911: Are FWISD Campuses Safe? Where is the SRO?

What is an SRO and what is their role on a school campus?

-arrive late

-long lunches

-out of uniform, not prepared for active shooting or any form of violence on campus

-sit in their offices all day

-play video games in their office

-leave campus unannounced

-do not understand the severity of student offenses, so many play it off and do NOTHING

-make no contact with students (no relationship building, which is what Chief Halstead as all about)

-some even attempt to tell administrators how to do their job

SRO- School Resource Officers or Special Reject Officers?

These are Fort Worth PD finest, NOT. How many school shootings need to occur before FWISD realizes we need REAL officers on our campuses: There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year

There has been, on average, 1 school shooting every week this year Saeed Ahmed and Christina Walker, CNN We're 21 weeks into 2018, and there have been 23 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That average...

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911: DISTRICT 3 CANDIDATES** UPDATE

Quinton Phillips has joined the race for District 3.  Quinton is a disciple of Ramos.  So we know how that connection will work.  But did you know that Quinton was fired from the Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center for falsifying work records claiming to be at work while out doing speaking engagements with his master, Ramos. 

The mafia will stop at nothing to grip to power.

Stay awake!

The OLD establishment endorses Quinton Phillips??? 

Should be a WAKE UP call and RED FLAG for ALL!

Read previous article on District 3!

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article226458270.html

HISTORY SEEMS TO REPEAT ITSELF

If you have not kept up with Sutherland's blog, the things we have gone round and round about seem to keep creeping op.

Yes we knew that the Palazzolo fee issue has been unethical, illegal and whatever you want to call it.  For the more than 6 years of litigation the district cannot tell us that no taxpayer money has not been used.  Where are you getting the money?  The insurance policy expired many moons ago that you have spent millions using tactics to delay the trial.  Maybe now people will start asking for more accountability.

No surprise, FWISD hides everything under the rug.

911 SERIES: MEXICAN MAFIA ON THE PROWL

We thought that the Mexican Mafia under Ramos would be sticking to destroying the Latino community and keeping wealth and resources on the North Side. 

It so happens to be targeting women now and the big target is Cherie Washington.  We haven't been big fans of her but women seem to be an issue to the men running the mafia.  Included are also principals tied to the mafia that are pushing Scribner to send her packing.  Men hate to be directed and held accountable by women!

#metoo

Stay alert Cherie because they will push until it is done and Scribner is a pushover.

ROUND 1: RAMOS VS. MAYOR PRICE

What an interesting take on what is about to take place in Ramos lashing out at the Mayor for wanting to look into how FWISD spends taxpayer money.  Ramos is biting the hand that fed him with all of the white power money to raise himself up and now things he is the almighty to try and defeat the impenetrable.  We all know that you are behind United Fort Worth.  You enjoy playing both sides when it suits you but this time it may not help you. 
How do you find time during work hours to make money on speaking engagements?  You may want to read a little bit about conflict of interest when the same companies you bring to the district happen to be ones that you have a stake in.  For example, Courageous Conversations of which you are a speaker for the company.
You and the rest of the board voted to censure Paz for apparently taking control of a school yet you  and other board members do the same and nothing happens.  Just look at North Side, your hand print is well established there.  We all know the influence each member has on schools and Scribner asleep all the time.
Poor Scribner, can't even find himself, a natural born puppet.

We will sit back and watch round 1!  Mayor Price, there is plenty of stuff to investigate.

PEOPLE FLYING THE COOP

So people are leaving fast and furious.  They come to FWISD to promote themselves, lie as we say and then once they got the title they flee. 

Sajade Miller got a boost for failing at schools and is now Chief of Schools at Desoto ISD.  Our system sure like to promote people who can talk a good game.  Sad state of affairs.

Then Bradford goes back to Spring ISD and now heads their department after only being the director before FWISD. 

SCRIBNER CONTRACT EXTENDED

So Scribner gets his contract extended until 2023 with a bonus.  It takes failing schools to get more money and nothing for staff.  It so happens that he was looking at the Houston ISD job and FWISD decided to keep him.  Laughable that he would try Houston because there they do have stuff in order better than FWISD.  He would not fit it, there they do dig up corruption not like here.

http://www.fortworthbusiness.com/news/fort-worth-isd-extends-scribner-s-contract-provides-bonus/article_b04adcb8-f8b4-11e8-8d3e-7fcc91e18c6e.html

WE ARE HEADED TO TRIAL IN PALAZZOLO CASE

Finally we may get to hear it all at trial come January.  They have been holding on to this long enough and it's time for the truth to come out and for FWISD to stop wasting money.

