Former Liberty board president Michael Todd reappointed after stepping down

Maricopa County School Superintendent Shelli Boggs appointed former Liberty governing board president Michael Todd, back to the board, six months after he resigned his position in protest.

In an April 2 press release, Boggs stated that Todd has a grasp of the budget situation in Buckeye due to his experience.

“Mr. Todd brings a strong financial and business background, coupled with a deep community involvement and an existing knowledge of the district,” said Boggs. “With a budget vote quickly approaching, Liberty needs someone who already understands the district’s financial structure, and that can lead from day one. This is not a political issue – it’s a budget issue. We don’t have time to bring someone up to speed.”

Todd told InBuckeye there are a lot of things to consider in school budgets, which makes experience on the board necessary.

“It's a very hard, a moving target, and that's the challenge,” he said. “It’s bad if you overshoot. It's also really bad if you undershoot, because then classrooms are overcrowded and that becomes a problem. So, you're tough spot. It's a tough is environment.”

This was a response to a shooting threat to Estrella Mountain Elementary School, located in Goodyear. According to Goodyear Independent reporting, a teenager was arrested and charged with one count of making a terrorist threat to the school.

He told InBuckeye he's ready to put things behind him, including his disagreements with Superintendent Cort Monroe.

"I'm concerned about the things that are happening, now," he said. "I've served as a baseball umpire for a number of years, and you can be called everything in the book by a coach, they can dislike you, but you have to work with them the next day or sometimes later that day. I don't hold any grudges."

Todd had disagreements with Superintendent Cort Monroe, which led to him blocking Todd on Twitter, according to a September Facebook post.