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<p>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. <br>
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<p> 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.</p>
<p>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. <br>
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<p>According to Wikipedia, "Teach For America recruits recent
college graduates and professionals to teach for two years in
urban and rural communities throughout the <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United
States">United States</a>. 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."</p>
<p>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. <br>
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<p>I will vote for Torissi. <br>
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<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you
don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth"
- <i>Roberto Clemente</i></div>
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