A Texas-based executive search firm responsible for recommending an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record to lead Iowa’s largest school district has quietly placed leaders in hundreds of educational roles nationwide, raising serious questions about the vetting processes protecting America’s children.
Ian Roberts, the former superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, entered the U.S. illegally from Guyana and built a career in education despite multiple convictions and an invalid work status. Federal agents arrested him last month after a chase where they discovered an illegal handgun in his vehicle.
The Department of Homeland Security detailed his “rap sheet and immigration history reveal a long record of criminal conduct in the United States,” adding that this “proves he should never have been serving in a role overseeing children in Iowa’s largest school district.”
Roberts’ past includes drug possession with intent to sell, forged instruments, and weapons charges dating back to 1996, along with more recent firearm violations in 2020 and 2022.
The firm behind his placement, JG Consulting—a brand of One-Fourth Consulting—assisted the Des Moines school board in selecting Roberts in 2023. Now, the district is suing JG for breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, and general negligence, seeking damages over the fallout.
In response, JG’s legal counsel, Josh Romero, stated: “In our more than decade-long history of doing this important work, we’ve worked with schools to complete more than 65 searches for school superintendents as well as more than 200 others in executive roles.” He added: “At JG Consulting, we are proud of our extensive record of successfully supporting school districts across the nation in identifying candidates for the position of school superintendent and related executive roles. Educating our young people is a tremendous responsibility and we take very seriously the role we play in that process.”
This isn’t an isolated case. JG Consulting has handled placements in districts across Texas, Virginia, and other parts of Iowa, with ongoing work for the Eanes Westlake Innovative School District in Texas to find a new superintendent.
That board’s president, Kim McMath, said: “While we are aware of allegations in Iowa, the Board believes JG Consulting is conducting a thorough and comprehensive search for the next Eanes ISD superintendent.” She continued: “As we move forward, the Board will require JG Consulting to provide extensive background information on all candidates who advance for consideration. We are steadfast in our commitment to ensuring this process meets the highest standards.”
Roberts’ resume raised red flags that went unnoticed or ignored. He claimed a degree from Morgan State University, but the school confirmed he “did not receive a degree.” He also listed himself as an “incoming MBA candidate” at MIT’s Sloan School, yet the registrar’s office has “no record of enrollment for a person with the name Ian Andre Roberts, and similarly, there is no record of enrollment in the MIT Executive MBA program at the MIT Sloan School of Management.” Des Moines didn’t use the federal E-Verify system during hiring, despite Roberts’ removal order from an immigration judge in May 2024.
How someone with forged credentials, a deportation order, and a history of evading the law climbed to oversee thousands of students points to deeper failures in the system. Years of lax border enforcement under previous administrations allowed figures like Roberts to embed themselves in sensitive positions, potentially endangering communities. With President Trump’s renewed focus on immigration enforcement, exposures like this reveal how porous policies have infiltrated even local schools. One can’t help but wonder how many other unvetted leaders JG has installed, and what hidden agendas might lurk behind these hires.
As federal prosecutors handle Roberts’ case in Polk County jail, where he’s been transferred, school districts nationwide should demand full transparency from firms like JG. The safety of our kids demands nothing less.
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they seem to work very hard at trying to destroy our country.
will we work as hard to save it?
If we want a country, we better work harder.
You would think that to be obvious, but evidently it is not. What will it take to get people to dig deep and get to work? There is a tipping point.
Sounds like conspiracy to commit multiple felonies. If a company is knowingly assisting illegals to be hired with “wink wink nudge nudge” vetting, then they should face the charges.
every person they recommended needs to be looked into.
If this agency could not get this particular appointment right, that was so obviously fraudulent, how can one trust any of their appointments? Everyone should be placed under a microscope.
This is the tip of the CRT/DIE iceberg. I bet there are thousands of unqualified illegals throughout public education, which is an open sewer of self perpetuation.
Flush the shit down
What does the hiring of an unqualified individual as superintendent of a school district say, not just about the hiring practices, but about what superintendents actually do and why are they paid the high salaries that they command? I retired from teaching 20 years ago after 32 years as a science teacher. In all those years, my experience was that superintendents were those who failed at being principals and principals were those who failed at being effective teachers. They were interested only in the higher salaries. The district I retired from had an assistant superintendent for curriculum, an assistant superintendent for finance and budget, and an assistant superintendent for personnel, leaving only public relations as a real function. The district then hired a public relations person, so the only job the superintendent had was signing documents that required a superintendent’s signature. For that, the superintendent was paid, 20 years ago, $250,000. Teachers, at that same time, made $40,000 to $50,000. Superintendent’s are among the worst-of-the-worst when it comes to overpaid, under-worked bureaucrats in all of government. Des Moines clearly shows us how a criminal, unqualified maggot can be a “successful” superintendent.
Amazing! Bet these are the same guys recommending all our giant white corporations to put ee grows and white women as a couple in every ad they have.
The public school system is so corrupt and evil. Teachers that bang students, pedophiles, leftist radicals, drug using staff, criminal record staff, America haters teaching or administrating, these are all left wing nut jobs that are paid well for teaching kids to touch each other and hate this country. Eradicate, revamp, rethink this public school system. It’s beyond a mess.
The fake doctorate is the icing on the cake. An Ed.D. degree is table stakes in the superintendent game. If not for the degree requirement, every school administrator in the system would be lining up for an interview and a shot at the top job. I wonder if Dr. Jill would be interested in relocating to Des Moines.
