Monday, September 29, 2014

Here are some news articles regarding "F" school-Windsor Prep:



Look at what they did to three neighbors yards and fences when they decided to seize the right of way. Two of the neighbor yards have pools, and when the school tore down the fences they did not  replace them. How safe is that for small kids? And since Windsor has Pre-K students,  ( as young as three years old, and they didn't want a fence separating them from a swimming pool?!?!?!? ) shouldn't that have been a concern? 

 Imagine what this meant for the neighbors involved, people who have lived in their homes for decades. To "rectify" the situation, they slapped up one of those loose, saggy, construction/temporary fences which is an eyesore in and of itself, and really not an overly effective barrier, esp. considering the school itself is no longer fenced in. Boy isn't that great for Campus Security too? You can't tell any of us that they couldn't have afforded to put up wooden fences to replace the ones they tore down. It would have been the decent and right thing to do.  But Windsor Prep doesn't do decent.
  http://www.wfla.com/story/26305370/new-school-construction-issues-create-big-problems-for-parents-and-
neighbors  

Now on to the traffic..it's still like this every day, twice a day, and it isn't due to construction- it's the volume of cars and students in a limited access area:

    http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2014/8/19/charter_school_caugh.html

  And how about all those kids and their families that they lied to? Allowing people to register, buy school uniforms, buy required, branded supplies all the while knowing the school wouldn't be ready is reprehensible.  They only started construction at the very end of last school year. You can not say they actually thought a 41,000+ square foot building would have been completed by August 18th. That's four months. You can't build a house in four months...geez. In the interim, the principal of the "F" school, Mrs. Clements great plan was to stick 130 middle school kids in the school gymnasium until the building was done. The county said NO..so she blames them for her troubles. Nope...that responsibility lays squarely on her shoulders. Can you imagine finding out two days before school starts that you don't have school for your child?!?!? Or that all that money you poured into more expensive than average uniforms, and the branded school supplies they had to purchase is now wasted?

 http://www.wfla.com/story/26301617/students-head-back-to-school-on-monday-but-not-some-at-windsor-preparatory-academy

 http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/pinellas-charter-schools-new-lottery-leaves-parents-searching-for-spots/2193044

 http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pinellas/construction-delays-windsor-preparatory-in-st-petersburg-causing-problems-for-student

 http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-south-pinellas/st-petersburg/some-st-pete-parents-left-scrambling-to-find-a-new-school-for-their-kids

 http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2014/8/15/east_windsor_academy.html

 Here is when the charter expansion was being approved to help with the timeline:

 http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/east-windsor-middle-academy-likely-to-be-approved/2180590
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  1. Anonymous6/28/2015

    My name is Charlie Friedlander. I was born and raised in Saint Petersburg, Florida. This is my home. I have been informed of this blog that is filled with trash and hate towards a new school, Windsor Preparatory Academy. I attended Wellington School back in my day, the school that used to occupy the grounds.

    I am starting from the beginning so that I may truly see your problems and possibly help you move forward with your life, mentally and physically.

    First, in response to your comment requirements, your hate-filled mind doesn't contain the politeness you require for responses on your blog. If you were polite, you wouldn't be, literally, screaming at the teachers who work at the school, one of which happens to be a very close friend of mine. This close friend of mine values their job, both as a teacher and a mentor to kids. This teacher doesn't appreciate you illegally filming her on camera when she politely asked you not to, and then received more screaming. This teacher also doesn't appreciate someone trying to make their job disappear. Being that the teachers aren't even a part of your issues, I wonder why the polite person, that you claim to be, would be attacking them. If you want these teachers to lose their jobs, just come out and say it, because a blog like this certainly has the sinister smell of someone trying to shut down a school.

    You say you moderate comments. Have you ever thought that making that very statement makes people think that if they do comment, you'll just delete it if you disagree in any way?

    Also, what about the kids attending this school? If you truly cared about the children at the school, which you claim when talking about their safety and having a school to attend, then you wouldn't be trying to shut down the very school they attend. Can you imagine EVERY parent finding out that their child's school was shut down by the county because of complaints from you?

    Complaining in a blog with hate and whining does nothing. It keeps you at this very low level of existence and consciousness. If you truly cared about the problems that concern you, you would complain to the school owners, and not on some hate-bred blog. This is pointless and unhealthy for you, as well as others. This "...isn't really worth your time...", or energy.

    Judging by your "requirements", I assume this comment won't remain up, and you probably won't respond. I hope this isn't the case as I am not here to hurt you. I am here to help you.

    Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing back from you.

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