tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post114666458487823327..comments2023-12-23T13:25:43.770-08:00Comments on Rob Kremer: School district shenanigansRob Kremerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842508120324878364noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-67140526641013238712008-04-08T09:40:00.000-07:002008-04-08T09:40:00.000-07:00I am now regretting a great missed opportunity;Whe...I am now regretting a great missed opportunity;<BR/><BR/>When a family member plunged into the charter approval process, she came home every day with outrageous stories. I nagged her to document the experience, but the process had her stretched so thin, it wasn't an option at the time. I was half inclined to quit my job and make a project of it myself, but I'm not in a position to take a year off!<BR/><BR/>The interesting part was the district alternative school which was being converted to a charter at the same time. The difference in the process of the Alternative school and the school created by my family member was incredible. It was light speed and fast tracks vs. detours and a Sunday driver.<BR/><BR/>The grant splits are very interesting too. A huge percentage comes off the charter's grant money and disappears somewhere within the district. We're talking hundreds of thousands going nobody knows where!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-69992624210466867862007-03-13T09:57:00.000-07:002007-03-13T09:57:00.000-07:00Rob, your take on the firing of Vanguard Learning?...Rob, your take on the firing of Vanguard Learning?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-59811773244935409642007-01-17T00:13:00.000-08:002007-01-17T00:13:00.000-08:00Its about time that the Oregon School Board Associ...Its about time that the Oregon School Board Association Monopoly is abbolished. They are supported by our tax payers dollars. They have to much control over local and state education for a non govermental agency calling themselves a non profit. What is more disturbing is that two of the members of the Oregon State Board of Education members sit on the OSBA board.<br />Any charter school application that makes it to the state is going to have to make it through an expanded criteria at the ODE level. The Oregon State Board of Education is a card carrying OSBA member. Therefor it has no snow balls chance of ever being approved. ODE makes certain of that. They can dish out the criteria but in March of 2006 The Department of Education came in and found they were not doing there job and were cited. They are not doing their job now when it comes to charter schools. We need change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com