Gulen Magnolia Science Academy Bitch Slap Part I

Supposedly the Gulen operated Magnolia Science Academy has selected property back in Santa Clara, CA on Pomeroy Ave.  It is an old church (Neighborhood Church) next to Pomeroy Elementary School.

I wonder if Caprice Young and Co., have asked permission to move next to an elementary school.

Gulen Magnolia Science Academy Bitch Slap Part II

Watch CEO Caprice Young trip on her lies, inconsistencies and unprofessionalism.
No wonder she has Larson Communications and Her Attorneys on speed dial.
Embarrassing that this type of poor management leadership would be attempting
to operate schools.

Caprice Young's unprofessional presentation at the Santa Clara County Office of Education SCCOE, embarassing piece of garbage

Caprice Young has her attorneys Dan Wood and Jerry Simmons on speed dial. Caprice is a public figure (or so she has paid expensive publicists to spin her as such) she is fair game open for criticism. Caprice Young would never win a defamation case because the burden of proof is on her to prove that all facts stated here or anywhere else are not true.
100% The Magnolia Science Academy aka Magnolia Public Schools are affiliated with members of the Gulen Movement (Hizmet) They have also taught at other Gulen affiliated schools in the USA. Caprice Young is either smoking too much Turkish hashish or she is delusional with maniac dreams of grandeur she doesn't get it. It's rumored by many of the people that have worked at Magnolia Public Schools A GULEN CHARTER SCHOOL, that Caprice Young has a yearly salary of $600K to turn around this trouble organization of liars. It would be great if Charter schools were held to the same standard of transparency as traditional public schools which reveals School superintendent salaries. How about Capricious Caprice you want to share your salary?

While you are at it, explain and give an accounting of:
Excessive amount of administrators at Magnolia Public Schools A GULEN CHARTER SCHOOL, there are 23 of which 9 are Turkic National (GULENISTS, there is barely 4,000 students enrolled at 11 campuses, it's been stagnant between 3,800 to 4,000 since 2012-2013. Although your pathetic presentation says only 3,400 students but you claim to have waiting lists despite 3 schools are grossly unsustainable under 200 students.

 What is the expenses paid to your publicist Larson Communications who is spinning you as some sort of Educational trailblazer and whitewashing Magnolia Public Schools A GULEN CHARTER SCHOOL - please give the breakdown and justify this money spent to market, advertise and public relations of having Congressman Brad Sherman give a Congressional award to a few Magnolia students (same as what the troubled Gulen School in Oklahoma did) Dove Science Academy your sister Gulen school.

 What is the legal expenses paid to have Dan Woods send threatening letters to silence your critics? or the expenses for Jerry Simmons to show up at school districts and clean your mess up? Your reputation proceeds you, 5 counties denied your 8 charter school applications, School Superintendents do not want your schools and your trouble in their districts. You are a failed system of what goes wrong in charter schools when there is no accountability. Should you follow through with your lawfare, I am sure that the media would love it and more school districts would be eager to do business with a troubled charter school known for suing everyone and spending their time sidestepping, whitewashing and not assuming accountability.

Magnolia Public Schools Materials Revision Request 4/6/2016 from Gulen Cemaat

May 4th was suppose to be the answer to the above Materials Revision request, but this is the
message on the SCCOE Agenda. Sounds like you are in hot water again.

Exactly what are these "violations" SCCOE is investigating?
I doubt if Jerry Simmons will be able to get you out of this mess.

When a charter school is troubled beyond repair, lies, false advertising nothing will work.

According to Caprice Young, the 5th CEO of the Magnolia Public Schools in less than 15 years of their troubled existance "Magnolia is an award winning school according to US Report and world News"  so what is this US Report and world news?- a mere poll.  Gulenists have slammed these online polls, Magnolia is not the only Gulenists operated charter school to be declared a "top school."

Caprice Young is the 5th CEO in less than 15 years. 

The other troubled Gulenist operated charter school in Oklahoma Dove Science Academy, has also declared they are a US News and World report "top school" despite a brutal rape on campus and a state audit showing they overcharged the taxpayers of Oklahoma over $1 million to rent a building owned by a fellow Gulenist Turk.   Dove Science Academy also had a visit this past week from a member of Congress to give a few students a Congressional award as Magnolia Science Academy has.  

To Caprice Young, if your schools were so great why did you get turned down on 8 applications in 5 districts for an expansion?   Caprice Young continues to tout her Gulen Magnolia Public Schools as something unique and novel when in fact, they are the same as any other Gulenists operated charter school in the USA.   

