When he was born in December of 1970–or when he was somehow born again in December of 1973 according to his athletic registration records–Ian Roberts could not have imagined that someday he would receive high praise and a great salary as superintendent of a school district in Iowa. Born in Guyana–or somehow also born to immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York according to a biography posted by the Des Moines Public School District–Roberts could be considered the quintessential American success story.
While working full-time as a principal in Washington, DC, Roberts earned a masters degree from Georgetown University–which the school has not confirmed–while also attaining a doctorate degree in urban educational studies after five years of study at Morgan State University–except Morgan State says they never bestowed a doctorate degree on Roberts. Deciding that wasn’t enough education, Roberts returned to school to achieve another doctorate from Trident American University–which is actually Trident University International, an on-line-only education program, which will neither confirm nor deny that they bestowed that degree upon Roberts. As if that wasn’t enough educational acumen, Dr Roberts also spent three years enrolled in the prestigious MIT Sloan School of Management MBA program–where MIT officials say they have no record of him ever enrolling.
With that much learning and background, it’s no wonder that George Washington University named Dr Roberts the “Washington, DC Principal of the Year”–which Des Moines School Board members touted when introducing him to the public and the press upon his hiring in 2023–but it’s an award that GW officials say they have never handed out. As a leader within the community, Dr Roberts did his civic duty and registered to vote, and cast ballots in the state of Maryland where he lived–which state officials now admit would be a violation of state elections law, as he was not a legal resident of the country. Dr Roberts was so proud of his Maryland residency that when stopped by police officers for speeding in Iowa two separate times after taking the Des Moines job, he presented them with not one, but two Maryland drivers licenses–with two different addresses–beyond the 30-day state requirement to get an Iowa drivers license…