CHARTER SCHOOL ARE THE NEWEST FORM OF RACISM IN AMERICA!
NAACP Demands Accountability from Charter Operators!
After Cornerstone Charter Abuse Scandal Deepens in Memphis,
NAACP Demands Accountability from State and Charter Operators
Cornerstone CEO Sippel What began last fall in Memphis as the
corporate reform schoolers' grand experiment to turn over public schools to
white charter operators with no accountability for how children are treated,
has turned into a nightmare for parents of children at Cornerstone Prep and
other less publicized charter chain gangs for black and poor children in
Memphis. What began as a charter school abuse story that the local media in
Memphis tried to ignore has erupted into deep rage among parents who previously
were sweet-talked into sending their children to the total compliance charter
schools where children are treated like dangerous inmates. See latest accounts here on former mayor's
call for Governor to intervene. A
child's words can be powerful. "I
started to urinate on myself and I started crying,” said 7-year old Cornerstone
student as she addressed the crowd at the podium. That power is multiplied when repeated by
other children. "One time I urinated on myself and I had to go really
bad,” said another elementary student."I soiled on myself because I tried
to raise my hand and he (my teacher) said no,” said another student. Parents are outraged at Cornerstone teachers.
The state took over low performing Lester Elementary this year. Since then,
student grades are up and they're making the honor roll. That's not the
problem. It's teachers not allowing enough bathroom breaks. The school says
they've corrected the issue and the kids are allowed 5 bathroom breaks. Parents
say that's not true. "It's going beyond saying no, they’re getting
physical,” said a parent Lashanna Rogers. “They (teachers) physically stopped
her (my daughter) instead of walking with her to the restroom." All of this is taking place as a result of
years of Business Roundtable efforts to turn poor public schools over to
corporate interests, and today in urban America test scores are used to shut
down public schools so they be run for the benefit of corporate welfare artists
who are free to operate schools like private prisons, with no accountability to
the public. Clips below from the
Commercial Appeal four days ago. Note that parents must now provide their own
transportation if they decide that they do want their children to attend this
chain gang school: After weeks of complaints about Cornerstone Preparatory
Academy in Binghamton, the state NAACP will ask legislators to pass a law
allowing charter schools to be closed for more than financial instability and
poor academic performance. "There needs to be some other options for the
ways we hold charters accountable," said Rev. Keith Norman, president of
the Memphis branch of the NAACP.The issue is on the state NAACP agenda and will
be presented to lawmakers in February, Norman said. "You can't allow
charters to exist in our community, to come in and set up shop and not be
accountable beyond fiscal and performance-related issues." Cornerstone
Prep, a ministry of Christ United Methodist Church, opened this fall in Lester
School in Binghamton under the authority of the state-run Achievement School
District. It serves children in pre-K through third grade. Next year, it will
take over the fourth, fifth and sixth grades. In 2014-2015, it will run the
entire pre-K-8 school. MARK TRAINA
is the fatuous1
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THE NEWEST FORM OF RACISM IN AMERICA!
NAACP Demands Accountability from Charter Operators!
In the last month, Binghamton parents have cited instances
of children wetting their pants because they were not allowed to use the
restroom. Others have said teachers took children's shoes as punishment. The
most recent incident happened Thursday, according to mother LaShanna Rogers.
"My daughter said one teacher said yes, she could use the restroom, but
the other teacher in the room stopped her. She physically grabbed her. That is
when she urinated on herself. She was scared. And then, she was so embarrassed,
she was crying hysterically. Rogers and unified Shelby County Schools board
member Sara Lewis met Friday with Cornerstone executive director Drew Sippel.
Lewis said she is "deeply concerned" about the lack of "cultural
competency" among the staff and "in the routine kinds of things that
should be done and are not." "The
administration and the school operators should be humane and focused,
respectful and humane. From things I have been told, it is neither, simply
because the people in charge don't know. They have no clue." Sippel did
not respond to e-mail questions about the latest incidents Friday. School boards have authority to close
charters after two years of poor test scores, for insolvency and for violating
conditions of their charter. The law says nothing about what happens when
school leaders clash with the community.
Until the Achievement School District started assigning charters to run
schools last fall, parents had the option to send their children to them. Under
ASD rules, Cornerstone is now the neighborhood school in Binghamton. If parents
wish to transfer, they can expect to drive their students to a new school Charter schools also do not have publicly
elected boards, an issue for Norman, pastor of First Baptist Church in
Binghamton. "We don't just want to make allegations and throw stones. We
want a clear pathway for healing." "When you reach out to help and serve,
it helps not to send the signal that we are giving because they are broken. Our
dignity is not to be exchanged for your dollars. Our dignity is for not for
sale."
fatuous1 is MARK TRAINA an outspoken Civil Rights
Activist from South Louisiana. Some describe him as a Racist; however, he
describes himself as a Realist. Mr. Traina worked as a School Psychologist for
the Jefferson Parish Public School System for nearly 30-years. He is currently
retired and spends his days reading articles on-line and writing about current
events from his personal perspective. Mr. Traina has is the Author of “THE
REALIST”, a book published in 2012, shortly after his retirement from the JPPSS.
He is also famous for his so-called TRAINAISMS, for example, “Good parents know that structure,
discipline and respect for authority must start in the home or it will never
end up in the School!”
FACTS: Mr. Traina grew up in New Orleans attending
only Publicly Funded Schools. Mark graduated from Marion Abramson Senior High
School in May of 1975 and obtained his B.A. in Economic (1979). Mr. Traina also
obtained an M.A. in Counseling Psychology (1983) from Nicholls State University
in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The fatuous1 can be reached at FatuousCRA@aol.com
or by cell at (504) 231-3056. His personal website is (www.marktraina.webs.com)
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