Read the order.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=14ldyKzHW6isCSk4rBqF-TnoGWL5y7U6G

LET'S REVISIT OUR PRIORITIES

We did a piece on the hiring practices of the district on the premise of equity of which we have seen none.  A district of more than 65% Hispanic population has been focused on only 22% of the student body and forgotten the rest.

Here we have Ashley Paz whose only priority is Daggett Montessori where her children attend and then we have Ramos who is only concerned with North Side High where his children attend.

What about the rest?  When do the other students get the same treatment as their own children?

Where is equity in that?

No one is concerned for the district as whole only with their self-interests.

Restorative, huh????

Besides JP Elder, how many secondary schools are actually using restorative practices AND have the data to back it up? There may be pockets of teachers that have embraced it but overall it is a highly infective program in secondary schools. The one high school that is supposed to be using it is an epic failure. By the way, the leader of that epic failure is now an assistant superintendent.

Let’s talk about money that could be used for...say...more secondary teachers. The district is spending well over a half a million dollars on this program. About two thirds of that money goes to an outside consulting group and about 80% of that money goes straight into the pocket of the illustrious founder of NEDRP who disguises his program as his “ministry” AKA Joel Osteen. The rest of the money goes to an RP department that has so much infighting and drama that they can't even get on the same page of teaching people how to build relationships, interesting. Speaking of the RP department, why is the entire department African American, with the exception of 1 person, while our district is 67% Hispanic? Does that sound like equity and excellence Mrs. Breed?

We can’t go without saying that this entire program, being disguised as a sustainable process, is being spearheaded by 2 people that have NEVER worked in a school, Michael Steinert and Christopher Riddick.

THE BLACK EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE DEPARTMENT

Attention Scribner and Ramos and Paz:

Sherry Breed and Mia Hall now lead the Equity and Excellence Department?

Beyond Diversity trainings creating more problems and dividing people.

67% Hispanic student population?

Is the district ONLY concerned with the African American student?

What happened to preparing ALL students?

Hey, Cynthia Rincon; is anyone monitoring hiring ratios/practices in the district?

Didn't Mia hall almost cost FWISD student lives by being anti-gay?

City of Fort Worth is over 60+% Hispanic...

FWISD IR SCHOOL MOTTO: BETTER ISN'T ALWAYS THE BEST

NO surprise here folks about the results of the standings of FWISD.  Some improvement in elementary schools but unbelievable that high schools, the stage of where students make it or not, are mainly under.  Just see who they put in charge, who they promoted and the money spent, no results.

The famous phrase in politics, "It's the economy, stupid."

Well here money is not the entire answer, "It's the CULTURE, stupid."

This is on Washington and her crew, they are responsible for it and knowing the culture nothing will change.  No matter how much money you spend, if you are not getting the results then it's time to clean house.

Oh, RAMOS?  Your work finally paid off at Diamond Hill HS, ruined just like you wanted so that North Side could take everything.  Great job!

Pathetic!

PRINCIPAL BARRAH FINALLY CAUGHT WITH HIS PANTS DOWN

The new principal assigned to TABS is under investigation.  This is another promotion that should not have happened knowing his history, his lack of leadership but this is the FWISD WAY.  He was the protege of Scroggins.

This sounds familiar, FWISD always hires the best (sarcasm)

911 CALL TO THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT FROM GROUNDS AND LANDSCAPING

We received this email seeking help and support!

Will they listen?

Dear Board and Superintendent- 911

 We ask for your intervention before there are casualties in the Grounds and Landscaping department.

Many of us have reported and alerted Art Cavazos and Gil Griffin, but they do nothing to protect us or investigate the outcries. Instead they allow retaliation and ignore the concerns. Carl Jackson and Hubert Miller use their positions to intimidate, lie, and abuse employees for years. Griffin refuses to acknowledge the voices of countless complaints. 

