Posted by
Mark on Sunday, February 10, 2008 8:34:01 PM
Will Rocklin families be told again by the “we know more than the parents” Rocklin School Board, that they do not have the right to school choice in Rocklin?
The Western Sierra Collegiate Academy (WSCA) will resubmit their charter petition to the anti-school choice Rocklin School Board during one of their March meetings. At this time, the Rocklin Unified School District (RUSD) has not said if they will evaluate the changes in the WSCA charter.
Lets not forget that after the RUSD attorney and Whitney High School Principal, Debra Hawkins spent over 1-hour picking apart the WSCA charter petition, Steve Paul, the “Grand Poobah” of the board, allowed only a 3-minute response from the WSCA leadership. After months of compiling a 700-page charter petition, the Rocklin School Board allows just a 3-minute response to 1-hour worth of allegations! Most of these allegations came from the RUSD’s attorney. Now we have an attorney telling families in Rocklin that they do not have the right to school choice.
When the WSCA leadership asked for additional time to address the allegations, the Grand Poobah did not even give it a thought. He gave a flat out NO. We all know the Grand Poobah does not think for himself. He has truly become the puppet of Superintendent Kevin Brown. Lets not forget that Mr. Brown told us at the public hearing last December, that he would not even address the WSCA charter until he had an enrollment agreement with Rocklin Academy. Can you say BLACKMAIL? Last summer, he forced the Rocklin Academy into a potentially illegal agreement, that prohibits Rocklin families from attending Rocklin Academy. Mr. Brown and the Grand Poobah have forced the Rocklin Academy to have 20% of their enrollment from outside of Rocklin. This is crazy because there are hundreds of Rocklin families that are on the waiting list to get into Rocklin Academy. We are still looking for an attorney to take the RUSD to court over this issue.
Since I mentioned that Mr. Paul is the puppet of Superintendent Kevin Brown, I want to provide a picture that illustrates what I mean. I had technical difficulties on a previous post. I hope the picture comes through on this posting.
