OPEN LETTER RE: KAUFMAN ISD SUPERINTENDENT BLAYLOCK BROKE THE TEC LAW
From Donna Garner
On 5.17.16, the following e-mail was sent to Mary Lou Bruner, Primary Run-Off Candidate, Dist. 9, Texas State Board of Education by an unnamed employee of Kaufman ISD. The employee included an e-mail that was sent to all Kaufman ISD faculty members from Kaufman ISD Superintendent Loraine Blaylock.
By reading Blaylock’s e-mail and going through the links she chose to enclose, it is obvious that she has sent out a partisan electronic communication using school district equipment. This is against the Texas Ethics Commission code (TEC links posted at the bottom of this e-mail).
Ms. Blaylock deliberately chose to include a negative link to an article (KTRE) about Mary Lou Bruner and a positive link to an article (Dallas Morning News) about Keven Ellis. By her choice of links, Ms. Blaylock is deliberately trying to prejudice all Kaufman ISD personnel to vote for Keven Ellis and to vote against Mary Lou Bruner.
Kaufman ISD Superintendent Blaylock is in full violation of the Texas Ethics Commission and is subject to a Class C misdemeanor. I am sharing this information with people in her own school district and with the general public.
If Mary Lou Bruner should decide to file an ethics complaint against Ms. Blaylock, Mary Lou is sure to win because of the partisan, prejudicial, and illegal e-mail that the superintendent sent using school resources.
The appropriate thing for Ms. Blaylock to do immediately is to send an e-mail of apology to Mary Lou Bruner and to all Kaufman ISD personnel for her lack of judgment in breaking the TEC code.
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E-MAIL SENT FROM KAUFMAN ISD EMPLOYEE TO MARY LOU BRUNER:
Greetings.
Posted below is a copy of an Email I received along with my fellow faculty members at Kaufman I.S.D. from our superintendent today.
Not sure if other school districts are involved in this type of political information , however I believe you should be aware of what may be going on.
Contact our schools administration if you wish as this is a clear violation of the Texas Election Code, Section 255.003 , prohibiting the use of school district resources for political advertising or to influence a voter to vote a certain way.
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E-MAIL SENT BY KAUFMAN ISD SUPERINTENDENT BLAYLOCK TO ALL KAUFMAN ISD PERSONNEL:
Two individuals are in a run-off election for the open State Board of Education position that represents our district. The candidates are Keven Ellis and Mary Bruner. Remember – the State Board of Education determines what textbooks/curriculum are available to schools and how it is tested. So, this election is very important to the future of our district!
Please follow this link to view a meeting between East Texas superintendents and Mrs. Bruner. It is frightening!
(ctrl+click to follow link:)
Mary Bruner Talks to Superintendents
Trouble? Paste this in your browser.
Also, take the time to learn more about Mr. Ellis. This is only one of many articles about him.
Keven Ellis Dallas Morning News
Finally, VOTE!!!! Early voting for this run-off election is going on right now!
Dr. B.
Loraine Blaylock, Ed. D.
Superintendent
Kaufman ISD
972-932-2622
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FROM TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
According to the Texas Ethics Commission, these links indicate that Kaufman ISD Superintendent Blaylock is committing a Class A misdemeanor by having used school district resources of any kind (including electronic transmissions) to take a partisan stand for political candidate, Keven Ellis:
https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/pamphlet/B09pad_sch.html
https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/opinions/045.html
Donna Garner
