The Times Union's disappointing reporting about KIPP
These are facts
Gary Chartrand gave mayor Lenny Curry and pacs supporting him, buckets of money
Lenny Curry had the Jacksonville Children's Commission, change it's rules to send buckets of money to Chartrand's KIPP school.
They did so at the expense of poor children at other schools on the North and West sides of town.
The KIPP school is loaded, and I know, I have seen their filings.
Finally I had to read the article three times to catch it but we aren't paying for an extended day program at the KIPP school we are paying so their school day can be longer. That's messed up as up to now the money had just gone for extended day programs.
In the Times Union's article they didn't mention the first two things and I know they know them because I have told them several times since the spring.
From the Times Union:
KIPP’s after-school funding, in addition to the shakeup in the way the children’s commission awarded funding this year, caused fear among parents and after-school providers that some 16 locations would get no money this year, said Warren Jones, a School Board member whose district includes many of those after-school sites.
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/education/2017-08-29/city-starts-footing-bill-charters-after-school-programs
WTF Jacksonville, this is how banana republics are run.
Gary Chartrand gave mayor Lenny Curry and pacs supporting him, buckets of money
Lenny Curry had the Jacksonville Children's Commission, change it's rules to send buckets of money to Chartrand's KIPP school.
They did so at the expense of poor children at other schools on the North and West sides of town.
The KIPP school is loaded, and I know, I have seen their filings.
Finally I had to read the article three times to catch it but we aren't paying for an extended day program at the KIPP school we are paying so their school day can be longer. That's messed up as up to now the money had just gone for extended day programs.
In the Times Union's article they didn't mention the first two things and I know they know them because I have told them several times since the spring.
From the Times Union:
KIPP’s after-school funding, in addition to the shakeup in the way the children’s commission awarded funding this year, caused fear among parents and after-school providers that some 16 locations would get no money this year, said Warren Jones, a School Board member whose district includes many of those after-school sites.
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/education/2017-08-29/city-starts-footing-bill-charters-after-school-programs
WTF Jacksonville, this is how banana republics are run.