Seems a few updates are needed....

Oh really? newpointeducation.com

Charter Schools Capital sues Newpoint Education Partners: www.pnj.com

NewPoint used Bay County funds in Pensacola Schools: www.newsherald.com
"...Newpoint was cited June 16 for violating Department of Education rules. An investigation by Adam Emerson, charter schools director, revealed that 80 items purchased with charter school program funds were delivered to Newpoint Schools in Escambia County. Sixty-five computers, tables and monitors meant for Newpoint Bay ended up in Escambia.

“This is a clear violation of CSP requirements, which restrict items purchased with CSP funds to schools that were awarded those funds,” Emerson wrote to John Stack, vice president of Newpoint operations..."

Happy Independence Day

Before we all go heading off to our holiday fun, I'd like to pause a moment and give many thanks to the men and women who fought to establish our Country's independence some 239 years ago and built this great nation, granting us freedom of religion, of speech, taxation with representation, and so much more.

I am eternally grateful for those who sacrificed their lives to protect our country's shores at times, and for those who fought to hold this country together not even 100 years later. 

I want to give thanks to, and honor the memory of the 207,590 U.S. war dead from  World War I, and World War II, who died on foreign soil, and were buried there, to protect not just our freedoms, but the world's as well. And more thanks still, in honor of the men and women who have fought and died to protect our allies, and the rights of the abused, in the decades since. 

What I do here is often sarcastic, but it is a privilege that none of should ever take for granted. That I am free to approach all of this with caustic derision, does not belie the fact we are blessed, and have been gifted a powerful right that many others do not have. 

Charter School Financial Problems Are Rampant

Financial mismanagement has left one out of every eight Charter Schools in the state running a deficit. In Pinellas four of the twenty two charter schools are, including Newpoint Pinellas High. 
TampaBay Times     
This is the direct link to the report from the state Auditor General Report 2015-192

This a great article detailing the collapse of Acclaim Schools. It really shows the shaky footing and shady financial maneuvering many of these companies are guilty of. It's not uncommon for many Charter School companies to have a string of failed schools behind them as they are trying to open more. What they leave in their wake are devastated students, teachers who aren't getting paid, and counties left to pick up the pieces. Jacksonville.com

Anyone need a job?

indeed.com A local "F" rated school needs an Assistant Principal

Just the facts folks

Keep in mind folks, just because you find info on a blog doesn't mean that is all there is. Or that it is true. Research it. Dig. Know where your tax dollars are going. I have learned so much from some of these incredible bloggers who have incredible time and effort into what they post. BUT, I have only used the info I find there as a launching point to do my own research. It's amazing how much you can find. Thank God for the Sunshine Law which means everything has to be available for review. 

That said....

Fun and games in pretty colors (updated)

Oh Chunk. You and your special friend(s)are acting like the third graders they teach. I called you pumpkin because if you really believe that your first set of comments was a polite and friendly approach, then your brain is soft and squishy inside...much like a pumpkin is.

Your newest missive barely merits a response, but your efforts at insults do so amuse me that I find I can not resist. 

$$$$It's All(ways) About The Money, The Moolah, The unlimited Tax Dollars $$$$$

Scroll through and really read the budget amounts. Granted, this is from 2013, but as you read it, know these numbers only increase as enrollment does.

Pages 26, and  27  (especially 27) really show why these guys so selflessly offer to open and manage these schools.  Myflorida.com

Now think about this:

WTSP.COM

GALEGROUP

charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com Just to show it's been a long term issue

Charter Schools Don't Need an Ad Campaign. They Need Regulation

Jacksonville.com (Finally!!!)

Now consider this article in The Daily Kos

Not that I'm accusing or implying anything untoward regarding "F" school Windsor Prep. I'm just pointing out issues with Charter Schools in general.

Did I forget to mention Newpoint School and the "Japanese Penis Festival"?

Maybe not such a good idea? No? Good with this?

Pensacola News Journal

Rick'sBlog

This is the best the school could come up with to show diversity of culture?

Our tax dollars pay for this folks!!!!

Care about the kids?

Here's more on what has occurred in a Newpoint Education Partners school (cause I hear the teachers and parents care so much)

Pensacola News Journal

Whoops!

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.