Esperanza Zendejas: Our Inspiration

ESUHSD Superintendent Dr. Esperanza Zendejas has been openly criticized throughout her education career for her inability to effectively and professionally communicate with staff, parents and the community. Eyebrows rise when those same critics learn of her side career as a motivational speaker. Her writing career fares no better, with a string of self-published novels destined to fade into the Amazon.com dustbin of obscurity.

Team Unruly has discovered a treasure that proves Dr. Zendejas is superbly talented as a verbal performer. Her only mistake is viewing her greatest strength as a “hobby” instead of a talent. We aim to help. The Unruly Advocate is happy to provide a public forum to resolve this controversy once and for all.

Kiko: Esperanza's Inspiration

"Bergman and McCarthy", "Willie and Lester", "Wayland and Madam", and now "Espie and Kiko". The dwindling pantheon of America’s ventriloquists hints that the art form is on the decline. America is crying out for a new master, one who not only pays homage to those who blazed the ventriloquist trail, but who also pioneers a new direction that could, in its proper context, revise this form of expression.

And, in spite of what our critics may say, we really do think she’s a damn good ventriloquist. Dr. Zendejas, it's your calling. A hungry public awaits!

Unruly Articles Document the Zendejas Debacle

Questionable Background Prior to Hiring	A Series of Unfortunate Events, a Disturbing Pattern of Behavior: A History of the Way Dr. Zendejas Does Business	Cut and Paste Team with Team Unruly
Questionable Support		Did You Know?
Managing Administrators		The Senter Road Tea Party
Managing Teachers and Classified Staff	A Fait Accompli: A Divided 3-2 ESUHSD Board Approves Mid-Year Budget Cuts	2500 Layoffs in the State of California: Guess Who's Responsible for 20% of Them?
Annoying Petty Tyrant Mantra
Administrator Exodus	Media Blackout at YB Lunch Assembly -- District Sets Up Blockade, Fears Bad Press	Disturbing Patterns: The History We're Doomed to Repeat Part I
Abusive Media Use
Biased Major Media Support	We Don't Swim in your Toilet, Please don't Pee in our Job Pool	The Seven Year Mess
Alternative Press Paints Accurate Picture		Unruly Budget Task Force Revenue Scenario #1
Parent and Community Relations	Zendejas' Supply Budget Cuts and the Herrera Money Settlement: An Unruly Observation	State Spanks Superintendent for Attempted Thuggery
Teacher and Stakeholder Input		News of the Weird (but isn't it all weird?)
Problematic Hand-Picked District Administrators	Administrator Profile Winning in a Man's World	Media Documents Superintendent's Educational Leadership
Title I Abuse	A Manufactured Crisis
Secession Movements		The Shortest Article Ever to Appear in the Unruly Advocate
Entertaining Moments in Fiscal Management	The Age of Coto Cronyism is Over. Welcome to the Era of Despotic Nepotism
Budget Crisis?		The Kiko Chronicles
Favorite Positions to Cut in a Budget Crisis	Day Late and a Dollar short: 935 Pink Slips, One Half-Hearted Apology, and a Silver Lining?	Pending Litigation: The Other Budget Crisis
Costly Lawsuits		The Artifice of Resignation: The Unruly Advocate's Rapid Response to Zendejas' Departure
Costly Expenses and Perks	Esperanza Zendejas: The Unauthorized Biography Part I: The Lame Cactus
Years in Current Position
Closing