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Thursday, February 14, 2013

It’s BaaaaAAAAACK! Contradictions, Clowns, Conflicts and All…Parent Trigger Returns | Scathing Purple Musings

It’s BaaaaAAAAACK! Contradictions, Clowns, Conflicts and All…Parent Trigger Returns | Scathing Purple Musings:


It’s BaaaaAAAAACK! Contradictions, Clowns, Conflicts and All…Parent Trigger Returns

I’ve been wondering when we’d see this Vaudeville act again and whether or not it was going to be about stroking Jeb Bush’s ego. (He vowed that it would be back after last year’s defeat in the senate). What better way is there to open this year’s show than to highlight a new twist of  irony. SB 862′s sponsor is Sen. Kelli Stargel (R-Lakleland). Who new that Stargel would ever be for anyone’s ability to choose charter schools? Why it was just last July when Stargel was throwing up roadblocks in front of Polk school district’s desire to open charter schools for it’s at-risk population. From Lakeland Ledger reporter Merissa Green:
State Rep. Kelli Stargel, who is a member of the House Education Committee, told The (Lakeland) Ledger in June that although taking struggling students out of the regular student population would