Saturday, January 16, 2016
Khadijah Ghafur Sentenced in Charter School Case, another cult operated charter school
Lessons learned in California #WakeUpAMERICA
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Gulen-Linked Charter Application in Fremont, California Magnolia Science Academy
Gulen-Linked Charter Called Out At California Board Meeting
Forwarded by Tim Furman
So, this just happened out in Fremont, California. The Gulen node out there, Magnolia "Public" Schools, is applying for a charter at Fremont Unified, a respected school district there run by elected people.
Evidently this district already has a district-run charter school, which sounds to me like an alternative-type school, and it's very well regarded. It also appears that they just got rid of a privately run charter school for various reasons.
And now they have the Gulenists trying to move in. Here's a short clip. The first speaker is Caprice Young, who has been hired to be the head of Magnolia by the actual Gulenists -- the chain itself was on the rocks in LA and they needed to shore up their image; she is almost certainly not in the Movement herself and may indeed not know what is going on, but it is far more likely that she knows exactly what is going on but is choosing to look away in exchange for a fat paycheck. She certainly has a long history with them and a generally terrible reputation. The guy speaking after her is a lawyer from Robert Amsterdam's firm; he is indeed representing the government of Turkey.
Evidently this district already has a district-run charter school, which sounds to me like an alternative-type school, and it's very well regarded. It also appears that they just got rid of a privately run charter school for various reasons.
And now they have the Gulenists trying to move in. Here's a short clip. The first speaker is Caprice Young, who has been hired to be the head of Magnolia by the actual Gulenists -- the chain itself was on the rocks in LA and they needed to shore up their image; she is almost certainly not in the Movement herself and may indeed not know what is going on, but it is far more likely that she knows exactly what is going on but is choosing to look away in exchange for a fat paycheck. She certainly has a long history with them and a generally terrible reputation. The guy speaking after her is a lawyer from Robert Amsterdam's firm; he is indeed representing the government of Turkey.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Magnolia Science Academy "Gulen Inspired" tries for school in Fremont, CA TONIGHT 1/13/2016
Magnolia Science Academy that "Gulen inspired" mess that was to close 1 year ago is on a surge to grow. In August 2015 they tried to recruit parents and students using the ICF (Islamic Cultural Center of Fremont). This was targeting the large Afghanistani population that lives in the area and the ex students of CLOSED charter school FAME Charter School.
Their application is here full of inconsistencies
670 pages.
Their application is here full of inconsistencies
670 pages.
Plenty of signatures from potential teachers who say they are "meaningfully interested in teaching" at the school -- along with their resumes and a those of a whole lot of other teachers (pg 444-555). Right. The closest lives in Monterey and the rest give addresses in SoCal.
Interestingly, the one from Monterey (Joseph Compagno) had prev. worked for Magnolia and the Gulen charter school in Buffalo, taught English at Fatih U for one year, and also taught at "Milky Way School" in Teaneck in the mid-1990s.
Parent intent to enroll forms start at 222-439.
Parent intent to enroll forms start at 222-439.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Gulen Movement: Turkey's Islamic Supremacist Cult and the Civilization J...
Washington, D.C.): It has become increasingly apparent that the United States is not only confronting a violent effort by Islamic supremacists to impose the program they call shariah on the rest of the world, Muslim and non-Muslim, alike. Dangerous as jihadist terrorism is, America – and the rest of the Free World, for that matter – also face what amounts to a pre-violent assault.
The Muslim Brotherhood calls this stealthy, seditious effort to “destroy us from within” a “civilization jihad.” One of its prime practitioners in this country is the Gulen Movement, a cult/business empire led by a reclusive Turkish expatriate, Fethullah Gulen, who operates from within an armed camp in the Poconos.
contd' http://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2015/12/islamic-supremacism-does-business-in-u-s-via-a-turkish-cult-gulen-movement-is-an-engine-for-civilization-jihad-2595364.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Magnolia Science Academy is on a roll to open new schools just in time for the Broad, Gates and Walton Billion dollar give away
San Fernando Valley (2) applications
The Gulenists are like Turkish sailors on crack - cranking out charter school applications in the last 3 weeks. They applied for 2 Magnolia Science Academies in the San Fernando Valley #10 and #11 and applied in Oceanside but strangely withdrew the application to re submit later.
They snuck in with the application but lets see if the LAUSD puts the breaks on because it's so soon after being in the dog house and almost closing for having financial shortfalls and other mismanaged money.
December 12, 2015 was the presentation what will LAUSD do?
