PROPONENTS COMMENTS AFTER THE VOTE RESULTS

                                      March 7th 2013

Islander News Report of Election results:

Proponents Letter to Editor :

 

 

MY VISIT WITH GOVERNOR SCOTT MARCH 16TH 2013

"Governor let's work together, I have done my part as the first Florida parent to submit a Parent Trigger Letter to convert a public school to charter school. Please amend the 2004 Parent Empowerment Law with our language IN IT going forward."   As he listen intently, I elaborated that I had a terrible experience as PTA President and suffered governmental abuse, I was denied public record requests, I was not allowed to participate in the Feb 11th Parent Forum on school grounds and had no access parent/teacher mailing lists . Furthermore the Asst. Superintendent for school choice posted on our blog misleading information in a Q & A campaign that was reprinted from our blog, and distributed as take home material in students backpacks. All in opposition to our proposal using scare tactics of bussing off the island and waiting lists. Not to mentioned the saddest reality of all; I hand delivered my daughter's testimony in her own handwriting of being acousted and called out in classs by her Teacher. She was threatened that if she did not do her classwork she would be one the 395 taken out of the school. As my daughter cried, she shaked her head in disagreement repeating "What you are saying is not it not true! " A charter is not a private school and you do not have to take a test to get in." Meanwhile her classmates edge on by the teachers position chanted "Boooo No charter No charter!" The Governor replied by asking one question, "how old is your daughter?". I replied "11 years old, she is in the Fifth grade." The Governor did not look pleased.

"This present law is so un-American Governor!". I stated.  He listened , he took our materials and thanked me on behalf of all Florida's parents, he understood my effort was in essence a public service. 

note: The district formally said on this blog that 350 (+-) present K8 Key Biscayne students will be bussed off the island to a assigned locator school if the YES prevailed because the present school capacity is 981. Therefore The District can run at overcapacity and a conversion school cannot? Not True. The administration also stated claims that the new Governing Board of Parents can not demolish the (3) 57 year old buildings on McIntyre Street after we fundraise to build a new expandned facility for 1800 students on the southside of the property [as would be stated in our charter school application. Again not true becuase it is not likely to deny an application, considering that the School Board would have knowledge that the present school "has exceeded its useful life "as stated by 2008 Castaldi study. So, any public statement in writing and sent home , implying that the School Board will deny our Charter School application on those grounds is misinformation to scare a parents into voting No.] 

A rejected charter application of the first ever Charter Conversion in Miami-Dade County Public Schools would be subject to appeal to the Florida Department of Education on the basis premesed in the spirit Florida class size constitutional amendment passed in 2002 . Today our school the KB K8 Center is approximately 133% of capacity and below flood criteria for barrier island. Furthermore, The Village municipality passed an ordinance on Dec 09 2009 that mirrors a InterLocal Agreement signed by several municipalities and MDPS. It imposes on the School District strict limitations on un necessary transportation hardhips posed on parent's commute to feeder pattern schools. Once again the School District is not being honest or forthright to parents on Key Biscayne who are ironically their Mortgagors on the MAST@Virginia Key Expansion. This is no way to treat a partner.   

EXPECT SUCCESS.     Ó

KB K8 CONVERSION MAKING WAVES IN TALLAHASSEE

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/is-rick-scott-a-wildcard-on-parent-trigger-bill/2107698

NEWS ALERT: KBK8 CONVERSION ROCKING THE BOAT IN TALLAHASSEE BY DESIGN. ROUND TWO HAS JUST BEGUN. 

K8 CONVERSION BUDGET SURPLUS v. DISTRICT DEFICiT

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These are the worksheets for the proposed Charter Conversion Budget of the K8 Center as presented by Harold Maready of McKeel Academies of Polk County who was  our guest Speaker at Vote Yes Parent Forum on February 20th 2013

SEE FOR YOURSELF: $1,083,022.00 in budget surplus that can be reinvested back into the school every academic year!! Imagine all the educational tools that can be purchased and still have plenty of reserves to increase salaries directly to teachers? What excellent teacher would not want to teach here, some leave? 

VOTE YES PARENT FORUM FEB. 20

THE VOTE YES PARENT FORUM 

FEBRUARY 20TH (WED) 7PM AT KB BEACH CLUB

GUEST SPEAKER: HAROLD MAREADY PREEMINENT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR FOR CONVERSION SCHOOLS IN POLK COUNTY FLORIDA

PARENTS AND TEACHERS ARE INVITED TO HEAR AN ANALYSIS ON THE PRESENT K8 CENTER BUDGET THAT ENJOYS A SURPLUS THAT HAS NEVER BEEN REVEALED UNTIL NOW. 

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Please see the Surplus budget for K8 Center we disclosed this night.More than Million dollars that is being siphoned to other schools that could be staying here if we convert-to- charter. Vote YES.. read all the posts. It answers all your questions and debunks all the MDPS Misinformation. 

RESPONSE TO MALISCIOUS EMAIL BY LAILA'S OUT THERE

Subject: Save our school. Charter meeting

Ladies and gentlemen

I want to remind you all
that although mr. Cambo is no longer our PTA president.

We are still battling the initiative he has Proposed, lets not loose momentum and don't forget to come to the
Feb 11 meeting and find out about whAt charter school is all about.

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE
END of FEBRUARY!


We need to save our school and teachers
Lets get involved and not let this man ruin the school

Thank you
Laila

Response to Laila: The Portables are coming!! This will ruin our school!!

