Imagine that this new manager–with unprecedented power to determine the future of the district–has worked as a consultant to the big charter school in the district.
Imagine that the district pays one-third of its budget to that same charter school.
Imagine that the very wealthy owner of the charter school collects $16 million a year in “management fees” from the charter school budget.
Imagine that this same businessman who owns the charter and collects $16 million a year is also the single biggest contributor to the governor.
What, you can’t imagine such a thing could happen?
Neither could I.
It’s too improbable, too outrageous.
Why the national press would be all over this story, wouldn’t they?
Imagine that.
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Yes, I could imagine this happening as money talks. Would I want to see it happening? Of course not!!
And people complain about the superintendents of metro area school districts in Florida making $250,000 per year. That’s chump change compared to this.
Thanks for bringing the Chester Upland, Pennyslvania scandal to national attention. It is not accidental that this is happening in the poorest school district in the state, with the highest African American percentage in the state, with the worst test results of any district in the state, and where there has been an elected school board in control only two out of the last 18 years. Pity the children.
And the amazing thing is that the governor and his republican vanguard could care less. They are thumbing their noses at us. His actions are done with the bravado of knowing that if he isn’t re-elected, he will end up a top adviser at Shell oil. The only wat I’d vote for a republican president is if he promises to take Corbett with him… If not, I wouldn’t vote for a republican for dog catcher!