Mpls. school board pick's track record under scrutiny

HOLYOKE, MASS. – Sergio Paez was so convinced he could overhaul the underperforming schools of this old industrial city that, just months after becoming superintendent, he donated $10,000 to renovate the deteriorating municipal library.

A reading room in the library overlooking a beleaguered elementary school now bears his father’s name.

“We were supposed to do great things,” Paez said. “This was going to be the place where we fixed urban education.”

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