Yes, we know you managed to get $17 million to build a new facility but more than likely it was done on false pretenses, and the lease, payments and other finances are closely watched .  Here is an updated photo that Mr. Serce took just 3 days ago.  You shouldn't be in such a huge hurry to expand when you have barely 100 students in 3 schools.  The Gulenists operated schools in California called the Magnolia Science Academy were originally DENIED their renewal in Santa Ana, California by the local Santa Ana Unified School District.  The Gulenist (sneaky bastards) then went to the layer above the school district - the Santa Ana COUNTY school district to have the denial overturn.  Without discussing their impending audit and recommendation to be shuttered in LAUSD.  

Not only were the Gulenists able to overturn the denial by bypassing the local governing board they received a $17 million loan/ bond to build a new school .  

https://dgsnewswire.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/office-of-public-school-construction-helps-break-ground-for-new-orange-county-school/comment-page-1/

Gulenist "Hobbit" Yilmaz Ak, Director of Accountability wears many hats at Gulen "inspired" schools

Yilmaz Ak "Hobbit"  former principal of Gulen inspired "Coral Academy of Science" was moved to the Gulen "inspired" Magnolia Science Acadmey- Santa Clara to be the new prinicpal in 2013.  The former principal Tim (Timur) Saka came from the other Gulen "inspired schools in Colorado and Utah - Lotus School of Excellence and Beehive Science Academy.
Yilmaz Ak is currently on the top heavy administrative staff of Magnolia Public Schools as the
(please don't laugh)  Director of Accountability <----hold the laughter please

Students at the Santa Clara Magnolia campus referred to Yilmaz Ak as "Hobbit" because of his 

short stature.  Here is a photo when AK was principal of Magnolia Santa Clara, note that second from Right is the current principal Dr. Michele Ryan who was booted off of the Santa Clara Unified School District.    Ak is even shorter than the women in this photo                                   

Jaya Gautam, Mr. Ak, principal, Mr. Taymaz, Ro Khanna, Sanjeev Gautam, Dr. Ryan, Shobana Ramamurthi

Dr. Michele Ryan their current prinicipal sided with Caprice Young on protecting 
Magnolia's erratic behavior.  When it was pointed out to her that she was putting herself in a conflict of interest by favoring the Magnolia schools, she recused herself.  Now is the current principal.  

Yilmaz Ak named in Magnolia Science Academy audit as floating a "loan" to the troubled organization.  Shouldn't the "Director of Accountability" mention where he got the $40,000.00 

TIMELINE OF TROUBLED MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY - SANTA CLARA

TIMELINE
1. March 2009: Santa Clara County Board of Education approves the charter petition for Magnolia Science Academy-Santa Clara, a countywide charter. The charter was approved for a three-year period (July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010). The school did not open as planned in fall 2009. In early 2010, the charter was revised.
2. Fall 2010: Magnolia opens MSA-Santa Clara at a site in Sunnyvale (1095 Dunford Way). This is the first of three charter schools for which a 3-year charter was granted to them by the board of the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE).
3. Fall 2012: MSA-Santa Clara moves into the campus at 2720 Sonoma Place in Santa Clara which belongs to Santa Clara Unified. This site was the longtime home to a historically important Santa Clara school, John Millikin Elementary School. The lease agreement is for three years only: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 (exp. June).
4. Jan. 2013: SCCOE grants a five-year renewal to Magnolia despite the district finding it has a negative cash flow, poor fiscal accounting and a problem with internal controls. Anna Song is the only trustee who dissented. Also, Magnolia never opened its promised other two charter schools in Santa Clara County.
5. May 2013: SCCOE issues a Notice of Concern to MSA-Santa Clara, citing "failure to meet generally accepted accounting principals." pdf
6. June 2014: With MSA-SC's lease due to expire at the end of 2014-15, Magnolia makes its first request to Santa Clara Unified for a lease extension. It is denied.
7. Oct. 2014: Petition for a totally brand new charter school, the STEM Academy of Silicon Valley (SASV), was submitted to Santa Clara Unified. Seeing the writing on the wall (that MSA-SC will have to close if it cannot get its lease extended or find another site) -- and with the Magnolia organization in turmoil in LAUSD, etc. -- principal Yilmaz Ak and a group of individuals attempt to open a brand new charter school for 2015-16. Supposedly this school would not be operated by Magnolia, but it clearly would be a reconstituted version of MSA-SC that could enroll its soon-to-be-school-siteless student body. Clearly they did this with the hope that the new charter school would qualify for a Santa Clara Unified site under Prop 39. And/or maybe they could have qualified for some start-up grant that would help them lease a space.
8. Jan. 2015: The SCUSD board unanimously votes against the SASV proposal.
  9. Feb 2015: SCCOE hearing on SASV (at some point Yilmaz Ak, et al, submitted the same proposal to the Santa Clara County authorizer)..
10. Mar. 4, 2015: Yilmaz Ak submits letter to SCCOE urging them to call a special meeting to decide on SASV asap. He explains that he has applied for Prop 39 facilities and must have the charter approved by March 15th. He closes the letter with, "I would like to avoid having to turn to the courts to settle this issue."
11. March 6, 2015: For the 3rd time, the Magnolia community comes to a Santa Clara Unified meeting to try to persuade the school board to extend their lease for the campus on Sonoma Place (sometimes called the "Central Park" site).

