By: Maria Erbil

Maria Erbil — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:10:49 +0000

Bay Area Technology is part of the Gulen Movement, which has multi-layers of foundations that support the schools (90 in the USA) as well as tax payers money. These foundations launder money across state lines among the various Gulen Islamic inspired Schools – Sonoran Science Academy (AZ) Magnolia Science (So. CAL)
Horizon Science (OH) Harmony Science (TX) Coral Science (NV) and more. Their foundations for the Bay Area School is Accord institute, Pacifica, but there are about 50 more foundations all uner RUMI out of Washington DC.
Gulen Schools as well as Bay Area immigrates teachers from Turkey with no teaching credentials under HB-1 Visas. Most of the Teachers pay 40% to the foundation of their salary. All the schools have Turkish principals, teachers and people controling the board.
They also have a dog and pony show they participate in for Turkish singing, dancing and poetry that the Pacifica Institute puts on.
Gulen is an interesting character, he lives on 200 acres in seclusion poconos area of PA.with guards.
His own education is only to the 12th grade but his expanded educuation is in Islamic Theology. He is worth $52 Billion and owns all the media, Insruance, banking in the turkish American community.
Also the high awards the schools boast about? are untrue they are all from Gulen sponsored events. the foundations also wine and dine local politicans, and other note worthy people. Many are given free trips to turkey. Tell me again where our tax dollars are going?

By: Jim Mordecai

Jim Mordecai — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:36:09 +0000

I am not a lawyer, but I thought charter school charters were granted by the authorizing authority for five years and then they were evaluated. I don’t believe the law allows for extension of 45 days or the ability to grant a charter for less than five years.

If BayTech or any other charter petitioner applies for a five year charter and doesn’t begin when they plan, they are stuck with being evaluated in the shorter time frame.

The concept of a charter school is that it becomes a charter because it will be held accountable for performing. Now BayTech is understandable asking for more time to meet its performance goals, but if it is a charter and the District holds charters to rigorous standards it must close the school as staff has recommended.

However, if charters are merely a political arena to pressure school boards/state administrators into being sustained then the advocates of charter schools must not claim they are held to a higher standard than public schools except in theory.

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