Citizens came with their signs and their speeches tonight, pleading for their community schools. Sitting on the School Board was a smug employee of Green Dot Charter Schools, one of the corrupt outfits scheduled to take over at least two Memphis schools. Her name is Miska Clay Bibbs, and she got her start working for the ethically challenged Harold Ford in the late 1990s.
Not only was Bibbs endorsed in her School Board race by the enemy of public education, Stand on Children, but she is employed by Green Dot Charter Schools as Director of Community Engagement. Conflict of interest? Ask Ms. Bibbs.
Two significant items on tonight's agenda were contracts for a company, Cynthia Alexander Mitchell Academics, which is owned by Associate Superintendent, Cynthia Alexander Mitchell. The contracts are worth $60,900 and $130,000, respectively. The larger contract is for Mitchell to "train" 13 teachers at the corporate outfit, The Center for Better Schools. How sweet a deal is that!
Tonight was the first night I spoke at a Shelby County School Board meeting. The protocol calls for three minutes, but the Board, with so much business, cut the speaker time to 30 minutes. And this is in the middle of a charter reform school takeover of 10 Memphis schools. So we got 1.5 minutes. I used a little more and was escorted from the podium by one of Memphis's finest. I will post my comments tomorrow.
Not only was Bibbs endorsed in her School Board race by the enemy of public education, Stand on Children, but she is employed by Green Dot Charter Schools as Director of Community Engagement. Conflict of interest? Ask Ms. Bibbs.
Two significant items on tonight's agenda were contracts for a company, Cynthia Alexander Mitchell Academics, which is owned by Associate Superintendent, Cynthia Alexander Mitchell. The contracts are worth $60,900 and $130,000, respectively. The larger contract is for Mitchell to "train" 13 teachers at the corporate outfit, The Center for Better Schools. How sweet a deal is that!
Tonight was the first night I spoke at a Shelby County School Board meeting. The protocol calls for three minutes, but the Board, with so much business, cut the speaker time to 30 minutes. And this is in the middle of a charter reform school takeover of 10 Memphis schools. So we got 1.5 minutes. I used a little more and was escorted from the podium by one of Memphis's finest. I will post my comments tomorrow.
Thank you.
ReplyDeleteCenter for Better Schools is a National Company. No local connection. This is not true.
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