JG Consulting brought the new Eanes superintendent, Tom Trigg, apparently without a background check.
He resigned from Highland Park just after a new 5 year contract followed by a teacher coverup. We exposed transgendered kindergarten art teacher Sarah Reeves who wrote about committing suicide and possibly taking some kids with her. She also had a fake background. Apparently vanished before FBI could interview.
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If no one reported the behavior of Sarah Reeves, the chief of staff and superintendent may not have known what was going on until Tom, who I am assuming is Tom Trigg, received the email, which is not dated. Classrooms are supposed to be monitored by periodic hall walks by the Principal, Vice Principal, Dean of Curriculum and Resource Officers. Plus there are annual campus and class reviews by district personnel and teacher reviews whereby again the principal, vice principal or dean of curriculum sit through the teacher’s instruction. Strange how no one had the guts to report her behavior to the higher ups, but not surprising.
As far as Sarah Reeves not being certified, she could have been hired on an emergency permit whereby in Texas you have two years to take educator classes, then sit and pass the educator test for continued employment. You have to have an undergraduate degree in your subject field and are limited to the number of hours required to get your teaching certificate. I only mention this process, because I found a Sarah E Reeves that received an Art certification on May 14, 2022, at the TEA website. It is not known if this is the same Sarah Reeves, but I thought I would bring it to your attention.
I am also shocked that only one board member resigned, because it is the school board that makes the ultimate hiring decision. It is starting to look to me the school board is short circuiting the entire underlying process where by the original hiring documents are not being reviewed by the board and just taking some HR stooge’s word they have done the background check, id check, transcripts and references according to state and federal statutes. Eanes ISD is following the typical review process whereby all the aforementioned documents should be in the hands of the board by October 24, 2025.
July 24 – Board of Trustees votes to approve contract of Dr. Tom Trigg as interim superintendent of schools
Aug. 5 – Board approves JG Consulting to conduct superintendent search
Aug. 21 – Aug. 28 – Board Interviews
Sept. 10 – Sept. 26 – Community Engagement including a Town Hall Meeting and community-wide survey
Oct. 1 – Oct. 24 – Application Period
Oct. 28 – Candidate Reviews
Nov. 3 & 5 – Candidate Interviews: Round 1
Nov. 10 & 11 – Candidate Interviews: Final Round
Nov. 18 – Board Names Lone Finalist
You can even suppose that other teachers knew Sarah was not dealing with a full deck, but it is almost guaranteed that anyone who came forward would only be placing their own career at risk as campus politics are unbelievable and treacherous.
I can also tell you that grooming of students started at least 20 years ago to put a wedge between parent and student. Posters were designed by students and hung on the hall walls whereby even rolling your eyes hurt their self-esteem or if they remember having a wet diaper, they suffered parental neglect. The messaging got more pronounced as time went on, because the agenda was for LGBTQ+ to have more rights, not equal rights and teachers of that persuasion, which is numerous, whole heartily embrace it.
I tore those posters down without any one saying a word to me and hung on to them for over a decade to see if any one cared and to remind me of the target I put on my back as relayed to me by the district office. When the district came after me it was brutal, two people ended up in prison for embezzlement, others fired for misappropriation of funds, used rubbers thrown on my vehicle, calls to my house that was eventually burglarized whereby they arrested a prior student of the campus, and basically treated as a piranha by fellow educators, except one. Their mistake was I did not need the money, I had already been secreting the information, had glowing reviews, knew the law and was smart.
Today I still discourage people from going into education. My background was in business, so I was able to retire at 54 debt free with a significant nest egg with very little of it coming from teaching. Pity the students lost out on such talent and wisdom.
Nor do I hold any hope for education in the future even with Charter schools and state rule. This institution is just sucking the life out tax payers like a mafia money laundering operation whereby the more dollars spent, the dumber the students and the higher the salaries for their Consiglieres. Schools should be set up like our founding fathers outlined in the federalist papers and perhaps when the Greatest Depression hits that is exactly what will happen.
The search firms do not have liability as the transcripts, letters of reference and criminal background are sent directly from the universities, law enforcement and references to the school district once a district HR personnel requests them so there is no document tampering. School districts then perform periodic criminal background checks to ensure an educator has not committed any crimes during employment. When you sit for the state testing and then get an employment offer at a school district, the applicant supplies a driver’s license/state ID, social security card and birth certificate to the testing facility and the school district. State tests are general education, subject matter (math, science, history, etc.), principal/vice principal, and then superintendent. So how did this poser sit for four levels of without the proper ID? There are state and federal statutes covering this entire process.
So how did this guy become an illegal superintendent? Well perhaps the criminal visa selling program run by Bill Barr, Clyde Vanel, and Armstrong Williams has been going on in the US for longer than James O’Keefe, OMG, has discovered. Go watch Patricia Lelis story OMG just put out and then go back using the slider to read her documents and text messages about child trafficking, visa sales, false prosecution and basic old blackmail still alive and well in the US as Trump squeezes DC Mayor, NY Mayor to cooperate and sings Armstrong Williams praise and tell me what you think is going on. The only one indicted, tried and awaiting sentencing is Robert May for child porn possession and distribution. His sentencing hearing is in January 2026.
You can drain the swamp if you don’t indict all the high level criminals or worst use informational arm twisting (blackmail) to accomplish your goals while threatening whistleblower’s lives.
They are the party of crime, pedophilia, abortion, and illegal aliens. Prove me wrong.