12. March 11, 2015: SASV was unanimously denied its charter application by the board of SCCOE. 13. March 17, 2015: Magnolia CEO Caprice Young comes up to the Bay Area. Holds a town hall meeting w/MSA-SC families and meets with and/or threatens who knows?

UPDATE-

14. August 2015: moves to current location in East San Jose school district at the Hispanic University sharing space with "Voices". Moving to this location and never properly notifying the school district or the school superintendent of this school district Chris Funk.
15. January 2016: formally notifies Mt. Pleasant School district to move into their school district after school district was informally notified by the SCCSD charter division of their request.  Dr. Caprice Young never reaches out to either school district, receives a letter from attorney for Mt. Pleasant School District of educational codes and laws that were broken.
16. April 2016: Magnolia files for yet another revision plan and is admonished at SCCUSD BOE meeting for not knowing or understanding that they must collaborate with hosting school districts.
17. May 4, 2016- SCCOE cancels meeting citing "further investigations into possible violation(s) postponed to May 18, 2016 meeting.
18. June 2016 Magnolia Science Academy Santa Clara makes formal announcement to SCCOE that they will be closing their school.
19. July 2016 SCCOE is putting together the final debt that that Magnolia has left behind, estimates are as high as $1, million

WATCH board meeting item #10 MAGNOLIA

Further proof of whitewashing of Gulen ties to Magnolia Science Academy, Larson Communication

More money is going away from American students and classrooms to the promotion of Magnolia Science Academy and their CEO Caprice "Capricious" Young. Magnolia Science Academy hired Larson PR Communications to puff up Caprice Young's image as a trailblazing educational reformer. To write stories about Magnolia Science Academy's community support and good deeds. There is a direct effort to distance Magnolia Science Academy from the Gulen Movement, there is 100% proof from the expensive Public Relations firm of Larson Communication who is paid to whitewash the horrid truth about Magnolia Science Academy A GULENIST OPERATED CHARTER SCHOOL. To Caprice Young, lets see your sorry ass in court and try to deny any of this, the evidence is overwhelming you and your schools are not wanted in California.

MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY SPENDS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HIDE THEIR AFFILIATION WITH GULEN

Magnolia Science Academy Larson PR hired to hide relationship to Gulen from Gulen Cemaat

Caprice Young epic failure at Santa Clara County School Board, another "Revision" request.

April 6th, 2016 Caprice Young, brought Gulenist Yilmaz Ak, new principal of Santa Clara Magnolia Science Academy Dr. Michele Ryan and her high priced attorney Jerry Simmons. To a pitiful hearing at the Santa Clara County School board to request a revision to their erratic and unstable plans.  The video is here and it's Agenda #10, kudos to Dr. Anna Song for holding Caprice Young accountable for her many excuses and blaming.  WATCH here Santa Clara County Office of Education board meeting

Here is what Caprice Young needs to do less of, BREAKING EDUCATIONAL CODES, never fear Caprice we know you had your webmaster take down the warning we have all the proof we need.  Do more of what works and that is being honest.

Shame on you Caprice Young, lying bitch.

LEGAL LETTER SENT TO MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY

Magnolia Science Academy Legal Document over several violations of Educational Law from Gulen Cemaat

Caprice Young despite denial by numerous school districts uses Larson PR to whitewash her image

Caprice Young needs to do less of paying for Larson PR
to fix her horrid reputation and image.  These "Opinions" that
Caprice is writing are biased and full of nonsense.
WINDOW DRESSINGS ON THE TITANIC 

Los Angeles Unified’s Board of Education and the courts took significant actions this past week that planted the seeds of positive strategies to improve public education in Los Angeles. Now is the time for leaders to choose to work together for real change in a bold new student-focused direction that unites the resources of our community efficiently and effectively.  Work together? like you not working with the superintendents of Santa Clara County or using legal intimidations against those that deny your lousy schools?

