Maria Guadalupe Mena of Garfield High School:
"Community members stated they were offered monetary compensation [by Green Dot] in exchange for their signature on a petition."
"The day of the 'Public School Choice' vote, Parent Revolution and Parent Union representatives informed us they were court mandated to support the rally to work off their community service".
"We're unhappy that reform decisions have been dictated to our community by billionaire philanthropists [who]...are funding...Inner City Struggle, Parent Revolution, Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles Learning Collaboratives to push their corporate agenda onto the schools."
Wow.
Private, for-profit Companies have
stolen Garfield High School.
In a few years, 75% of the American People will be fighting their reluctant US Senate
for the possibility of a "Public Option"
for Education.
While all eyes are understandibly on the Economy, Afghanistan, and other "hotter" issues, Corporations & Venture-Capital Groups are flipping literally thousands of Public Schools nationwide. Now OUR TAX dollar$ are going straight to the Corporations!
Gotta' love it, huh?
notrombones 2 years ago