Their is a bigger beast >>>> OOOOOHHHHHH.
its called unions(Wooohhhhh).

Ignorant? How much bond monies do charters get? How much taxes do charter parents pay? Its simple. Yes O’Connel gave charters monies this year that was the equivalent to chump change.

Do the math, and look at the mirror. There you will find ignorance.

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_charter05.3f9380d.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/15/MNG29C9CTM1.DTL

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/05/local/me-charter5

Back in the early days of Charter Mania, a sly, bloodthirsty monster roamed California. Disguised as a mystical healer, he appeared from nowhere before one after another weary school board, spinning unearthly fables designed to soothe and thus beguile them. Charles Cox was the name he answered to outside of hell.

Fee fie foe fum! He could smell a gravy train from miles away. Despite his sketchy qualifications, he easily charmed district after district into signing over their children’s lives. Ultimately, was granted charters for 60 schools in various counties.

(Fortunately, the OUSD was immune to his curse. The magic word “ghetto” blinded his eyes with dollar signs to the beauty of our magical city.)

I remember reading about this bum soon after his spell had broken with a vengeance. He had budgeted something like 22 cents per student for daily meals, and something like $500 per school for annual custodial services, because Abracadabra, the students should just damn clean up after themselves.

And one dark autumn, as thousands of hapless children prepared for the new school year, a great cry rose across the land. Cox had absconded with at $5.5 million, leaving parents scrambling to enroll their children elsewhere at the last minute. Soon, school districts far and wide were plagued with bills, unpaid leases, and other contract obligations that he’s left in his wake. (While charter schools are not under direct district supervision, somehow the same districts are obligated to pay some of their more expensive expenses. What’s up with that?)

In the long run, Cox may have been a blessing in disguise. After this nightmare, California passed legislation limiting any one charter outfit from opening too many schools across too many district/county lines. The Legend of CCA also frightened many a school board into tightening its criteria for granting charters at all. But heed the tale of Charles Cox: Not all of these people are in it for the children.

It does need to be addressed- what I am saying is that how come it did not happen before and when this lawyer leaves, who then?

I do not think anyone truly know what a conflcit is or isnt- such is the way with legal jargon-non comitting.\
I just think that this opinion caught up the wrong one at OUSD-thats all.

As for taxpayers money- we’ve been ripped off for years by OUSD and will conitnue to do so. I am pressing for charters to share get a share of bonds monies because I do support their efforts as well-they are educating Oakland kids and we pay for them too, yet they get no money.

At least I will feel somewhat better when educrats take the money

I agree with you regarding David Kakishiba, but disagree with your comment stating that you’re waiting for the lawyers to deal with the other conflict of interest in the school District. Where should Minor start in reviewing and correcting the “conflict of interest cases?” For the last few years, there have been enormous “conflict of interest” situations within the District. For example, there have been many positions created and relatives were hired to fill these positions. On top of that, many are employed in the same department within the school District.

What is the definition of “conflict of interest”? Does it apply to all ethnic groups or does that depend on who you are?

Last but not least, Minor needs to review the District hiring process for the last few years and correct the unfair practices within the District.

We as Oakland citizens will need to make sure that our tax money and our additional property taxes for “School Measure E” are properly spent on the school renovation projects, and not on hiring unnecessary staff within the District.

I agree with you about David. I am waiting to see what other conflicts of interest the lawyer deals with IN THE SCHOOLS. There is enormous number of conflicts of interest by people in positions of power at the school level, and the district administration level as well as with the Board. There are conflicts of interest with members of the Oakland City Council as well.

I believe that because David stepped down it will create the pressure needed for us to stop the Deborah Edgerly and Ron Dellums sort of nepotism as well as just hiring people who are neither qualified for the position, nor give a fair 8 hour day’s work for 8 hour day’s pay for a non-exempt worker. We have to start somewhere.

And, if we don’t see the changes elsewhere in Oakland, we will know that this was an effort to manipulate the school board, because we have witnessed time and time again the disclosure of conflicts of interest in Oakland’s City Administrators. If we do not see, hear of or know any others conflicts of interest being eliminated, as citizens, we will need to makes sure that we manage through the ballot process. I hate that process. I would love to vote in competent, ethical elected officials and let them do their jobs, but if they find it too difficult, we vote in what we need.

I think this was a bow to the will of a lawyer, not the people. He served for 7 years til this legal council arrived.

I respect the decision to go without a fight- however there are many who want him to fight. When you serve in this capacity of public servant- the job is greater than you (at leaset that how I call it).

Now- it may very well get dumb if a rubber stamper gets appointed.
Id respect it if he fought- he’s much smarter than the rest.

“Many express support for larger Portland high schools at community forum,” October 17, 2009, @
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/10/many_express_support_for_large.html

A few years ago, the Gates Foundation abandoned their support of “small schools,” depriving a number of people from their bread and butter. They weren’t the magic bullet Bill and Melinda had been searching for.

Will the next move be that those small high schools created by Gates’ money will start thinking about merging back together into one?