Monday, April 21, 2014

Change.org Petition Drive!! A Plea to expand the Overcrowdded KB K8 Center

http://www.change.org/petitions/please-help-relieve-overcrowding-at-kbk8#sharefile:


We ask the Miami-Dade School Board and the Village of Key Biscayne to relieve the present and projected overcrowding at KBK8 by working quickly to jointly support and fund a new building.
  • Petitioning Dr. Mike Kelly 

We ask the Miami-Dade School Board and the Village of Key Biscayne to relieve the present and projected overcrowding at KBK8 by working quickly to jointly support and fund a new building.

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      Parents for KBK8
KBK8 is seriously overcrowded. Our campus was designed to serve 981 students, but now has 1435. More importantly, our population is predicted to continue to grow. We need to be prepared. A new building with more classrooms, combined with renovations to existing buildings, is necessary to adequately serve our growing student population and the projected continued growth. The location of the new building, in the NE corner of the campus, would not encroach on the school's fields.
To:
Dr. Mike Kelly, Council Member, Village of Key Biscayne
Mr. Theo Holloway, Council Member, Village of Key Biscayne
Ms. Mayra Lindsay, Council Member, Village of Key Biscayne
Mr. Ed London, Council Member, Village of Key Biscayn
Mr. Mike Davey, Vice Mayor, Village of Key Biscayne
Mr. John Gilbert, Manager, Village of Key Biscayne
Mr. Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Miami-Dade Public Schools
Ms. Raquel Regalado, Board Member, Miami-Dade School Board
Ms. Perla Tabares Hantman, Chair, Miami-Dade School Board
Dr. Lawrence Feldman, Vice Chair, Miami-Dade School Board
Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, Board Member, Miami-Dade School Board
Ms. Susie Castillo, Board Member, Miami-Dade School Board
Mr. Carlos Curbelo, Board Member, Miami-Dade School Board
Dr. Wilbert "Tee" Holloway, Board Member, Miami-Dade School Board
Dr. Martin Karp, Board Member, Miami-Dade School Board
Dr. Marta Perez, Board Member, Miami-Dade School Board
Village Council and Mayor Frank Caplan, Mayor, Village of Key Biscayne 
We ask the Miami-Dade School Board and the Village of Key Biscayne to relieve the present and projected overcrowding at KBK8 by working quickly to jointly support and fund a new building on our campus.
Sincerely,
  • manuel cambo KEY BISCAYNE, FL
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    I have been advocating for an expanded redeveloped K8 Center since 2008. I believe the building should located on the south side and the new ball field on the north side so that the entire campus is above the flood zone for a barrier island. I am in support of any outcome that relieves overcrowding and brings a state of the art secure facility the teachers and parents deserve for their students.

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  • Eliana Solis KEY BISCAYNE, FL
    Our community in growing fast and the school capacity still is the same as it as when Key Biscayne was a very small community. Remember our kids are the future of this country and we should provide them descent facilities with all the resources needed.
  • Susana Gadala-Maria KEY BISCAYNE, FL
    Because children cannot receive the attention they need to reach their full potential in classrooms with 36 or more children. This is not conducive to good education. Because we are already 400 children over capacity, and projections are that there will be more children coming to our school this fall. Because new construction and new building developments are currently underway in Key Biscayne, bringing more children and families to the Key. Because the existing buildings are old, unsafe and outdated.
  • Karla Umpierre KEY BISCAYNE, FL
    It will benefit my kids opportunity to be better educated. with less kids, the teacher will have more time for individual attention to the kids and identify the student's need.
  • Allison Stephens KEY BISCAYNE, FL
    My daughter attends the school now and my younger kids will in the future.
  • Kenneth Coto KEY BISCAYNE, FL
    It's a shame that a donor community like ours has second-to-third rate facilities while first rate facilities are going up all over MDC. The recent decision to renovate classrooms in the 60+ year building is a band-aid solution to appease KB residents. A proper long-term solution is in order--NOW!
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

MDPS Superintendent Carvalho gets into the privatization of the public school business

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/16/4062207/downtown-doral-charter-elementary.html

Do not be surprised my fellow parents if the United Teachers of Dade union starts recruiting charter school teachers to join their ranks. As that movement gaines popularity and  Charter school developers seek bigger rents from The Back Office we  school choice advocates will loose the opportuity to find surpluses in district schools we seek to convert. We found at $1 Million dollars in KB K8 Center budget the district claimed was $300,000 defecit. The PTA was pressured to raise $300,000 for books, paper reems, pencils, projectors and other very expensive digital teach tools as if we are living in a closed society; even after a $1.2 billion bond winfall at the ballot box.


This Joint Venture between Charter School Developers and MDPS new business model is very efficient expediant mor cost effective way develop new schools and facilitate construction financing as well reduce massive overcrowding countywide. 

BUT it opens a huge door of opportunity for unionized labor thwarts  school choice's success.  This was the case in California as Green Dot Developers welcomed unionized charter schools in Los Angeles School District. It turned out to be the Trojan horse that resulted in great  disappointment and disempowerment for Parents. 

Keep in mind only Public schools can issue High School Diplomas to increase garduation rates but who  are not prepared to survive  one semester in a Community College. This is widespread lie to get awards and recognition as reported as "charter friendly". 

To Senator Stargel and Legg and Rep. Trujillo and Bileca,

The nation awaits for your leadership to rise to the top of the heap and take on the misguided defending of failing schools statewide. Simply amending the "And " to "Or" on the only ballot based Parent Trigger law in the country completely reinvents the Public School System. 

Right now as it reads, The  Teacher Empowerment Law of 2004 1002.33 3 (B) is so Un-American in its voting guidelines. It establishes veto power and gives Teachers a quorum criteria to undermine parents and disacourage their desire to be guardians over the schoold administration budget. Surplus is the goal that can be reinvested back into the school annually. This is why it is deceivingly called a Parent Empowerment Law.  

What are you wanting for Honorables? This void in your leadership allows Superintendent Carvalho to trump us all as the visionary and trailblazer while not having expose the surplus of each district school  that will never be reinvested back into a school by Governing board of Parents as guardians. Instead the District keeps it in general budget fund forever . The present law if it stays un-amended it gives Teachers unquestionable nuclear veto power over  parents as the only stakeholders. 

This was clearly demonstrated at Rowlett Elementary in Mantee County last year one month after our defeat 83-0 to the teachers.

I have done all I can as PTA President of the KB K8 Center I showed leadership and guts to take on the Elephant in the room Why can't  you? Whose water are you carrying? 





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