Former superintendent of Creighton Elementary District runs for county post
Educator Don Covey, 69, has filed a statement of organization, announcing his plans to run for Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools.
Covey, a Republican, hopes to replace Sandra Dowling, the current and embattled county schools superintendent, who has had to cede the reins on her position amid unfavorable publicity.
February 28, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Anyone know anything about this man? I’d like to hear who he is & what he’s all about…
February 29, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Did a search and found nothing on this person. He seems to be like many educational “experts” who go from one district to another, start their own consulting company, and then decide to try politics. He seems similar to Lisa Graham Keegan, Nancy Haas, and Perry Hill (who was hired by the county to run the Pappas schools for $830 a day, that is until he had a change of heart about closing the schools). Some people think they know what is best for the schools, yet they rarely have ever taught in a classroom. They’re just looking for power and money.
He just seems like a political opportunist. He sees someone who has been attacked for years by Don Stapley, smeared in the media, and seems like an easy person to defeat. The article above is wrong about Dr. Dowling giving up the reins… the only thing she gave up was her governing board position in the county school district. She still is carrying out her elected duties.
I think once the charges against Dr. Dowling are dropped people will realize that what has taken place these past two years been a result of Don Stapley’s hatred for Dr. Dowling.