Detroit School Board President Can't Write

From Fox News:
"As if Detroit doesn't have enough problems these days, the president of the city's school board offered the shocking admission that he can't pen a coherent sentence.
Otis Mathis, who oversees the academic future of 90,000 public school students, told the Detroit News that he's a "horrible writer" after reports surfaced that he sent a Feb. 29 e-mail to the financial manager of Detroit Public Schools that was rife with spelling, punctuation and usage errors.
"If you saw Sunday's Free Press that shown Robert Bobb the emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools, move Mark Twain to Boynton which have three times the number seats then students and was one of the reason's he gave for closing school to many empty seats," the e-mail read, according to the paper." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,588138,00.html
The story also says Mathis worked as a substitute teacher for the Detroit Schools. It also says he graduated from college, Wayne State. I guess if you need a degree and can't write, Wayne State is the place to go. http://www.detnews.com/article/20100304/OPINION03/3040437/
As a special education teacher, I appreciate what he has accomplished. But if I was a resident of Detroit, I'd be really pissed. First, if he is the school board president, couldn't he have had someone write his e-mail messages? And I think there are some good teachers in Detroit, couldn't he have found somebody to tutor him in writing? And is he a good role model for the students in Detroit? For special education students, maybe, but for regular education students who struggle to pass their classes, I don't think so. And if I were hiring someone from Wayne State, I don't think their degree is worth more than the toilet paper I used tonight.
Just a total embarrassment all the way around.