roberts to be hired as superintendent, a position he held 2022-2023.

I was a PA state employee until two months ago. When I was hired I had to show them my Masters degree diploma, my undergrad diploma, and my high school diploma (of all the nonsense).

I did that, too. First time I saw my HS transcripts in 50 years. They had to be mailed directly from the school to the state. And to get ahead of your next off topic attempt to make me look like a fool, I saw my transcripts because whenever I have transcripts sent to an employer I have a copy sent to myself.

HS, BS, MPH were destroyed in a house fire in 2007. Ordering transcripts would have been the only way for me to document the degrees

Degree verification for companies. I know our company audited our degrees through such a vendor after one of these scandals.

There are meeting minutes floating around from Millcreek where execution of his contract was held up awaiting proof of his doctorate (which he didn't have at that time he apparently got one later from an online university), as well as an FBI check. The minutes discuss an alternate path to executing the contract, which would give him 90 days to provide the doctorate certification and the FBI check.

So, they either didn't follow up on the doctorate, or he managed to provide something that looked good enough for them to accept.

He also claimed that he attended MIT and that George Washington University named him DC Principal of the Year in 2013...both MIT and GWU say that's untrue.

...by the DoJ pursuant to a federal arrest warrant.

https://www.wqad.com/article/news/state/ian-roberts-custody-des-moines-public-schools-woodbury-county-jail/524-e02288d4-3926-4dbe-b5cd-72e70fceadff

he will be back in Guyana soon.

He wasn't hiding.

That's the cruelty part of US immigration. 10 20 30 years of living in America under order of deportion..when finally picked up.. "he built a life, had kids, owns a home.."

The process can be cruel.

Coming here for work without having a green card, does not qualify, but people learned if they say the word asylum, they get to stay while their claims are adjudicated. Takes 3-5 years before their claims are heard, and when they get denied (as most do) they face deportation. All of that after starting to build a life here for a few years.

Then it's a shock and traumatic when they finally are forced out.

They interview deported in Mexico.. it's all "I have to get back"

They were supposed to leave and they knew that.

MIT and George Washington dispute Ian Roberts' claims about academic credentials, honors

After finding out he misrepresented his resume, they should have dug deeper to investigate the rest of his claims. Instead they let him revise one claim to having a doctorate degree, resubmit it, and hired him anyway. Norris, a former Chief of Staff for Michelle Obama, did her campaign for Iowa US Senate no favors, and should resign from the school board.

I bet they more thoroughly vetted people applying to be janitors

I am amazed he wasn't forced to send transcripts to the state dept of ed. I had to do so (undergrad and grad) so I could get my license and be put on the correct pay scale. Even now that my state no longer pays based on masters I would still have to have supplied that transcript to get my license in the first place.

. . . She taught high school honors English there!

...from some online university.

And the Des Moines school board filed a lawsuit today against the company they hired to vet him.

Speaker Mike Johnson...

Hegseth - not qualified

Patel - not qualified

RFK Jr. - not qualified

Elon Musk

Linda McMahon - not qualified (McMahon had claimed to have an education degree she did not earn while serving on the Connecticut Board of Education )

Tulsi Gabbard - not qualified

And then there's the Supreme Court....