Make some noise folks

Allright everyone. Blow up the phone lines, send emails with links and pictures. Let's keep being the squeaky wheel because it is making a difference.

Pinellas County Sheriff's Office 582-6200, 

Sheriff Gualtieri's office 582-6201 or rgualtieri@pcsonet.com, 

Windsor Prep 475-1297, 

Pinellas Board of County Commisioners 464-3377, 

and Commisioner Janet Long ( also on School Transportation Safety Committee) 464-3365/fax 464-3022. 



Senate District 22 –

 Senator Jeff Brandes
 3637 4th Street North, Suite 101 St. Petersburg, Florida 33704
 (727) 552-2573

318 Senate Office Building,
404 South Monroe Street,
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1100
(850) 487-5022

Brandes.Jeff.web@flsenate.gov

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 13 –

C.W. “ Bill” Young
9210 113th Street Seminole, FL 33772
(727) 392-4100

2407 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C. 20515

(202) 225-5961

BillYoung@mail.house.gov

United States Senators (Statewide)

Senator Marco Rubio
284 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC, 20510
Phone: 202-224-3041

Senator Bill Nelson
716 Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 872-7161

http://www.pccpta.org

You Couldn't Have Managed This Before? (updated)

Update: I personally felt that the first day seemed to go better, but after viewing a video, seeing a few pictures, the BayNews9 story, and talking to my neighbors I guess I was wrong.
In my defense I was not home for part of the first or second days, so I stand corrected.

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:

Random Funny

This just amused me...

Remember last year when the new "F" School Windsor Prep Academy/ East Windsor Academy building was under construction? And they knew it wouldn't be done on time? And they kicked out all those innocent kids that they promised could attend despite not having a facility to house them in?

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

Haven't disappeared

I've been so busy working on something that I have slowed down a bit. Rest assured progress is being made on something and it takes a lot of my attention. I still have to load the videos and pictures I have and I have a good post coming up.
There should be some good activity this weekend.
Meanwhile...has anyone noticed the ugly paint scheme. While the colors didn't look so awful on the one story building, on the two story you really can see how similar the tan/golden color is to baby poo at certain times of day. Perhaps it didn't seem so bad on the smaller building because it was shaded by trees. Unfortunately all the trees had to be bulldozed so that the eyesore could be constructed. 41,500 square feet of baby poo  and burgundy hideousness. Lol.
Also...when did the "F" school, Windsor Prep's fearless leader Mrs Jessica Clements promise these parents that the building would be ready? Because we are well into October and the property and building are still a mess. Just wondering.

Windsor Prep Academy Ruined our Neighborhood...and is an "F" School.

  Windsor Prep Academy is a charter school, in Lealman ( near St. Petersburg) Florida, and is located smack dab in the middle of a small neighborhood. My neighborhood. They purchased the property, which had previously been a very small private school, of less than 200 students, three years ago.

  When the "F" school- Windsor Prep- started, they had a small enrollment of 175 elementary students. Traffic didn't impact our neighborhood all that badly. It got a little bogged down, but only for a few minutes each morning and afternoon.  

  Now, over 400 vehicles, not counting staff, neighbors, or construction vehicles come through every morning and afternoon, blocking our driveways, parking in our yards, causing property damage, and of course the traffic back up for just over an hour in the mornings,  and for around an hour and a half in the afternoons.

   This neighborhood is made of up of three small dead end, and two small side roads. There is one way in essentially, and one way out. 

   They knew that when they bought the property, and when they began their plans to expand their charter and expand enrollment to include the  Middle School: East Windsor Academy.

  So ultimately it is two schools that now operate on the property.

  Knowing, and despite this neighborhood's limitations, and without any consultation, or impact study having been done by Pinellas County to see how the neighborhood residents felt, the school has forged ahead with the expansion, constructed a 41,000 square foot, 2 story monstrosity of a building, and have an anticipated enrollment of 1000 students within a year or two.

   The current enrollment as of September 2014 is approx. 580 plus the 65 kids they are housing off campus awaiting completion of the new building. And who knows if they have more than that waiting in the wings, but more are definitely coming. 

   This blog is to document what this mess of an "F" School has put our neighborhood through. I will be linking the news articles, issues my neighbors have dealt with, my experiences, pictures, and links to videos. I will also try and dig into exactly who in involved in/with this school. I may even expand into the whole issue of shady charter school dealings, as our experiences with this school has been rather like being shaken down by a gang or the mafia taking over communities. You accept, do it their way, or pay the price.

******And remember, charter schools are funded by our tax dollars, yet local school boards have nearly no authority over them, and the property and equipment they acquire is theirs to keep, even if they fail, which an alarming number do. More on that to come as well.