Magnolia Science Academy 10
Magnolia Science Academy 10 New Charter Petition - Public Hearing 12/08/15
Magnolia Science Academy 11
Magnolia Science Academy 11 New Charter Petition - Public Hearing 12/08/15
Oceanside, CA
Michelle Crumpton, Magnolia’s chief academic officer, wrote in the petition that the charter school would start with grades K-3 in the first year and add a grade each year, making it K-7 by 2022, when the charter petition must be renewed.
The school anticipates 510 students in its fifth year of operation, and about 1,000 students when it becomes a full K-12 school in 2027.
Crumpton said that the “the fast growth of high-tech clusters in San Diego County” will provide future high-wage job opportunities and that her company’s program will help meet that demand.
“Ensuring that the future workforce is properly educated in the STEM disciplines ... is a crucial first step in establishing economic sustainability for San Diego County individuals and communities,” she wrote in the petition.
The school anticipates 510 students in its fifth year of operation, and about 1,000 students when it becomes a full K-12 school in 2027.
Crumpton said that the “the fast growth of high-tech clusters in San Diego County” will provide future high-wage job opportunities and that her company’s program will help meet that demand.
“Ensuring that the future workforce is properly educated in the STEM disciplines ... is a crucial first step in establishing economic sustainability for San Diego County individuals and communities,” she wrote in the petition.
Magnolia Science Academy Caprice Young tells a big lie, such a great example to children YES THIS IS A GULEN SCHOOL
One of Orange County’s largest school districts is calling for a temporary statewide moratorium on charter schools, accusing independently-run public charters of often caring more about making money than teaching students.
Orange County, meanwhile, is on the threshold of seeing more applications for charters in the coming year.
The superintendent and trustees of the Anaheim Union High School District recently issued a press release and an opinion piece accusing many charters of operating “in the shadows with no transparency, no accountability, and no public review.” They want laws regulating charters tightened.
In a Dec. 18 opinion piece published on the online news site Voice of OC, the Anaheim district leaders blasted Vista Charter, which has a school in Santa Ana and applied to open a campus in Anaheim. A day before, trustees rejected Vista’s application as financially and educationally unsound.
Trustees also criticized Magnolia Public Schools, a Westminster-based chain of 11 schools, including Magnolia Science Academy in Santa Ana.
Anaheim Union leaders wrote that Magnolia is part of one of the largest charter operators in the United States and is connected to a wealthy Turkish imam, Fethullah Gulen, whose schools and movement have attracted media attention, including a “60 Minutes” episode the district posted on its website. Gulen lives in the United States and is considered a powerful opponent to the Turkish government.
Magnolia officials say their schools are not affiliated to Gulen or his schools or the international Gulen movement, nor do they receive any funds from that organization.
Magnolia’s founders did include Turkish immigrants who are progressive Muslims who “believe in peace and interfaith dialogue and who see education as a priority, and Gulen is not the only world leader who is professing these things,” said Caprice Young, Magnolia’s CEO and superintendent. Magnolia’s schools do not engage in religious activities, she said.
Anaheim trustees’ are “pushing back because they want to have a monopoly over all the choices that families are allowed to make over public education,” said Young, a former Los Angeles Unified School District board president. “The truth is that without charter schools, only rich people can make choices in public education.”
Magnolia Public Schools, which emphasize science, technology, engineering, art and math, last month filed applications for 10 more schools over the next two years. In Orange County, Magnolia, founded in 1997, filed applications in Anaheim Union, Garden Grove Unified, Anaheim City and Santa Ana Unified school districts.
California Department of Education officials declined to comment Tuesday on Anaheim Union’s call for a moratorium. But they forwarded a related Education Code that states that for a school district to deny a charter request, it needs to find, in writing, that the application has not met one or more of specific required criteria.
Miles Durfee, of the California Charter Schools Association, said charters comply with federal and state laws and are held to high accountability standards. “The same old myths are tired, misguided and just plain wrong,” he said in response to Anaheim trustees’ opinion piece.
Ralph Opacic, founder and executive director of the county’s best known charter school – the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana – called the Anaheim trustees’ blanket criticism about charters ridiculous and dangerous.
“We have over 50 families from the Anaheim Union district in the OCSA because their needs are not met in that district,” Opacic said Tuesday.
In Orange County, there are 19 charter schools, some denied by their home districts but approved on appeal by the Orange County Board of Education or the California Department of Education.
Al Jabbar, an Anaheim Union board member, said the Orange County Board of Education takes away local control when it approves charter schools denied by districts.
“The reason we’re taking a lead is we’re looking at the trend,” Jabbar said. “We don’t want to put our taxpayers and parents at risk.”
