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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is up with this, how did this self-appointed group get to "recommend" a charter to compete with Leckie ES?

https://www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/stories/k-12-education/amplifying-parent-voice-in-education-and-community[/quote]

They weren't self-appointed. I applied to be in this group.

Why are you all of a sudden concerned about Leckie? Do you have a child at Leckie? I do and I want another option. And I want that option away from the other charters in ward 8 that experience shootings nearby on the regular.

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Excellent.  We know that the Koches and the Waltons almost exclusively give money to serve their own agenda, which only very rarely happens to coincide with what average Americans need.
How has the Walton foundation influenced PAVE?  Did they have any say at all in who joined?  Do they have any day-to-day say?  Any say in hiring?  Any say in how money is spent, or which voices get amplified in the press?

This is the reason why government grants are better than philanthropy that mostly comes from rich conservatives.  Government spending is more evenhanded and serves societal goals, not just billionaires’ goals.  Money spent on influencing speech is tearing apart our democracy.

And don’t get me started on rightwing homeschooling.  Not all homeschoolers are rightwing,  but the homeschooling movement as a whole churns out brainwashed rightwing zombies who have never been exposed to real-world thinking.[/quote]

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