Jesús Aguirre. Image courtesy EOM.

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty today introduced his latest choice to head the Department of Parks and Recreation, Jesús Aguirre. Like his controversial predecessor, outgoing interim-cum-acting director Ximena Hartsock, Aguirre comes from DCPS, where he’s been Director of Operations under Michelle Rhee.

In a rare move, Hartsock was denied confirmation by the D.C. Council, whose members cited, among other things, her inexperience in matters related to sports and recreation. In a press release, the mayor’s office described Aguirre’s duties at DCPS as having been responsible for overseeing “day-to-day support on staffing, facilities, finances, and logistics, as well as rapid response during emergent incidents” for over “120 school principals and instructional superintendents.” Not a lot of recreation in there, either.

Also be sure to note that Fenty has apparently put forward Aguirre as an “interim” director, and not an “acting” one, suggesting that in the event the Council kicks up the same kind of ruckus over Aguirre that they did for Hartsock, the mayor could still decide later to pick another nominee.