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.

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.

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. 

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?

Rick Tra plays games

I just received a comment, left by Rick Tra. You all know him from some of the news coverage of the financial dirty dealings at the educational cesspool we lovingly refer to as Windsor Prep.

WFLA News Channel 8 has done several stories...please enjoy reviewing them.

Meeting

This Blogger would love to have been a fly on the wall at tonight's meeting. We neighbors are all looking forward to hearing the update from Mark Douglas  on WFLA.

I've been doing some digging myself. This new company Alliance Education Services really has their information locked down, but the dots are all there to connect if you're patient ( and determined).

I wonder if they were more forthcoming at the meeting, and how many questions were really answered...or there more questions now as a result?

Open letter on Newpoint Website

Charter Schools Are Money Machines

It kills me when I read articles or posts from gullible parents who actually believe that Charter Schools exist for the kids.

I. Just. Can't. Even...

Read this from the Tampa Bay Times

Research...Vote...Stand up for what is right. These are our tax dollars, and the Senators and Representatives work for us. Yet we are giving them all of our money.

Busy Saturday

Pretty full parking lot at the "Last Earned Grade Was An F" school Windsor Prep today. It's Saturday, so no school....wonder what's up?

File shredding? Resume writing workshop for the teachers? Golly gumdrops...if one could only be a fly on the wall.

Board Member Resigns = Rat on a Sinking Ship???

In yet another new development in the ongoing drama of "last earned grade was an F'" Windsor prep, and East Windsor Middle School's management and oversight, we have the resignation of one of the board members.

Yard Sale

So, is everyone excited to get a chance to waste hard earned money purchase some "F" school Windsor Prep cast offs treaasures?

Jeb Bush and his Industry of Corruption

To quote the brilliant activist blogger Diana Ravitch,:
"Jeb Bush is trying to present himself to the public as a moderate. Nothing could be farther from the truth. When it comes to education, Jeb Bush boasts of the wonderful transformation of the schools in Florida, but that is not an accurate portrayal of what Bush actually did. With his far-right dedication to privatization, he has created a voracious industry of greed, which relies on the public’s gullibility. Some of his allies are getting very rich, but the children of Florida are not benefitting by the opening and closing of charter schools, many of which operate for-profit."

She  is citing this article : 

How Jeb Bush's Florida Plan for School "Choice" Created an Industry of Corruption and chaos by Jeff Bryant

http://www.truth-out.org

Both are great reads and I recommend them highly. 

Newpoint Education Partners upholding family values too?

While no convictions, there are A LOT of charges and "questionable" situations, wouldn't you agree. Silly me, of course you would. I mean facts are facts, right?
More arrests possible in Newpoint case

And it appears when the schools fail that there is not a lot of loyalty to the staff:
InWeekly     (which from the behavior many of us have witnessed, I kinda get it)
This a related article to catch you up if you haven't read any previous posts: INWeekly and weartv.com

Additionally, if this is how the schools in other counties are being run, how do we know the 2 "F" schools here in Pinellas County aren't? Hmmmmmmmm Rick'sBlog

Here's another brief, but interesting article. Love the 2nd set of comments especially: ricksblog

And then you start to wonder...is it the leadership? Rick'sBlog: The mystery man behind Newpoint Education Partners

also: Ricksblog.biz
John Stack- Cambridge, Executive Director; Newpoint, Vice President of Ohio Operations

David Stiles- Cambridge, Operations & Development; Newpoint, Vice President of Operations and Development

Carla Lovett- Cambridge, Curriculum & Instruction; Newpoint, Vice President of Curriculum and Instruction

So lying, cheating, misappropriation of funds and equipment, cheating employees out of their rightful pay. Yes, just what all the kids need to be learning, and paid for by our tax dollars. 

More Newpoint Education Partners Gloriosity!!!

GLORIOSITY! It may not be a real word, but it is so truly appropriate for this "management company", don't you agree? 

Check out the NBC affiliate in Miami's investigative piece from February:

NBCMiami.com Channel 6  (I especially LOVE the 1:59 mark where they highlight the "F" schools Newpoint "manages" in the state. In case you have forgotten, that would be BOTH of their Pinellas County schools, one of which is the esteemed "F" School Windsor Prep )

Golly Gee

Ongoing.....

