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Tue Jan 25, 2011 at 18:25:28 PM MST
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( - promoted by Fong)
 Well, it's been a wild couple of weeks for northeast Denver school board member, Nate Easley. He's being recalled, in part for some of these reasons:
Being a rubber stamp for the school district, voting nearly 100% the time with corporate backed members of the school board for policies that are not reflective of his constituents' interests
Saying he would promote neighborhood schools during his campaign, then when elected voting to increase the number of corporate charter schools
Saying he would work with teachers
collaboratively during his campaign, then when elected conspiring with school officials to fire groups of teachers without a fair process
Not being responsive to the concerns of the Montbello parents and students when he voted to shut down neighborhood schools without a comprehensive transition plan for students
Being a "no show" at numerous Northeast Denver community meetings hosted by the school district or concerned community groups |
| DefenseDenver :: Community: It's too late, Nate (Easley) |
He did not show up at 3 community meetings held between Oct 2010-Jan 2011 sponsored by the school district to discuss the future vision of schools in Northeast Denver
He did not show up last year to any of the community meeting at Manual High School during the principal search process
He did not show up last year to confirmed community-led meetings with the Black Education Advisory Council, the Northeast Community Congress for Education or with concerned Montbello parents
Holding secret meetings that should have been open to the public in violation of the state's open meetings law requiring transparency when school district policy is being made;
He misused the law in an attempt to censure (publicly reprimand) 3 progressive school board members who were invited by a lawyers group to attend an education information meeting
Engaging in a conflict of interest in his dual roles as DPS Board of Education president and as the Deputy Director of the Denver Scholarship Foundation where he is employed and subject to undue influence related to his votes by school officials who sit on his board (superintendent Tom Boasberg and board member Theresa Pena).
Using the resources of the his employer, the Denver Scholarship Foundation, to conduct school board business
Hired a staffer paid for by his employer to conduct DPS public relations business in the community
Used his employer's administrative resources to manage his DPS administrative tasks
We're paying very close attention to the last three bullet points, because it's our assertion that these constitute a violation of Amendment 41, which prohibits elected officials from receiving unreported in-kind (or other) gifts.
DeFENSE Denver will be in the northeast Denver community over the next two weeks to collect signatures. We need the help of all people of good conscience who want to stop this corruption and the hostile takeover of our public education system. We say "no more." Will you help us?
Send an email to let us know if you can help in any way, and visit our website at defensedenver.com to stay on top of these details, as well as more information about how Denver's schools are being sold to the highest bidder. |
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