tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post8322363556217287224..comments2024-01-15T15:23:15.700-05:00Comments on B-LoEdScene: Another Billionaire, CEO Education Privatizer Who Just Doesn't Get ItAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-65518073184471882152012-11-06T13:50:57.111-05:002012-11-06T13:50:57.111-05:00Sadly for the Barber of No Illusions Fuentes he we...Sadly for the Barber of No Illusions Fuentes he went and blew his wad with all of the angry brown man act they hired him for. Unfortunately he told the exact truth which is more than his handlers obviously wanted him to reveal. Fact is anyone teaching in one of these places will take a haircut salary wise and they won't get any benefits either. I think he was only supposed to allude to that not spell it out as an overt threat. Funny I suggested to Don Vivant Esmonde (the intrepid News Columnist who's riding out the back nine of his career being dazzled by school privatizers when once upon a time he waded into hood barbershops to ask the fellaz about street matters) that he should have his wife the Buffalo teacher as we are forever reminded apply to the Chameleons for a teaching position with reduced salary and no benefits. Hey Don after all if it's good for us and good for the city it really should be good enough for you and your family. Better yet, why wait, they are all ready running two charters at Elmwood Village and Tapestry, you know the ones where kids need private transportation and have the lowest numbers of kids in poverty of any other schools? I think Don's beloved should be applying as we speak just as a show of good faith, After all he wants the rest of us subjected to angry teacher hating lunatics like Emilio Fuentes cutting our salary so why not get in on the fun in an up close and personal way? Crickets. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-56560094427351068942012-11-05T22:50:44.693-05:002012-11-05T22:50:44.693-05:00That meeting was such a boring, uninformative hour...That meeting was such a boring, uninformative hour of drivel that anyone with working nerve cells would realize that the Chameleon group will be abject failures in their attempts to educate the poor children assigned to their minimally educated and inexperienced teachers.<br />Sort of like flying with the newest pilots with the least experience. They can take off, and fly around...but haven't tried to land yet.<br />i can't make the meeting...my driving wings are clipped...retina repairs ... drat!Peg :[noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-10754587987984482812012-11-05T20:54:31.427-05:002012-11-05T20:54:31.427-05:003rd Grade:
The Chameleon blog address is:
http://e...3rd Grade:<br />The Chameleon blog address is:<br />http://eastwaterfront.blog.com/<br /><br />Look under "public hearing". It is the media release from the Buffalo Board of Ed. That release says 5:30 pm.<br /><br />PS. Chameleon blog is lazily and infrequently updated by Amy Friedman. If she is as lazy in her current Board job at Tapestry (and her future positions at East and Waterfront), the students of Buffalo are in trouble. But, I suppose she will be able to order one her low paid teachers to keep the blog up to date. Just threaten to fire the little peon charter teachers (with their funny "haircuts") if they don't do as you say. <br /><br />Oh, and speaking of "haircuts", Emilio Fuentes was kept on a VERY short leash at the last Chameleon meeting. He meekly and subserviently read a boring powerpoint word for word. He did not deviate from his script, not even once, nor did he look at his audience, nor was he allowed to open his mouth to answer questions.<br /><br />Note to Emilio: <br />Reading a powerpoint (that was surely written by someone else)in a sad monotone does not make for a dynamic meeting. What did they do to you, man? Where is the fiery weeper that we saw last summer at the first meeting? I vividly remember your haircut speech, along with your delight in telling the audience that the Chameleons would be happy to see the current Waterfront teachers leave their jobs and that there were many, many young teachers just waiting to take their places.<br /><br />Looks like Steve and Amy shut your act down pretty good.<br />Sorry for you, man. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-55811756611366838102012-11-05T20:21:25.690-05:002012-11-05T20:21:25.690-05:00Anonymous,
Thanks. According to the Live Blo...Anonymous,<br /><br /> Thanks. According to the Live Blog from the October 24th school board meeting, Kane suggested the meeting be held from 5:30-7:00 pm on November 7th. I did not see any info on the Chameleon website but maybe I had the wrong address (Chameleon Community Schools Project, chameleonschools.org. The only info that came up was a flyer citing their areas of expertise. Please post any additional information about the meeting. If it is at City Hall, where is the best place to park?3rd grade in the burbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-90546934506228028752012-11-05T20:10:16.372-05:002012-11-05T20:10:16.372-05:003rd grade:
