Seriously? "New Founders" at Creative Minds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ Report that to the charter board. They're required to have a public lottery for obvious reasons. Sheesh. The shenanigans these charters are pulling and getting away with is dizzying.

I was not the one who called, just a person who read the thread the day it was posted.

[Anonymous]

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Email the charter school board - or Scott Pearson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why bother verifying the facts? Let the charter board do it. This is like the threads on residency cheaters where they want everyone to police offenders themselves and not bothering to let the people who are supposed to handle it do their jobs. Why are people advocating for vigilanteism when it's totally not necessary? This can't be a hard one. Tell the board ______ has been named to the board as a founder. He/she has two pre-kers starting in the fall due to founders preference. Ask them if _____ is actually a founder and if they say no, ask for an investigation. They'll take it from there.

True, she could call and talk to the admin person who answers the phone. She could tell them that she heard some gossip at school or read a rumor on DCUM, it concerns the possibility that someone has been added as a founder at a school. And, that means the person's children got founder's preference, and that's bugging her. That would be unfair, so could someone please go check on that right now? This is a HOT TIP, no doubt more important than anything the person is actually working on at the moment. Could she please call back with the results? Asap?

Or, she could decide she doesn't want to risk looking like a complete idiot. She also doesn't want to risk having her request punted to the bottom of the "to do" list because it sounds like rumor-mongering among stressed and/or bitter parents who are sweating out the waitlist. Instead, she says she is very interested in XYZ school and is considering it for her children. She would like to know more about the school via details in the charter application, since it is public information, after all. Would the person answering the phone be able to read through the document with her? For example, the sections on education plan, business plan, and curriculum? Also, the expertise which the founders brought to the project? On second thought, that would be tedious, and she can run through it all herself, when is a convenient time to come in and do that?

If it turns out to be true, then she has proof and can request that action be taken. If it is not true, then she has debunked some gossip (and avoided looking like an idiot).

What a loaded crock you've written. You've got a lot of time on your hands! Back to reality for the rest of us. If you have reason to believe that someone is conducting themselves with respect to charter rules, it is totally appropriate to report the matter to the PCSB. Clearly, the "rumor" got out there and there's buzz about with someone coming forward asking for discretion on here. If this is that widely known whomever has specific info. should report it to the charter board. Simple. All of this "look like an idiot" load of bull is just fodder to keep people from taking progressive action properly. The focusing on "not looking like an idiot" is so juvenile and, worst yet, cheating deserving kids out their rightful spot. Shame on the "new founders" (another crock) and on those who abet them.

By all means, let's treat every rumor, piece of gossip, and allegation as though it were gospel. No-one else is busy after all, only you. By golly, we should all move your priorities to the top of our lists, it's not as though we have anything else to do.

[Anonymous]

Dude, tell the Post people. This would be a great topic to make a few calls on, Washington Post!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ Report that to the charter board. They're required to have a public lottery for obvious reasons. Sheesh. The shenanigans these charters are pulling and getting away with is dizzying.

Who are "these charters" and what exactly are the shenanigans? It was the DCPS Principal, after all, who tried to hire his wife. Charters appear to have more transparency.

[Anonymous]

^^ They're all effed up! +1 on getting the Post involved. And for the poster doing the usual fake hysteria outcry (15:33), you know darn well that a rumor as specific as this one is a little different that some petty grievance. You must be that fake new charter founder. Shame on you. Why don't you just get in line like everyone else? Also, hate to tell you, there's a reason there's a process to report suspicious and unethical activity. It's happening! I say report 'em. Report them all!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Emma Brown only reports on her special pet projects. She won't touch this one.

[Anonymous]

Has Abedin commented on the matter?

[Anonymous]

Is the family in question on the charter application as a founder? Too lazy to do that 5 second google search? Here it is for you:
http://www.dcpubliccharter.com/data/images/creative%20minds%20application.pdf

Too lazy to look through? Turn to page 67

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the family in question on the charter application as a founder? Too lazy to do that 5 second google search? Here it is for you:
http://www.dcpubliccharter.com/data/images/creative%20minds%20application.pdf

Too lazy to look through? Turn to page 67

Something tells me you know more to the story...
Could you answer your own questions posted above. Some of us don't know anything about what's going on at CM.

[Anonymous]

actually- I don't! My kids go to YY, this is my 1st post on the thread, and I'm just lurking here

[Anonymous]

Interestingly the document talks about recruiting further founders.

[Anonymous]

The idea that there can be future or prospective founders is ridiculous. Important people who help run and advance a school once it is launched are called Board members. That weird wording seems like an attempt at maintaining a loop hole for getting an important someone involved by promising them spots for their kids. Ick.

[Anonymous]

Seems blatantly illegal, no? Report it to the Charter Board.

[Anonymous]

This should be presented to the school tomorrow morning. There is probably an explanation we are not aware of. Better for them to get out in front of this thing.