Ha Ha Ha Ha

 These are the minutes of the April 13th  Windsor Prep Board Meeting. As usual, it's a fun read. I especially love the part at the bottom where they mention "improving neighbor relations".

Wait....what?

  I was just talking to another "F" school Windsor Prep Academy neighbor about the traffic mess, and two things:

Marinara Meeting

So...we beleaguered neighbors of the "F" school Windsor Prep have all received the loveliest invitation.

It's D-day for the F school

   Well folks....that day we all dread has arrived. "F" school Windsor Prep is back in session.
    It has been a lovely and peaceful summer, hasn't it? Or did some of you miss our streets being used as a parking lot, fighting parents ( off course one of this writers neighbors did see two parents going at it this past Wednesday during the open house for kindergarten and first graders...Classy), speeding, stop sign running, lanes being blocked, mail boxes being run over, lawns and landscaping being damaged, and of course the traffic back ups.

Bill is Back to Reaffirm What This Blog Has Said All Along

As usual "Bill Windsor Parent" was right there ready to respond to this blog that means nothing to him:

1 week out

Well...we're just a few days out from the disaster known as "F" School Windsor Preparatory Academy, and the adjoining (Newpoint Education Partners run school) East Windsor Middle School, and I thought it would be fun to re-share a video of what traffic was like last year.

Comments

Oooh Oooh Oooh, received a comment today from an F School"Windsor Parent" today.

He calls me out for being anonymous, yet he himself remains anonymous...tooooooo funny.

They do nothing now so why do they need more money?

Does this mean the people who suffer under the rule of the Who Cares How Much It Costs kingdom can actually expect their law enforcement officers to start working?

Maybe  now they can afford to send them to traffic enforcement school.

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2015/5/26/pinellas_sheriff_on_.html

Nope, no conflict of interest here folks

Isn't it nice to know the Deputy who responded out to our neighborhood  multiple times came out with no agenda? No predisposition towards Windsor Prep, the "F" school. None whatsoever?

Oh...wait..there's this:
http://www.windsorprep.org/content/erika-dressback

Joke of the day...traffic enforcement

ENFORCEMENT
Enforcement may be considered education through experience due to lack of knowledge, error, or careless behavior on the part of the driver, bicyclist, motorcyclist, or pedestrian. Being cited for a moving traffic violation or receiving a ticket is certainly learning the hard way.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO)(hahahahahahahahaha), the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), and 13 municipal law enforcement agencies are responsible for upholding and implementing Florida traffic laws. (That was the funniest punchline ever, huh?)

(Note: other jurisdictions actually do enforce traffic laws...guess their wives aren't the assistant to the Principal like our great ,helpful Deputy Dressbeck's wife is. But that isn't a conflict of interest, huh?)

Such law enforcement covers 25 jurisdictions within Pinellas County . The MPO works with law enforcement by providing traffic crash data which assists them in determining the possibility of placing officers at high crash locations.

Parts of the above taken from the Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COMMITTEE AGENDA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 :
https://www.pinellascounty.org/MPO/agendas/STSC_Meeting/Sep%202014%20STSC%20Agenda.pdf

Somebody isn't happy...too bad

Seems like some people need to figure out that this blog and this fight aren't going to go away.

No matter how much certain people want to bully, try smear tactics, or harass.

There are more  people in this neighborhood fighting this fight than just the one person being singled out. And she isn't intimidated. Keep that in mind.

Dangerous Dogs

 Has anyone seen those huge, scary looking German Shepherds  that run loose occasionally? They were running in the drop off circle the other day.
 Can you imagine if  dog that size were to have bitten or knocked down a child or a teacher?!
 They are a real menace, and potentially very dangerous.
 My neighbor tells me they run loose all the time and have even knocked someone down before, injuring them.
  Seems the owner ( if he was the responsible type..or at least the type who could handle large dogs like that) would care more.
  Wonder if animal control, or the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office would care????

Same old, same old

It's nice to know that things never change with the assholes at the "F" school Windsor Prep :)

I only wish we had all been told that the inconsiderate staff and parents bought our neighborhood when they started taking our tax dollars to fund their failure charter school.

Typical

 Was talking to a neighbor who recounted a fairly typical experience that happened to them Thursday.
  Seems they were driving home around 1p.m, maybe a little before. When they were waiting at a stop sign (three way stop) to turn onto 46th st, a small yellow hatchback was approaching the opposing stop sign.
 In typical "F" school Windsor Prep Academy parent/driver fashion, the yellow car blew through the stop sign, nearly clipping the front end of said neighbors car ( who had right of way). The yellow hatchback then proceeded to roll through the stop sign turning off of 46th st onto 52nd ave., and then rolled through the stop sign turning off of 52nd. st. onto 45th street.
  Now kids...can we all guess where they were headed? Ding ding ding..winner winner chicken dinner...you guessed right. They went straight into the "F" school Windsor Prep's parking lot.
  I wonder if  the "I own the road so rules don't apply to me" yellow car's driver drives like that when they have their child in the car, or if they just save that behavior for when they are driving alone, and disrespecting other people's neighborhoods?
  Thank goodness it was during school hours so no kids were out, but there could easily have been one of the many elderly neighbors walking, or perhaps the gentleman who walks his grandchild in the stroller, or folks walking their dogs...any number of people or situations...and the obnoxious little yellow car would probably just keep rolling right on up into the obnoxious "F" school Windsor Prep's parking lot.
The sad thing is if one of these inconsiderate jerks were to hit someone, would the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office even care? Probably not ( unless there was a way to garner some positive publicity for the agency)  since they haven't cared so far.

