CMO/EMO Updates
Here are some EMO/CMO updates:
Pittsburg:
Imagine would like to expand in Pittsburgh, but the piece of real estate they were eyeing may not be available. The Pittsburgh Public Schools recently decided to sell an available building** to the Oasis Ministries rather than give the building to developer Sam Glasser. The $15,000 offer from Oasis was far below the $150,000-$350,000 put up by Glasser. Officially, the school board claims Glasser didn't submit his bid properly, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Pittsburg schools are just as concerned about Imagine (c'mon - a web search of these guys brings up plenty of dirt). Additionally, many school districts are rightfully afraid of losing enrollment to charter schools. **Update: the sale is now on hold due to questions about the financial stability of the Oasis Ministries**
If he's successful, this wouldn't be the first time Glasser has teamed up with Imagine to secure real estate. In fact, the well-known law in St. Louis that prevents public schools from being converted into
The Face of Hate in Wake County Votes to Resegregate
(Photo by Travis Long for the News & Observer)Despite spirited protests by young people who came to chant, "hey hey, ho ho, resegregation's got to go," racism prevailed this evening as the Wake County School Board voted 5-4 along party lines to end one of the most successful school integration and diversity programs in the U. S. By doing so, the Republican majority, whose campaigns were run by the big money and the old, hateful veterans from the era of Jim Crow, brought Raleigh, Cary, and the rest of the Research Triangle back to the era of separate and unequal schools.
Now the battle must begin again to upend this decision and to restore the dignity of the people of Wake, the majority of whom are not behind this return to apartheid schools. These civil rights that have been denied tonight will be restored, and this grossest of social injustices will find a remedy. This will not stand.
From the News & Observer:
RALEIGH On a 5-4 vote, the Wake County school board’s ruling majority agreed tonight to stop busing students for diversity and to move to a community-based system of student assignment.