Dear Editor, Welcome to southern California Edwin Diaz! Although
I do not work in the Pasadena Unified School District, it is great
to know that a man of your caliber will be serving this area.
Gilroy Losing a Man to Pasadena of ‘Integrity, Honor and Selfless Service’
Dear Editor,
Welcome to southern California Edwin Diaz! Although I do not work in the Pasadena Unified School District, it is great to know that a man of your caliber will be serving this area. I, too, have known Mr. Diaz for numerous years and will verify that he is an honorable man with no hidden agendas. His primary concern has always been for the benefit of students, which is what education is all about.
No man is perfect and, like most leaders, his decisions were most likely based on the benefit of the majority of students and staff. Of course we always have those individuals that are very vocal over issues that they do not like even though it does benefit the majority.
In my visits to Gilroy, I read the Dispatch that my parents saved for me and now read it on line. I was very surprised at the number of negative comments directed at this individual, even though the districts made great strides in its overall performance. To state that Diaz is abandoning Gilroy for greener pastures is not valid. He has a tough job ahead of him, but the main difference is he will, in all likelihood, have the support of the community to get the job done.
Of course he will still have to face a few unhappy parents, but none to the extent of those individuals that were “transplanted” into Gilroy due to their jobs in the Santa Clara Valley. Gilroy residents are losing a man of integrity, honor and selfless service. But I am not unhappy because southern California is gaining a true professional. Thank you for the contribution Gilroy.
Richard R. Duran, Buena Park
Farewell to Superintendent; Best That Can be Said: ‘He Was Better Than Last Guy’
Dear Editor,
Daniel Garcia in a letter to the editor claims that Edwin Diaz is leaving due to “abusive remarks” from the community. If that is true, then his skin is far too thin to assume a leadership role.
Myself, I say, the sooner, the better! He went to neighborhood schools and raised our taxes. The only thing positive that can be said about Diaz is that he wasn’t as bad as his predecessor, which says nothing.
I remember during my internment at Gilroy High School, my gym locker was repeatedly broken in to. When I reported this to Diaz, then a coach, he did nothing but chuckle and shrug. When I subsequently replaced the combination lock with a key one (that could not be banged open with whatever tool the thieves would use), Diaz and his fellow coaches used bolt cutters to remove it because I refused to provide them with a copy of the key. Typical of the counterproductive teachers union.
And to the school board: Please find a replacement who has never paid a dime in union dues, then we’ll make some progress.
Alan Viarengo, Gilroy