What is wrong with these people

Another fine example of a Windsor Prep ( F school remember) parent caring more about whatever they want than they do about anything else.

I guess if one of our houses catches on fire he won't be concerned...

The law states you must stay back 14 feet from a hydrant. Every second counts when a fire is raging, and extra time taken to "shove cars out of the wasy" as Depputy Dressback said, or for the crew to break a window costs precious seconds that could cost lives and property.

 We called Pinellas County Sheriff's Office...let's see if they bother to do anything...they usually don't after all. **Note, they drove right past***

Just a couple of pictures

Does this look fake to you?

Does this look fake? Pictures and truth

Tit for Tat

  Another fun thing in dealing with the "F" grade charter school Windsor Preparatory Academy is how the staff, and a couple of the parents seem to relish the idea of "getting you back" for speaking out against this school, and standing up for your neighborhood.

Has anyone noticed that the school has built the Dumpster containment practically in the next door neighbors front yard? The cafeteria will be in the new building, so logic would dictate that the dumpsters would be better over on that side of the school, perhaps back by the exit so that it would be easy for the Garbage trucks to reach them, and so the unpleasantness would be removed from both the residential area, and from the drop off/pick up circle.  Now the neighbors have the noise of the truck to look forward to, along with the accompanying stench, and possibly rodents that the dumpsters will bring or attract. NICE HUH? Do any of you people who hate us neighbors want that in your yard? Volunteers? No? 

  To make it even better, neighbors have had Code Enforcement called on them, property damaged that the school now refuses to repair and which they caused, harassment at work and in our yards, lies told about us to County Officials, and to parents at the school. It's been quite the roller coaster ride...and for what?

  Because no one wants to admit there is a traffic issue?  Because they feel they should not have to do anything to integrate peacefully into this neighborhood?  Because they don't want to just do the right thing and help the neighborhood they chose to invest in? Because the people who have lived in this neighborhood for years...well before this school, or any other even existed, do not matter? Because they are not concerned for the safety of the children who walk to the school either? Because selfish, self absorbed people do not care what they do to others? Or is it because they just don't want to be decent? It just proves money is the only bottom line that matters for the school...in fact for all Charter Schools.

  They post on their Facebook page  (  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Windsor-Prep/229033617173599?ref=br_tf  )  all of these rules and please don'ts, such as no parking in the culdesac across the street, yet that is where staff direct parents to "stage during afternoon pick up". They say if parents don't follow these rules then they will face consequences...and yet they do not even attempt to enforce them or chastise parents who break the rules. So clearly they do not care. When they direct people to stage in the culdesac, it literally traps people who live on the culdesac from getting out, and prevents  us from being able to get in. That is NOT right, no matter how you look at it.

  Pinellas County dropped the ball when they didn't do any kind of impact study, or seek input from the residents of the surrounding neighborhood.  The school purchased the property they are on, and charged full steam ahead with the construction/expansion, knowing full well the limitations of the property, and how the limited roadways would be impacted. They did not care. Now there is not even a sports field for the older kids, let alone parking space to accommodate the influx of cars. It's wonderful when there's a school event and the cars line our roadways, block us in, etc.

We neighbors along 53rd avenue, 52nd avenue, and on the two culdesacs are now banding together to stand up to this. Sharing our stories has been enlightening to say the least. What this school, and some of the parents have put us through is unbelievable. Elderly, and sick people literally threatened and insulted for asking people to not block their driveway or to not park in their yards!? How is that right?!

  What is especially sad is that  someone in the neighborhood, who's in the position to have helped, or who could at least have referred our concerns to the right people, had a neighbor emailing him pictures and imploring him to help with the traffic and parking issues through the agency he works for. Sadly, he could not have cared less  than his agency does. Of course his child attends the school too.

  So, now it's tit for tat, neighbors at odds, harassment, personal attacks, heels dug in. Remember that ALL of us have at least a little glass on our houses..even those who think they have an advantage. And when you are snapping pics over fences in the middle of the night, and using old contacts to try and get someone in trouble or fired, making people move their landscapes of thirty years or more, etc, it pretty much shows your character. What a shame that's how some are choosing to be. After all, at the end of the day character is what matters. Did  you stand up for what's right? Did you care about, or help your friends, neighbors, and community? No you did not. 

 And all of this over a glorified traffic complaint that the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, and the school, could have mitigated last year before it got so out of hand.

Link to Youtube

There is only one video posted so far

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7uYXgmgqC2XrJSv4dcwwkA

There are other videos posted by another person on this youtube page:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyzVsTa1JpO57Vjd7SfEUCg

And if you have videos or pictures you would like to share email me at
Standinguptowindsorprep@gmail.com