tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11060844.post113932298179963914..comments2023-10-26T06:56:36.382-07:00Comments on Tulsa Chiggers: Charter School Act Assailed by TPS BoardRed Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04342744833666501361noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11060844.post-1156234229128495782006-08-22T01:10:00.000-07:002006-08-22T01:10:00.000-07:00What irks me is the fact that just because my fami...What irks me is the fact that just because my family happens to live in an upper-middle-class neighborhood in South Tulsa (Minshall Park), my son is getting continually passed over on the waiting list for Thoreau because TPS says they must let more students in the 'other' "quadrants" of Tulsa (North Tulsa, West Tulsa, etc.) get first pick whether they want to attend Thoreau or not. We went through the lottery drawing months ago and somehow he is still "number 6" on the waiting list, due to the fact they have to give a ton of those 'other' kids first choice over him- (EVEN though they are much further behind on the waiting list!!!!). This is complete utter bullshit, and, fortunately, after going back to school to study law and obtaining multiple degrees, it is my pet project now to do whatever it takes-however long it takes- to get this absurd policy/law/whatever changed....just for the sheer fun of it. If every student/person in this planet is supposed to be EQUAL, treated EQUAL, what the hell is going on here?? I'll tell you--- just a bunch of pussy ass idiots at TPS who, in the next 1-2 years, will just have to actually start putting in a full day of work now and then and ACCEPT the fact this current policy/law B.S. way of doing things WILL be changed. There are so many laws that can be utilized to change this reverse discrimination crap, the research and info I continue to uncover would make anyone puke. BUT, it will be changed, that I can promise you.... Angela Kidd, lifelong Tulsan, Tulsa, Okla, 496-2026Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11060844.post-1139443614652024602006-02-08T16:06:00.000-08:002006-02-08T16:06:00.000-08:00To answer your question, yes.To answer your question, yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11060844.post-1139437905114753922006-02-08T14:31:00.000-08:002006-02-08T14:31:00.000-08:00It appeared to me that the last item in the resolu...It appeared to me that the last item in the resolution gave the authority to challenge the law as unconsitutional to the TPS Board President, was this a part of the final resolution?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11060844.post-1139401984729818832006-02-08T04:33:00.000-08:002006-02-08T04:33:00.000-08:00Seems to me the solution is to fix the law and tak...Seems to me the solution is to fix the law and take TPS out of the loop rather than criticizing them for what you believe to be an anti-charter attitude. No amount of posturing can prevent the TPS Board from filing a lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the Charter School Law. And it sounds like they intend to do so. <BR/><BR/>If they do so and the law is upheld then you remove from them this basis for reluctance.<BR/><BR/>If they do and the law is ruled unconstitutional as they assert, then where will charter schools be? Shut down completely is where.<BR/><BR/>By involving the legislature to fix the law, you can remove the problem from TPS's hands and control. By ignoring their arguments (whether you agree or not), charters face an even greater uncertainty. Stop whining about TPS and FIX THE LAW!<BR/><BR/>I suspect the reluctance to confront the law's defects is that the legislature will not appreciate being asked to put up or shut up about the "value" of charter schools statewide.<BR/><BR/>By ignoring the denial of access to charter schools in other districts, whose students are better served by your complaining?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com