Dear Parents and Teachers,

In attempt to get Laila to understand what is at stake in the vote for conversion of our K8, please remove yourself from your prejudices for moment. Turn your mirror into a window so you can see parents all over South Florida, those without the resources we have in Key Biscayne, looking at us; seeking intelligent leadership to show good manners, vision, clarity and to offer an alternative to eliminate overcrowding, replacing old unsafe buildings for our kids safety, in exchange for new expanded schools, with the most advanced security for their neighborhood.

This is much more important than any PTA or title. I learned that the PTA's represents the status quo; an arm of the School District and its manipulated efforts to get loving parents to subsidize purchasing paper and pencils, surge protectors and art supplies, as MDPS continues to mismanage the operating budget in every district run school countywide. This policy is paradigm and is taken as kindness for weakness approach to Parents. Parents will continue to approve bonds for schools on Election Day and which raises everyone's school taxes to boot, while we are feeling benevolent.

Meanwhile PTA Executive Boards will fail to apply the very primary purpose of the PTA to bring families together to educate our youth as Clause D clearly states in the KBCS-PTA bylaws: (verbatim)

KBCS PTA BYLAWS ARTICLE III:

D. "To bring closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of our children and youth."

What can be the most perfect, most pure way to finally accomplish this Central Purpose of the PTA? We believe its obvious; a charter application that mandates a Governing Board of Parents acting as guardians, of the school’s budget to create surpluses, available for pay increases to our teachers as professionals not as assembly line workers. Plus to furnish them all the advanced teaching tools to better educate our children and our youth going forward. Does our proposal effectively

Bring “The Home” to “The School” ….I mean, literally?

Still Doubt? Here are the ABC's or 1-2-3:

1A. How can a new school building for 1800 which invites and welcomes 400 more students not buses them off the key, diminish our 'A' school?

2B. How long can we remain an 'A' school at the present rate of 3-4% overcrowding?

3C. How can we remain an 'A' school if the students with highest GPA and FCAT scores in (6) sixth thru (8) eighth grade leave for the Cambridge Program at MAST@Virginia Key?

As to my resignation: (Please read the official letter on this blog.)

Mrs. Sharon Watson President of MDPTA clearly states, “At no time did the PTA discuss or vote on taking a position on this issue” in article in the Islander News Thursday February 07^th. She recognizes the fact Hector and I, submitted our Trigger Letter to Mrs. Tarafa as parents only*; ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS addressed to the school board SINCE OCTOBER 4TH 2012 STATE THE SAME FACT. We were very well advised that using the PTA Executive Board's support was a liability for our effort. Wednesday night was a perfect example why> Most executive board members to not have the character or resolve to handle the intimidation from The District or its misinformation campaign and certainly cannot handle the mistreatment of their kids like my daughter has been treated.<

I stated Wednesday night this motion to rescind my election, was illegal vote contrary to the Bylaws and as chair of special meetings as president as per these bylaws, the motion had failed because nothing in the bylaws allows for a removal of any officer of the KBCS-PTA. This is why I refused to resign. Wednesday night was underhanded approach by FLPTA and MDPTA to defeat the YES vote and/or another trumped up reason for all the Laila’s out there to call for my resignation to imply that “Manuel Cambó is bad he will ruin the school so vote No! You Decided:

89-3 to rescind my election as President for misusing my title in conflict of interest in support of Yes Vote while MD-PTA uses its title to host a Parent Forum on February the 11th in the middle school cafeteria slanted towards the No Vote. 

Get it? Please come. Ask yourself the A, B or C questions mentioned above and then come to Feb 20th Vote YES Parent Forum with Harold Maready School Adminstrator for McKeels Academies all Conversion-to-charter schools in Polk County, Florida.

 Expect Success. O'

(*Please Note: We identified ourselves as contact info with our elected titles and cell numbers on postcard in fine print at the bottom. It was reprinted for record upon receipt of the cease + desist order without titles. If you see through all of this shenanigans call me to hand out more postcards I have a 500 hundred more. Fortunately the reprinting allowed us to include the actual date of the vote in February 21-22 25,26,27,28^th.  

We will holding our VOTE YES Parents Forum on Feb 20th at the KB Biscayne Beach Club at 7pm. (one day before the Vote commences.)

Stay inform return to this site regularly and tell others.

My Resignation Letter as President of KBCS PTA

From: MANUEL CAMBO <maccambo@comcast.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 11:17 PM
To: Heidi Brito <heidibrito@gmail.com>, "Tarafa, Silvia" <starafa@dadeschools.net>
Cc: Suli Olavarria Email <suliolavarria@gmail.com>, Nicole Marley <nmarley6@yahoo.com>, marina ventura <chu.ventura@gmail.com>, hector ceballos <ceballosfamily@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Resignation Letter effective immediately

Dear KBPTA, 

What could have been KBCSPTA finest hour, celebrating 60 years anniversary,  by rebuilding and expanding our school to make it available to more children, it turn out to be in so many ways it's saddest hour of human spirit.

For you all witnessed an illegal vote contrary to the by-laws of the KBPTA, initiated it and partake in it. In a community of intelligent people casting so much doubt, the ignorant have so much confidence.

Mrs.Tarafa I am particularly disappointed in you because this was your underhanded way undermine my effort; my school.

I hereby formally submit my resignation as KBCS PTA President effective immediately. 

I do not know what to accept but Expect Success..ó

Manuel A. Cambó 

305-244-6947 cel.

maccambo@comcast.net