Florida Scientology Charter School Unmasks Chilling Flaws in Republican Agenda
The sponsor of Florida’s landmark test-based teacher evaluation bill SB736 , Sen. Steve Wise, R-Jacksonville, breathlessly argued that if his bill didn’t pass, “kids would be irreparably damaged.” Lets apply Wise’s standard to a real-world, real children example. Consider yesterday’s Tampa Bay Times story about the Dunedin charter school which has been taken over by Scientologists.
DUNEDIN — One Friday afternoon in December, leaders of a tax-funded elementary school called Life Force Arts and Technology Academy shepherded students into a Scientology church in Tampa’s Ybor Square.
The children were fed candy and pizza, given Scientology books and DVDs, and shown a
