Comments for White Chalk Crime

Comment on New to the whitechalk blog by greeneyeszoe

greeneyeszoe — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:52:34 +0000

Thank you for commenting on your situation. Please go to endteacherabuse.org and join the fight. This site allows you to tell your story to other teachers in your situation. Please join and tell us your story. You are not alone.

Norbert

Comment on New to the whitechalk blog by frankie

frankie — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:57:05 +0000

I have upgraded your posting status and you may now comment and post without approval. NAPTA webmaster

Comment on New to the whitechalk blog by emwest75

emwest75 — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:42:37 +0000

I am very thankful for this site. I am a charter school teacher who wants to get the message out that these schools are about as shady as they come. I am a victim of bullying as well as reverse discrimination.

Comment on May 12, 2010, 10:08 am by disgusted

disgusted — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:44:04 +0000

She is making in excess of six figures and is provided a house. She is also bullying parents. Fact: A family was visited by DCFS due to an “irregular” call from her office. The charge angered the DCFS worker, it was so outrageous. Perhaps the best of CPS will wake up and realize that there is real money to be made in the Catholic schools. EVERYONE deserves better.

Comment on Corrupt Charter Scam by Paul Preston

Paul Preston — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:20:52 +0000

Paul Preston said…
You stated: “The letter said the school had not paid teachers, several vendors and had missed payments to the California State Teachers Retirement System..”
CCCTEC responded to the allegations in a letter to the State Board July 22, 2011.
All STRS payments will be made whole when CCCTEC goes through its final closure. All bounced checks have been paid.

You Stated: ” But teacher Kathryn Schroeder-Kelly said when school ended last spring only about 66 students were enrolled” At the end of the school year CCCTEC’s enrollment was 105 students in grades 9-10. CCCTEC served 157 students over the 2010-2011 school year. For the opening of the 2011-2012 school year CCCTEC had enrolled over 200 students in grades 9-11.

You Stated: “and the $750,000 grant”.
The amount of the grant award was actually greater at $1 million. The grant was divided into thirds with payments made over three years. For the 2010-2011 the amount granted to CCCTEC was $338,000. The money was used for staff salaries and supplies.

There was another “start up” grant called the Public Charter Schools Grant Program (PCSGP) that CCCTEC was granted on December 28, 2011 in the amount of $575,000. Originally this money was expected to arrive at CCCTEC by October 2010.
The first amount of money $255,000 was delayed to CCCTEC until mid February 2011 with another $49,000 coming in April 2011. (The state as it is doing with all start-up charter schools is still holding onto the remaining $271,000). This delay caused severe cash flow issues for CCCTEC. CCCTEC is not the only new charter to suffer these types of delays in cash flow from the state. In the Sac Bee this last June this editorial appeared http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/14/3698057/progress-on-charter-schools-is.html
This is just one of the quotes from the articles:
“Add to this uncertainty a painfully slow state bureaucracy, which has been trickling out funds at a snail’s pace. State funds to reimburse charter schools for lease costs in low-income areas have gone to only 40 of 300 schools. And while the state last summer celebrated getting $300 million in federal charter school startup grant funds, the state has doled out money to only 20 schools, down from the usual 55 to 65 a year. Charter schools have complained bitterly, to no avail.”

To further follow-up on this article in 2009-2010 school year 104 new charter schools were funded from the PCSGP. In the 2010-2011 school year that number was 30. In 2011-2012 the number of Charter Schools funded by the state of California from the PCSGP maybe “0″. The state is out of money for education and will hold onto the federal dollars. I stated to the State School Board in September 2011 that the lack of these funds to new and start-up Charter Schools will put all new and start-up charter schools at risk of closure for lack of funds. That number of Charter Schools at risk of closure is estimated at 93 schools.

In another article from the Sac Bee this last August 2011
“California loses $11.5 million in federal funding for charter schools”
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/19/3847664/california-loses-115-million-in.html#ixzz1VTZrFqpy
State CDE Charter Schools staff failed to report this to the State Board until this article appeared in the Sac Bee even though CDE staff were aware of the non compliance issues for over a year. The actual loss to the Charter Schools Grant Program (PCSGP) hence to new start up charter schools is $20 million at this time with the remaining $280 million at risk since the compliance issues have not been addressed by CDE staff.
This is the same staff who filed the complaints against CCCTEC.

Please feel free to contact me at 530 632-9786 or e-mail me at paul@ctecdreams.org for further information.

Thank you

Paul Preston
CCCTEC
Executive Director
Superintendent

Comment on When Will They Finally Get it is Systemic White Chalk Crime? by greeneyeszoe

greeneyeszoe — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:42:42 +0000

There is no over sight of the educational system. This is the main reason that school districts can get away with teacher bullying and abuse. They work outside our laws and manipulate the laws to cover up thier bad behavior. This article shows that is bad behavior effects our special education population. As I stated, running for the Spokane School District 81 school board, we are leaving behind our special education students.

Comment on Salem witch trials are back by greeneyeszoe

greeneyeszoe — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:21:06 +0000

How true. When I started subbing, I found out how much power our young ladies had over male teachers. I had three different incidents in three years. What saved my butt was there were other adults in the classroom, in one incident a teacher over heard a girl planning her get even with me. Yet, either these girls had history of doing this stuff or were caught lying red hand. There was no punishment for them. I could of lost everything on one simple lie. What I learn is you have to protect yourself first and never bput yourself in a position they can exploit.

Comment on May 12, 2010, 10:08 am by happy

happy — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:24:03 +0000

Vinni is still at it. 7 teachers fired last year, all based on LIES and a few more on the chopping block this year. Is Fr. McGovern allowing her to do this with his blessings? It looks that way. Those teachers were smart and excellent with the students. The students and parents wanted reasons and them to stay but nothing. Does he know she has did this exact thing 11 years ago at Evoca and Laura Bopre was her supporter. Mrs. Olson gone and Mrs. Bopre in to agree with all Vinni does. Only parents and teachers as a group can stop her. SOSM had the brightest on the North Shore now it is the topic of gossip in the community. It is no wonder the enrollment is so low.

Comment on August 30, 2010, 9:09 am by concerned educator

concerned educator — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:59:57 +0000

Teacher Reno: Find out if your state has anything similar to PA’s “right to know” law.

If not, file a lawsuit against him and get the material in discovery.

Also: find out how old the student was…was she underage? If she was, was he charged with a crime?

Comment on August 30, 2010, 9:09 am by susannunes

susannunes — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:51:56 +0000

I am referring to about three male regular high school principals in the district that it could possibly be; there are others who were hired from districts in other states or moved up through the ranks at WCSD, assuming the person is talking about WCSD.