Algiers Charter School Association

ALGIERS PARENTS AND PASTORS SUE ALGIERS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION; OPEN MEETINGS LAW VIOLATED, PLAINTIFFS SAY, JUNE 3, 2009, The Louisiana Justice Institute

As part of its "Project Transparency: NOW YOU KNOW" campaign, Louisiana Justice Institute (LJI), on behalf of several local ministers and parent representatives, filed suit against the Algiers Charter School Association and its Board of Trustees for holding two "invitation only" public meetings--on May 19 and May 21, 2009--in violation of the Louisiana Open Meetings Law.

Parents and community leaders found it particularly disturbing that these "invitation only" meetings were convened purportedly to gain public input on the selection of the next Chief Executive Officer to run this charter school district, and to interview the candidates. The Algiers Charter Schools Association is comprised of 9 schools on the westbank of Orleans Parish...

"I cannot believe school districts continually demand accountability from parents, yet the Boards shun transparency and are not accountable to the communities they serve," stated Rev. Arthur Wadsworth, one of the plaintiffs in the action.

Pastor Patrick Keen, another plaintiff, spoke from the perspective of a grandparent raising a school aged student attending one of the Algiers Charter Schools. "Not one member of the Board of Trustees has a child or grandchild attending one of our schools. Charles Rice, the President, has his children in private schools. So tell me why he has a greater right to sit and interview the candidates who could potentially run our school district than a parent who is actually invested in the district. Why are these Board members so hostile to parents?"...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Racheal poster above claims to be in the US Navy?
Interesting there was a Harmony parent posting on the West Texas Patriots web site by the name of Kim who was in the Army claiming the schools in Texas were above the board.
Gulenists give it up and be honest for change. Stooping so low as to pose as an American parent will not serve you.
#2 board guy above donated $1,000 to Andre Carson in Indiana who ran for Congress.
You Gulenist play some great games of duck duck goose goose. But the truth is there attached to all the government documents.
Do not romance the notion that American parents will defend you once they get a dose of your lies and mismanagement of money.

Anonymous said...

Racheal poster above claims to be in the US Navy?
Interesting there was a Harmony parent posting on the West Texas Patriots web site by the name of Kim who was in the Army claiming the schools in Texas were above the board.
Gulenists give it up and be honest for change. Stooping so low as to pose as an American parent will not serve you.
#2 board guy above donated $1,000 to Andre Carson in Indiana who ran for Congress.
You Gulenist play some great games of duck duck goose goose. But the truth is there attached to all the government documents.
Do not romance the notion that American parents will defend you once they get a dose of your lies and mismanagement of money.