Photo: Patrick Judd, recently hired consultant for TASSome of the best information can be found in the comments section of news articles. Here's a recent comment that was added to this post:
"Parents are now being threatened by current administration which includes Patrick Judd, Sandra Phillips, Sergio Sanchez and Co-founders of The Accelerated School, not to say negative things about the school because we are in the process of renewing our charter.
"If we continue to voice our concerns we will lose our charter. What? I don't think so, they can't threaten us, they should've thought about that before they hired these incompetent nitwits.
"Our current K – 6 Principal Sandra Phillips doesn’t even posses a California state teaching or administrator credentials. Their response to this is “Charter schools don’t require administrators to be credentialed”. This is a JOKE! How is she supposed to provide any guidance or support to our teachers when she isn’t qualified to do so? This is why the students are failing. Parents like me didn’t know that this was the case until we began questioning and investigating her background. We parents were under the impression that Sandra Phillips was credentialed. As of today we discovered that one of the Co-Directors and Sandra Phillips are in a relationship? Now the plot thickens???
"Then they hire Patrick Judd without informing parents of his baggage and he is suppose to be helping the school clean up their act or as I believe remove anyone who speaks out against them. This is all a big fat joke and our children and community are suffering the repercussions of their continued mistakes."
[Maura Larkins' note: A lot of people think that freedom of speech is protected by our Constitution because it is morally right. That's not the reason. The reason is that freedom of thought leads to economic development, to financial advancement for the whole country. Why are people in power afraid of it? Because they fear that the march to the future will pass them by. They are protecting their own careers and finances. Patrick Judd and Lowell Billings are ensconced firmly in the divine-right-of-kings era, and I suspect that's exactly why they were chosen by the TAS board.
The Accelerated School would do well to encourage open discussion among teachers and parents. They should ask Patrick Lencioni to come and help them overcome their dysfunction.
Note that "Fear of Conflict" is one of the five dysfunctions. Judd and Billings are terrified of conflict. They don't know how to sit down and talk openly and honestly about problems--I doubt that they even talk openly with each other.]
Photo below: TAS board member Lowell Billings. (Not Dick Cheney, though some have noted a growing resemblance.)
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1 comment:
Parents are threatened by current administration? Sounds like Guajome Park Academy Charter School sending out dozens of cease and desist letters to parents who ask TOO MANY QUESTIONS, like do you have policies? What is your curriculum? Are your teachers credentialed? Do you have conflict of interests? Do you have special education?
Charter schools were supposed to be better for the parents and have more transparency and accountability what a joke!
Yes charter school can threaten anyone why? Because they can get away with it who is going to make them accountable? The local school districts? SDCOE? The State?
Arnold the terminator the one who refused to pass legislation to protect the health and safety of students attending charter schools?
Charter schools hire incompetent nitwits because they are CHEAP and the big heads and their families rake in the hundreds and thousands of PUBLIC FUNDS just ask SIAtech with less than 5000 student enrollment they roll in these salaries:
LINDA DOWSON President of the Board of Directors and Operations Manager $ 220,461.
ED BROWN Director and Operations Manager $ 124,878.
LINDA MILLER Director of Educational Services $172,860.
DAVID JENKINS Assistant Supervisor $ 169,81.
KRISTIN MALLORY Assistant Supervisor $ 168, 896.
DIANE FAIRCHILD Director of Special Education $ 161,348
MANOUCHEHR HADJIAGHAI Director of Administrative Services $ 160, 210.
MANOUCHEHR HADJIAGHAI Director of Administrative Services $ 160, 210.
http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2008/2008GrowthSch.aspx?cYear=2005-06&allcds=37-
http://jobcorps.dol.gov/centers/ca.htm
No teaching credentials for administrators? No problem either does Karla Skaggs current administrator of Guajome Park Academy and you should check out her double digit salary $$$.
Please parents don’t ask questions of investigate charter school follies you will end up with cease and desist letters and restraining orders like Guajome Park Academy parents.
All of these flaunt charter schools belong to the California Charter School Association where their membership will buy a whole lot of lobbing and a direct line to Arnold the terminator. Instead of protection the rights of parents and students, Arnold protects his charter school friends.
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