Charter schools receive state funding based on the same formula as traditional public schools, but many charters also have additional fundraising.
Orange County Board of Education members David Boyd, Linda Lindholm and Ken L. Williams said in interviews that charter schools offer parents more options for their children.
Boyd said he understands the concerns of local districts that have excellent schools and don’t see the need for charters: “But the law is about parental choice.”
Williams said charter schools have greater control and autonomy and charter teachers and other staffers can opt-out of union membership. He questioned whether Anaheim Union’s call for a moratorium was “political in nature” and influenced by ties to a powerful teachers’ union.
“They never called or approached us about any of their concerns,” Williams wrote in an e-mail.
Meanwhile, Magnolia’s hearing before the Anaheim Union school board is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 6.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/schools-697882-anaheim-charter.html
Orange County, meanwhile, is on the threshold of seeing more applications for charters in the coming year.
The superintendent and trustees of the Anaheim Union High School District recently issued a press release and an opinion piece accusing many charters of operating “in the shadows with no transparency, no accountability, and no public review.” They want laws regulating charters tightened.
In a Dec. 18 opinion piece published on the online news site Voice of OC, the Anaheim district leaders blasted Vista Charter, which has a school in Santa Ana and applied to open a campus in Anaheim. A day before, trustees rejected Vista’s application as financially and educationally unsound.
Trustees also criticized Magnolia Public Schools, a Westminster-based chain of 11 schools, including Magnolia Science Academy in Santa Ana.
Anaheim Union leaders wrote that Magnolia is part of one of the largest charter operators in the United States and is connected to a wealthy Turkish imam, Fethullah Gulen, whose schools and movement have attracted media attention, including a “60 Minutes” episode the district posted on its website. Gulen lives in the United States and is considered a powerful opponent to the Turkish government.
Magnolia officials say their schools are not affiliated to Gulen or his schools or the international Gulen movement, nor do they receive any funds from that organization.
Magnolia’s founders did include Turkish immigrants who are progressive Muslims who “believe in peace and interfaith dialogue and who see education as a priority, and Gulen is not the only world leader who is professing these things,” said Caprice Young, Magnolia’s CEO and superintendent. Magnolia’s schools do not engage in religious activities, she said.
Anaheim trustees’ are “pushing back because they want to have a monopoly over all the choices that families are allowed to make over public education,” said Young, a former Los Angeles Unified School District board president. “The truth is that without charter schools, only rich people can make choices in public education.”
Magnolia Public Schools, which emphasize science, technology, engineering, art and math, last month filed applications for 10 more schools over the next two years. In Orange County, Magnolia, founded in 1997, filed applications in Anaheim Union, Garden Grove Unified, Anaheim City and Santa Ana Unified school districts.
California Department of Education officials declined to comment Tuesday on Anaheim Union’s call for a moratorium. But they forwarded a related Education Code that states that for a school district to deny a charter request, it needs to find, in writing, that the application has not met one or more of specific required criteria.
Miles Durfee, of the California Charter Schools Association, said charters comply with federal and state laws and are held to high accountability standards. “The same old myths are tired, misguided and just plain wrong,” he said in response to Anaheim trustees’ opinion piece.
Ralph Opacic, founder and executive director of the county’s best known charter school – the Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana – called the Anaheim trustees’ blanket criticism about charters ridiculous and dangerous.
“We have over 50 families from the Anaheim Union district in the OCSA because their needs are not met in that district,” Opacic said Tuesday.
In Orange County, there are 19 charter schools, some denied by their home districts but approved on appeal by the Orange County Board of Education or the California Department of Education.
Al Jabbar, an Anaheim Union board member, said the Orange County Board of Education takes away local control when it approves charter schools denied by districts.
“The reason we’re taking a lead is we’re looking at the trend,” Jabbar said. “We don’t want to put our taxpayers and parents at risk.”
Charter schools receive state funding based on the same formula as traditional public schools, but many charters also have additional fundraising.
Orange County Board of Education members David Boyd, Linda Lindholm and Ken L. Williams said in interviews that charter schools offer parents more options for their children.
Boyd said he understands the concerns of local districts that have excellent schools and don’t see the need for charters: “But the law is about parental choice.”
Williams said charter schools have greater control and autonomy and charter teachers and other staffers can opt-out of union membership. He questioned whether Anaheim Union’s call for a moratorium was “political in nature” and influenced by ties to a powerful teachers’ union.
“They never called or approached us about any of their concerns,” Williams wrote in an e-mail.
Meanwhile, Magnolia’s hearing before the Anaheim Union school board is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 6.
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