The Massacre of Online Charter Schools

I am the parent of two Allprep Academy students. Allprep is an online public charter school that serves several Oregon school districts As you may know, the Oregon Department of Education and the teachers union, now flush with cash from the passage of Measure 66-67, are killing our school. In a clever two-pronged attack, they tied up our staff resources with an accusation of misuse of funds while simultaneously hitting us legislatively in Salem. How are they killing us? ODE has halted all cash flow to Allprep Academy. Why? Well rather than wait to see if there was any merit to the charge of misuse of funds to (in the Sisters Oregon School District) they simply choked off all funding to every Allprep Academy in Oregon, including the Estacada based Academy that our family is signed up with. What do I want from you? Well do you know of anyone willing to join me in our fight to save our kids school of choice? I am looking for media allies.

After after a meeting with Representatives of Allprep and the parent community I came away with a few initial observations:

1. Tim King, the head of Edchoices/Allprep olnline charter schools in Oregon, is a "political innocent" that walked into a meat grinder in the Sisters Oregon School District. That was the start of his/our troubles.

2. The OEA (Oregon Educational Assoc) aka "the teachers union" launched a two-pronged attack through the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) by hitting us in Salem while our people were tied up in Sisters.

3. The group that has been most successful in pushing back has been the Beaverton Village Home/Allprep parents. We got Salem to slow down the passage of a bill that would do damage to online charter schools all over Oregon.

4. While this is a team effort, Allprep staff lacks a clear survival strategy. Staff needs help to consolidate the constituent base of support (Allprep families and media allies) an make a proactive plan for success.

Those of us who are ready, willing and able to do something (more than sit passively and spectate) can be mobilized for the effort to push back against this current crisis.

What say you?

Yours,
Greg Bowman
503-713-8981

Perhaps the Constitution no longer suits us?

Hello fellow thinkers,

I found this on the Family Research Council site:

In 1798 President John Adams said "Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people..."

Hmmm.....
History revisionists say that the founding fathers were all immoral Deists. Any wonder that less-than-moral agnostics keep "improving" the constitution to condemn God and enshrine every sin as a sacred right?

Who is defending the original intent of the constitution?
Most public officials take an oath to "defend the constitution of the United States". Perhaps it is time to start suing for breech of contract. Do you thank that the ACLU will take any of those cases for us? The more "medical marijuana" they smoke the more likely it is to happen, don't you think?


Any thoughts?

BraveMind

FearlessMind

A Goldmine of Quotes

Greeetings,
I am Greg Bowman and this is my opening day with my first Web Log. I want to start by sharing my latest passion: The works of G.K. Chesterson. A fearless yet lovable writer/artist that has some been ommitted from most public schools. The link is: http://www.chesterton.org/index.html. I especially enjoyed his "quotes" section.

Who am I? I am a Husband,Father, and Patriot. I am currently applying for addmission into a Master of Arts in Teaching program in Oregon. I plan to teach 12-18 year-old Talented And Gifted (TAG) students. I have broad interests and am concerned about the future of America and the world. I believe that most of us fall into one of two catagories:

1.We seek to leave the world a better place than we found it.
2.We seek personal advantage above all else.

The truely wise manage to do Good while doing well.

Grace your way,
Greg Bowman