Attorneys For Newpoint Education Partners Plead Not Guilty...

Attorneys representing Newpoint Education Partners appeared in Escambia County Court last Thursday and submitted written pleas of NOT GUILTY in response to the charges grand theft, money laundering and aggravated white collar crime.

Sen. Jeff Brandes Always Loves For Profit Charter Schools, Tax Payers Only When It's Convenient

Florida state Senator Jeff Brandes is riding in like a Carpet Bagger white knight to resurrect some "Hope for Windsor"

After weeks of  insulting the Pinellas County public school system, ignoring the fact that they were perfectly happy to have enrolled, and kept their kids in an F school, and of claiming victimization when it was their own lack of involvement and research that facilitated the Newpoint disaster, the frantic pleas of the Windsor Prep and East Windsor parents have been heard.

Cherry Picking Or Just Plain Lying?

   Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Times Gradebook ran this article touching on the Windsor Prep parents fears regarding public schools.

Pot, Meet Kettle

Is this true Windsor Prep? I mean really, one would have hoped that with your well documented experiences, would come wisdom...

Bad For Business

The Tampa Bay Business Journal has now chimed in on the Windsor  Prep and East Windsor Middle Academy scandal.

It's Called Capitalism...Brilliant

Excellent column written by Daniel Ruth today.

News Stories ** Updated as new reports are published **

Here are links to some of the many news reports on today's events.

Today

Sometimes I really don't have words. 

I honestly did not expect the Pinellas County School Board would vote to issue the 90 day termination. 

Meeting Time

Meeting time folks...let's see how this goes. Lotta purple in the room.

Letter

It's been a long, and very active day. Before I sign off for the night though, I thought I would share the letter that I wrote to the Pinellas County School Board, as well as many others.

Too Much..Too Little..Too Late?

The Pinellas County School Board will vote tomorrow on whether or not to close the beleaguered Windsor Prep and East Windsor Middle School.
   And again...where were all of you over the last couple of years as I was putting this all out there for you? Oh, that's right...doing nothing to help the schools, your kids, or yourselves, yet busily harassing me and my "invalid Blog".

And it's on...

Now we know why the parents were out there cleaning and spit shining the school Saturday morning

Monday Morning Blues

There is an excellent article this morning...one that I was waiting for.

Working So Hard...*amended

Hope brings on a veritable whirlwind of activity. ..

Geography

Someone needs to study up on geography...

Tick Tock...Tick Tock

I do so enjoy puzzles, especially challenging ones. 

You know the the ones with a thousand or more pieces...and you build them corner by corner, section by section.

Three Years And Counting

There are times when one is truly at a loss for words. Thankfully those times are few and far between for me. 
Gosh golly...where to start. 

Good Question

The TampBay Times poses a good question in this article. So, whatever did happen to Alliance?

Indictments Galore..And The Tax Payers Keep On Paying

What a perfect ending to National Charter Schools Week and Teacher Appreciation Week...You seriously can not make any of this up. 
  So now dear readers...now there are criminal indictments..not just moral ones. Unfortunately none of this will result in jail time for any of the parties involved.

Smile...While the World Laughs At You

  What's that expression? We're not laughing at you, we're laughing with you.

   Make sure to keep that false smile plastered across your face just like the back of the "we have to state publicly that we love our teachers and everything is fine ( as it crumbles around us)" sign/marquee at the front of the "Last earned grade was an F, but now awarded an unearned C" school Windsor Prep / East Windsor Middle School property tells you to.

Halfway through National Charter School Week

In a poll conducted this past January, the majority of participants supported better oversight and accountability of the Flim Flam Scam that many charter schools, such as the Formerly Earned an F, but now Falsely awarded a C Windsor Prep Academy, and it's sister school East Windsor Middle Academy have become.

This article cites the results of this poll conducted by GBA Strategies on behalf of In the Public Interest and the Center for Popular Democracy.

Yet Another Board Meeting

Golly, these past two weeks have flown by so fast, it looks like it's already time for another Board Meeting to plot the future of "formerly and F school,now a fake, unearned C school" Windsor Prep and it's sister school in shame East Windsor Middle Academy.

I bet these meetings are a real hoot too. So much work to be done...plans to be made...hope to be had.

Wonder if they bring shovels to help themselves dig out from under the mess?