"Charter schools are just the latest in a long line of get-rich-quick-schemes in the Sunshine State.

 FEE’s Floridian roots do have one undeniable pedagogic function: they make the blatant hucksterism at the heart of the education reform movement much harder to deny. Florida, after all, has played host to more grand swindles than any other state. Charter schools, which are publicly funded but privately run, are just the latest in a long line of get-rich-quick-schemes in the Sunshine State. Beneath today’s noble-sounding buzzwords—achievement, excellence, twenty-first-century skills—are the same murky land development deals, Republican politics, and taxpayer money that have become as emblematic of the Florida landscape as alligators and swimming pools."

The above taken from a great 2014 article: JebFest: The Education Miracle That Isn’t

Pretty much sums the whole Charter Schools game up, and it isn't getting any better.

Or how about this article from SeattleEducation2010 that was posted in 2012: Florida charter schools and the lack of oversight . It reinforces the problems that have been ongoing for a VERY LONG TIME here is Florida.

It's all out there for us to find folks. Not just articles, but FACTS. Research the names, the companies, and the schools. You will be appalled at where your tax dollars are going.

This isn't just about assholes or parking. That's just what started it. And the people who defend the stuff I am discovering should be ashamed.

https://bobsidlethoughtsandmusings.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/florida-gets-acquainted-with-ohios-master-of-charter-school-disaster/

Naturally the "F" school Windsor Prep is non-compliant

Apparently rules are for sissies, but not for our favorite "F" school. While not as bad as some, they still don't seem to think doing the right thing is their kind of thing...

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/education/many-florida-charter-schools-violate-state-transparency-law-without-consequence_66737415

new subscriber: Second grade F*****g

Yay... a Windsor The "F" School staff member has subscribed to our Youtube Channel.
I believe she is the charmer that used to like to shout out how much her school "rocks" (remember..."F" school.) and mention how she would pray for my neighbors when she in fact would probably burst into flames if she walked into a church.  Keep on spreading the joy to the second graders :)
The more the merrier

This past years "improvement plan"

Of course without testing, there is no way to determine if in fact they have "improved" or if they remain an "F" school.

But do remember, if they do manage to drag themselves out of the "F" zone, it will be thanks to Pinellas County's public school curriculum, and teaching methods.

Now, would that make it great to be "F" School Windsor Wildcats or Copycats? hhhmmmm

http://pcsb.org/cms/lib8/FL01903687/Centricity/domain/170/sip/oth/SIP_14_15_Windsor%20Charter.pdf

It finally happened.....

Well, the inconsiderate, all about me and my kid parents who clog our street daily in order to drop their kids off at "F" school Windsor Prep Academy finally did exactly what all the neighbors have been concerned they would...they hindered the ability of a Sunstar ambulance to respond into the neighborhood to attend to the Cancer Patient on the last culdesac.

 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL INVOLVED IN BLOCKING THE ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS, AND MOST ESPECIALLY TO THE PRIZEWINNER IN THE SMALL WHITE CAR THAT WAS PARKED ACROSS BOTH LANES WAITING TO GET THROUGH THE GATE, BLOCKING THE AMBULANCE. CLEARLY YOUR NEED TO DROP YOUR KID OFF IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN STAYING IN YOUR LANE WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE AMBULANCE TO GO AROUND YOU. DARN INCONVENIENT OF THE CANCER PATIENT,RIGHT? I MEAN REALLY...HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY DURING MORNING DROP OFF.

What adds to the special is the INCONSIDERATE IDIOTS like this, who parked across the curve to drop their kid off because they don't want to wait in the drop off line. Now what if the ambulance was leaving at that point ( I mean they had their patient loaded by then It was just luck that they weren't trying to get out right then) ? Oh that's right...they would have to have waited while the idiot in the SUV did his or her three point turn up onto the neighbors grass 

Oooh..I'll skip the line and cut in here

Apparently they own the road

Who needs a driveway when I can use the grass?