Group meets to protest upheaval in Algiers charter schools
Published: Friday, June 15, 2012, 9:24 PM Updated: Friday, June 15, 2012, 9:24 PM
Turmoil in the Algiers Charter Schools Association drew dozens of people to a meeting on Friday designed to seek ways of pushing back against unfolding changes. They protested moves by interim managers to shake up the network's principal corps by transferring some campus leaders, ousting others and placing others on probation.
Pastor Raymond Casimier of Love Outreach Christian Center in Algiers speaks on Friday at a community meeting about upheaval in the Algiers Charter Schools Association.
Pastor Raymond Casimier of Love Outreach Christian Center in Algiers, which hosted the gathering of parents and other community members, said the angst originates with Aamir Raza, a consultant who is serving as interim chief academic officer while the association searches for a new chief executive officer to replace Andrea Thomas-Reynolds, who leaves at the end of the month.
"This administration with Mr. Raza, we find to lack tact, lack professionalism, and they show no respect for the community," Casimier said.
Even as the citizens group prepared to meet, the charter schools association issued another unusual statement, saying that Stuart Gay, a consultant and former chief financial officer for the group who had been slated to serve as interim chief executive officer, will not be joining after all. The statement said the association and Gay's consulting firm were unable to agree on contract terms. "The