[GPSCC-chat] Local Electioons - Schools

[Wes Rolley]

I am not completely sure what to think of this.  There are 2 candidates 
for an unfilled seat on the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board.  
One of them, Tom Arnett, has received $7,000 in funding from a 
Washington based "lobbying organization.

I am very much against the insertion of such a large amount of money 
into a local race.  Neither candidate has spent over $4,000 so far and 
Arnett's opponent, Pam Torissi, has spent only a little over $2k.

Arnett was a non-credentialed teacher with Teach for America, a 
non-profit.  The donation came from Leadership for Educational Equity, a 
501(c)4 group associated with Teach for America.  While the stated goals 
of both organizations are admirable, it appears that they can only be 
accomplished in the framework of Charter Schools.

According to Wikipedia, "Teach For America recruits recent college 
graduates and professionals to teach for two years in urban and rural 
communities throughout the United States 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States>. The goal of Teach For 
America is for its corps members to make both a short-term and long-term 
impact by leading their students to reach their full potential and 
becoming lifelong leaders for educational equity."

What I see is that these teachers end up in positions where they can 
continue to support Teach for America and the Knowledge Is Power Program 
run by the KIPP Foundation.  Both would do better in charter schools and 
the CEO's of both are married to each other.

I will vote for Torissi.

-- 
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, 
then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/
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