DES MOINES, Iowa — It has been five days since the arrest of former Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts by Immigrations Custom Enforcement.
The Des Moines School Board had to act quickly after the arrest to name Associate Superintendent Matt Smith as the interim. Since then, the board placed Roberts on paid administrative leave, the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked his administrator license and then the board placed him on unpaid leave. Just yesterday, the board accepted Roberts’ letter of resignation as the leader of the district.
It has been a busy few days for parents of Des Moines’ students to soak in all of the developments. WHO 13 News interviewed several of them to see their reactions of the recent chain of events.
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“I’ve met Dr. Roberts before, genuinely nice guy. Seemed like all the qualifications were there,” said Kam Earnest, a DMPS parent “I’m not really in much agreement with what ICE is doing, but at the same time I understand, you know, rules are rules. He’s got to have some documentation, obviously. And I am a little disappointed that was missed by the school board.”…