It is a Board of Ed meeting at City Hal...3rd grade:<br />It is a Board of Ed meeting at City Hall. The Board is required to have this "hearing" with the Chameleons. You have to be pretty vile if even the Buffalo Board of Ed thinks that you are repulsive! Anyway, I have heard varying start times. One at 4pm for the Chameleons and another at 5 or 5:30 for the Board meeting. Will try to get more specific. I think it is on the Chameleon website, but going there is just distasteful :). Also, since the Chameleons are not in total control of this meeting, there will be public comment. As we know, Chameleons do not appreciate "public" comment. It upsets them to think that they are in no way wanted by the "community" that they profess to love so much! They love the community so much that they are afraid to even let the community have a voice. I guess they believe in a more controlling, restraining, obedient, repressive kind of love. There are words for folks like them! Remember, they will only allow one parent on their charter "board".<br />"Community", my butt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-35677278181569536012012-11-05T19:23:51.777-05:002012-11-05T19:23:51.777-05:00Where is the meeting being held Wednesday night? ...Where is the meeting being held Wednesday night? 3rd grade in the burbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-20179474173542978552012-11-05T18:53:06.085-05:002012-11-05T18:53:06.085-05:00Anon, after Pasciak softened up the ground the New...Anon, after Pasciak softened up the ground the News Ed Board followed up with an editorial that looked like it had been cut and pasted from the BuffaloPrivatizeEd website. And in keeping with the comic rule of 3 a few days after they even turned little Denise Jewel Gee loose on the topic I guess cause she couldn't find a jumprope tournament in Williamsville she could write life lessons about that day, And lo and behold the Angry Misguided Black Man's columnist piles on a week or so later with his own version of the same shite sputtered all read by the usual suspects. One good thing about Rod Watson though if you're not in agreement with him he will never hurt you as he is such a slacker and sticks like glue to doing the minimum his contract demands you'll never have to endure an extra attack from him. For all of his bitching about unions the guy is so fucking lazy he writes one column every 7 days, not a syllable more. If I had all week to crank out the miserable racist shit he calls his body of work I'd be ashamed to post the results he dredges up. You can just tell he sits high on one cheek due to the mini contract in his back pocket that keeps him from doing one iota beyond what is expected of him. Job security is cool though huh Rod, no way you can get fired. I agree the teachers need to show up and make these privileged few uncomfortable. This entire process has been made terribly easy for greedy privatizers because teachers are anything but union thugs. I recommend the videos of StandUp Chicago if any of my more refined colleagues need a primer on how to act with these arrogant shit heads. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08125018774502675730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811638297838636919.post-19773540316801574772012-11-05T17:26:12.330-05:002012-11-05T17:26:12.330-05:00A major effort of Deform groups is to lobby for ma...A major effort of Deform groups is to lobby for mayoral control of school boards. You will note that recently, Mary Pasciak was doing the work of her pals at BuffaloReformEd by using her journalistic talents to plant the seeds of mayoral control. Just float that idea out there, Mary. Anyway, New York (Bloomturd) and Chicago (Rahmbo), have mayoral control of the school boards. Who do you think sits on those Boards? Wealthy, white conservatives, mayoral pals, who have never attended a public school, nor would they send their children to one (just like the mayors themselves). These Plutocrats are making the decisions without any interference from parents, teachers or the general public.<br /><br />The same scenario exists for the Board of Regents. You know who they are and what they stand for. They don't want to hear from you, especially if you are a teacher. You are considered ignorant and unimportant, the "great unwashed" so to speak.<br /><br />On Wednesday night, the darlings of the Board of Regents will arrogantly tell our (elected!) Board of Education that they are taking two of our schools and converting them into charters. It will not matter what you, the Board, or anyone else thinks of this plan. It is a done deal. Just ask Bob Bennett, our local Regent charter idolator.<br /><br />Here is a suggestion. Make some noise at the Board meeting on Wednesday. Even though we know that resistance is futile, it would feel good to lob a few facts in the arrogant faces of the Chameleons. Their obscene grab for real estate should be publicly scrutinized. And they should hear the word "shame" repeatedly. Are we really that afraid of a few local lawyers and their wives? The rest of the Chameleon team are just a bunch of dunderheads who will be dumped as soon as the ink is dry on the charter agreement. Can you hear me, Emilio, Valeria and Deborah? You will all STILL be unemployed after the deal is struck, or at least you should be if there is any justice in the world.<br />Shame, shame, shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com