The two resolutions put forward independently by rival factions of the school board both have the same intent: do more of what works for families and students. One resolution calls on the superintendent to identify existing programs that successfully interest and educate students so they can be expanded and copied. The other goes straight to one logical conclusion: create more of the popular magnet schools that families crave because of their thematic focus and concentration on teacher collaboration. "rival factions" you got a war going on against public education? what sacrifices are charter schools willing to compromise- perhaps more transparency on top heavy salaries and lack of communication with overseeing school boards.  you take but you don't give and this will be your downfall Caprice Young.

Like crowdsourcing for good policy-making, these efforts build on the wisdom of parents who are actively engaged. They leverage that knowledge to build expanded opportunities for all students. Combined with a real focus on the expansion of strong charter schools and innovative pilot schools, we could be headed in the right direction.  More generic and non specific dribble, it's all blah blah blah.  

As we expand what is working in public education, we also need to stop doing what is not working. The LAUSD board should not invest more public dollars appealing last week’s court decision forcing the school district to pay $7.1 million in damages to an academically successful community charter school for denying its students the legally required facilities. Instead, the school board should create a joint task force that includes charter school representatives and land-use planners from the city of Los Angeles and surrounding communities to create guidelines for facilities use and sharing. Ivy Academia was NOT "academially successful" however they were successfully indicted and found guilty of embezzlement by the District Attorney and in fact were sentenced to jail time.  This school operated by Russian nationals used educational dollars for spa treatments, expensive dinners and cars.  This is what Caprice Young uses as a model of "success".  Furthermore the LAUSD should absolutely appeal this stealing of educational money and recall prop 39 so other criminal charter schools like Ivy Academia cannot use legal means to steal more money from California Taxpayers.  No wonder Caprice Young supported along with her old company CCSA AB 2806 that would control investigations of charter schools by OIG (Office of the Inspector General   See aricle here on Ivy Academia indictment Click here

LAUSD must stop acting like an isolated fiefdom. In 1999, it had a genuine reason to take through eminent domain more than 4,000 homes, apartments and other real estate parcels. Out of 740,000 students, 330,000 had to ride the bus every day in order to find space to go to school. Making the hard decisions to invest in the physical infrastructure required to educate our students took the entire community coming together to find 130 new school locations and to vote for billions in public bonds and the taxes to pay for them. It was a national civic achievement that must not be squandered.  Caprice talk about what Magnolia is going to do less of that doesn't work, your job isn't to "analyze" LAUSD or other school districts, you are paid to lead Magnolia Science Academies and thus far have failed tremendously. 

That success is now threatened as the echo of the baby boom class recedes, emigration increases and those gleaming new schools — the last of which is scheduled to open in Bell next year — stand half empty. At the same time, bureaucratic red tape and LAUSD hostility to publicly coveted charter schools has driven a building boom of small facilities by community school leaders eager to meet parent demand. Ah what is the matter are ou afraid that the new Bell facility will take from your Magnolia Science Academy in Bell that shares a campus.  Are you worried about competition?  

On one hand, the proliferation of charter schools on 20,000- to 40,000-square-foot parcels increases the cost of needed real estate for housing and business development. On the other hand, neighborhoods where good schools spring up begin to flourish, sparking revitalization — often in some of the highest-poverty communities. What our neighborhoods really need is clear planning and collaboration integrating housing, business, public space and educational uses. That begins with effectively using the schools the public already built for the educational programs families want and need.

The entire LAUSD board will need to accept that charter public schools will remain a vital, vibrant part of our educational landscape at the same time as it identifies and replicates existing great programs. My hope is that during this process, the city and county government entities, charters and LAUSD will realize that our system of education continues to have gaping holes for foster youth, gifted children and many others, and fill them. Magnolia Science Academy is not a vital, vibrant part of any educational landscape.  This is why you have been denied your new applications. 

We now have the opportunity to double down and create strong programs to meet the unique needs of our kids. Obviously, it has never been simple, but as former school board member Jackie Goldberg says, “If consensus is easy, you’re not doing it right.” It’s time to do it right. We have the capacity to do it sanely, keeping the good of our entire community in mind. I’m not talking about a grand plan, with more talking than doing. If we just do more of what works and less of what does not work, we can inch towards progress instead of continuing backwards. Magnolia Public Schools is a Gulen School and you are not doing anything right, that is why your schools are not wanted by any school districts.  Take your own advice and jump start your career and reputation before it's too late. No one that matters cares what you have to say you lost your credibility years ago.  

Caprice Young, Ed.D., is CEO of Magnolia Public Schools and a former board president of LAUSD.

http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20160415/lausd-must-do-more-of-what-works-less-of-what-doesnt-caprice-young