[Educaciolliure] SOS Blue Mountain School (un momento decisivo)

[Izaskun Azueta]

Gracias a la cantidad de cartas que recibieron hace unos meses consiguieron
que el distrito del que dependen y que ¡¡financia la escuela libre BMS!! les
prorrogasen el contrato para no tener que cerrar la escuela a mitad de
curso.
Pero fue un éxito parcial, o una pequeña batalla, ahora se enfrentan al
momento clave: una revisión del contrato entre el distrito y la escuela, que
a priori parece que les denegará la renvación del contrato. Sin embargo, les
consta por una fuente interna de la gobernación de distrito, que las cartas
de apoyo que recibieron desde diversos lugares del mundo marcaron la
diferencia a la hora de tomar la decisión definitiva la última vez. Esta vez
simplemente con ganarse el apoyo de una de las personas del distrito ya
sería suficiente para inclinar la balanza al lado de Blue Mountain School,
la única escuela libre financiada con fondos públicos en EE.UU.

Adjunto el email de Therese (una madre de la escuela) y los emails a quien
se puede mandar un breve texto de apoyo a la escuela y las razones por las
cuales cada cual cree que una escuela así debería seguir abierta.

Algun*s tratando de armar escuelas y otr*s que ya lo han conseguido están
tratando de mantenerlas...y sobre todo mantenerlas públicas y al alcance de
todos los bolsillos...una carta de 10 minutos de elaboración puede salvar la
escuela Blue Mountain...






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From: Therese Nguyen <utnvisual en gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:58 AM
Subject: Blue Mountain School update
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 Hello wonderful Blue Mountain letter-writers,



Here's a quick update:



After the proposed final order of the wrongful termination of Blue Mountain
School, the South Lane School District is still upset.  They didn't admit
any wrong-doing on their part, and they continue to be frustated with the
school.  They performed a site visit for the renewal and it wasn't nice – it
was ridden with inaccuracies designed to make the school look bad.  There
was actual mathematical data that was grossly miscalculated, this
information passed along to the board to show how the school is not
complying.  Obviously, a report from the school correcting the
misinformation was submitted to the board but the damage was done.
Basically, the school is in a very vulnerable position once again.  If the
board doesn't approve the renewal on July 7th, the school will submit an
appeal to the state and will be funded only until the state makes a
decision.  If the state rules in the school's favor, it can only tell the
district to reconsider; it has no power, and the school will have lost it's
funding.



So, parents and Blue Mountain supporters have been meeting individually with
South Lane Board Members to listen to their concerns and attempt to repair
the relationship in hopes of getting a YES vote at the July 7th renewal
meeting.  We're playing as nice as we possibly can.



An inside source (who cannot be named) from the State Department of
Education let on that your letters, your emails to Susan Castillo made an
impact, a big difference.



I'm here with one knee on the ground and the words "pretty please."  I'm
asking if you would send a short, friendly email to the South Lane Board
Members, and ask them to renew the school at the July 7th meeting.  I did
forward all of your previous letters but a direct email from you (with your
city/state) will be hard to ignore.  It is powerful when people come
together.



You have already shared your valuable time and it's hard for me to ask for
more.  It is a matter of one vote, just one other YES vote from a previously
unsupportive board member.  That's what we need, and we ask you to help us
do that.



Please consider sending an email to the following addresses.

Thank you sincerely.



Therese Nguyen

Blue Mountain parent



tompatmcvey en msn.com

cheryl en breedenhomes.com

sherry en duerst-higgins.com

jraade en southlanefire.org

jim en cybernos.com

iamcarrie en oip.net

ruby56 en gmail.com

kparent en lane.k12.or.us





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