I know most people have heard the story of the monk who met a snake going up a mountain that was freezing to death. The shivering snaked begged the monk to carry it up the mountain so it could warm itself in the monastery. The monk argued that it could be deadly to be bitten by a poisonous snake. But the pleading snake promised not to bite him, if he would just be so kind as to save his life. Of course as soon as they were at the monastery and getting all warm; the snake promptly bit the monk. To the shocked monk, the snake replied, "But you knew I was a snake when you picked me up."
Well as a School Board, we choose to "work" with a charter school and its board of directors, who are members of our community. But like most people who are trying to make a profit off of public education; ethics and perhaps laws are rarely a top concern. As I read the following article in yesterday's local paper I could not help but think about the monk and the snake story. We know Charter Schools are the poisonous snakes in "public" education.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013130326058&nclick_check=1
. . . Coates Bluff Wright Island — developed by U.L. Coleman — filed suit against Shreveport Charter Foundation and the city of Shreveport, saying the city illegally allowed the foundation to construct Magnolia on River Parkway Boulevard right of way. . . .
This final statement speaks of the confidence the Charter's Board of Directors have that they are above the law. “We have every intention to open Magnolia at the beginning of August just as was the plan,” Rozeman said. “This suit doesn’t change that for us.”
I hope that my shaky faith will be restored in Louisiana's judicial system. But politics, not honesty, often prevails here. And for the record, I did not vote to play with these snakes.
Well as a School Board, we choose to "work" with a charter school and its board of directors, who are members of our community. But like most people who are trying to make a profit off of public education; ethics and perhaps laws are rarely a top concern. As I read the following article in yesterday's local paper I could not help but think about the monk and the snake story. We know Charter Schools are the poisonous snakes in "public" education.
| Governor Jindal: Killing public education one school at a time. |
Coates Bluff Wright Island files suit against city, charter school
| Shreverport Times picture. |
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013130326058&nclick_check=1
. . . Coates Bluff Wright Island — developed by U.L. Coleman — filed suit against Shreveport Charter Foundation and the city of Shreveport, saying the city illegally allowed the foundation to construct Magnolia on River Parkway Boulevard right of way. . . .
This final statement speaks of the confidence the Charter's Board of Directors have that they are above the law. “We have every intention to open Magnolia at the beginning of August just as was the plan,” Rozeman said. “This suit doesn’t change that for us.”
I hope that my shaky faith will be restored in Louisiana's judicial system. But politics, not honesty, often prevails here. And for the record, I did not vote to play with these snakes.