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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

4LAKids - TO OCCUPY… OR BE OCCUPIED…

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: TO OCCUPY… OR BE OCCUPIED…:


TO OCCUPY… OR BE OCCUPIED…

BY SMF FOR 4LAKIDSNEWS:



When the following email with the title above popped up in my browser I thought it was going to be about Prop 39 charter co-locations in California – maybe about Dr. Deasy’s threat to place  a charter co-lo at Venice High School if the School site Council/School Based Management Committee won’t agree to his Pilot School Plan – even though it has already been rejected by the Board of Ed based on community input!
27. Superintendent behaves as if he is beyond reproach.
33. Superintendent bypasses school board entirely and keeps them out of the loop on significant or all issues.
34. School board candidates receive unprecedented amounts of campaign money from business interests.
  • …..almost all the numbers from 1 to 41 apply …these just apply specifically today!
But no – it’s different. It’s National!
And – gentle reader – it’s exactly the same thing, the same thinking, scaled nationally.
Read on:

BY EMAIL  TO  SAVE OUR SCHOOLS MEMBERS

Tuesday 26 March 2013
To Occupy or be Occupied, that is the question.  In reality, perhaps the greater question is are we, in this country, preoccupied with