Forget the usual election-year promises to shrink class sizes and increase teacher salaries. They wouldn't reflect reality this fall.
Modesto City Schools trustees ignored any sore feelings over a reprimand sent to Trustee Cindy Marks last week and focused on other business at their board meeting Monday night.
In an editorial, The Modesto Bee questions the propriety and legality of the way the school board handled the reprimand.
Modesto City Schools Trustee Cindy Marks earned a rebuke from her colleagues this week because of the content of her messages to former Deputy Superintendent Debbe Bailey, not necessarily for breaking school board practices that govern how elected officials interact with public employees.