There will soon be a changing of the guard, but this will not relieve the toxic environment. It will only become worse.

We ask for your help to charge these leaders: Griffin and Cavazos to conduct a full in-depth investigation WITHOUT their usual retaliation and save lives before FWISD makes the front page of the Star Telegram and social media.

SAVE US FROM WORKPLACE VIOLENCE!

SAJADE MILLER PROMOTED TO OVERSEE IR SCHOOLS

There is always so much irony in the hiring practices of FWISD because the failures seem to always move up the career ladder fast.
So the schools he oversaw are all now IR campuses and now he is in a newly created department as an assistant superintendent.  So if someone is not qualified for the job, what is the only way to move up?

CONNECTIONS!

So he and his family are well connected to none other than Washington.  So now Miller will be helping schools that are in IR status when he couldn't do it himself.

Scribner is unhappy but he is a puppet so nothing will change.

How is that for the FWISD way?

Motto: Hurt students, get a promotion on purpose!

THE RAMOS CURSE HITS KEVIN GREENE

If you all didn't get to read the Star story on Kevin Greene, it says a lot more than we have heard about how the district manages people's lives.  Everything we read in there is what we have been pushing for years even before this blog.  Now we have Ramos who is getting what he wants, when he wants it and at whatever cost.  We know the TCU kickbacks, etc.  

Well it so happens that Ramos had his feelings hurt when his son was questioned by either Greene or someone in athletics at a sporting event.  We don't have the full story but we are sure someone has more info to share.  Based on this, Greene went down as the story says.  

This is the Fort Worth way!

https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article214148254.html

PALAZZOLO APPEAL

A bit late on the news as the Palazzolo saga continues.  Brandt keeps appealing to have the case thrown out and is denied each time.  Sutherland has indicated that he has no authority, like we have said before, the board has not voted on anything which means he is acting on his own.  He forgets there are protocols but the board itself has allowed this to happen.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Swg7Zu289UpM9fO_hrWdPynZF70w0Kdf

ASHLEY PAZ TURNS A BLIND EYE TO EQUITY

It turns out that Ashley Paz has decided she won't butt into school affairs when the people she serves, teachers and students, are asking for her help.  Some schools are re-organizing to put science classes in portables for whatever reason.  Ashley Paz says it's in the best interest of students to do it.

They may want to look at OSHA standards and safety standards on what you call a lab.  Where are chemicals going?  Where are you putting hazardous materials?  A little call to agencies may have them think otherwise.  But the main point here is that the education model the district is pursuing is ruining opportunities for students and teachers for better learning.

Ashley, did you sleep in class or where do you think moving labs to portables is ok?  Guess the TCU diploma didn't help you to reason at all.

You would butt into school affairs when it benefits you or your friends.

NORTH SIDE COACH TURNER AND PRINCIPAL MARTINEZ COMPLICIT OF BULLYING AND ASSAULT ON STUDENT

This was sent by someone at North Side who has seen the despicable conditions and no one in authority is doing anything.  This Coach Turner is destroying student lives.  



North side high school there was a kid who was recovering from acl and coach turner made him do unnecessary punishment and made him do many punishments in which he was not cleared to participate the kid was fed up with coach turner with the daily bullying and sexual harassment and at time choking and wrestling with kids and the influence on drugs he puts on these kids this kid is top of his class student straight A's at times and was treated like the worse foe being smart this kid decided to stop showing up to his 8th period athletics Turner was counting him present every day because he never tales attendance this kid was hiding from this coach 3 wks later Turner reports this kid for skipping his class to principle martinez when the kid told martinez that he has every reason to skip because he doesnt want to be abuse or bullied every day and be called names such as bitch Martinez did not care at all and placed this straight A kid in iss with coach turner and during his time in iss he kept being harrased by the coach and bothered telling him that he was never going be able to get him in trouble because him and martinez are best friends. This kid was made to lose credit for his absences and was not allowd to drop the class he doesnr need this kid asked one of his teachers who has a law degree for help the teacher read the rules and help him write a complaint letter and was going be his representative this kid still didnt go back to athletics because he knew exactly what was going happen the kid had to finally come out and tell serious examples turner has done to him like hit him and point a starter gun at him in 2 different occasions when the kid's mother finally found out about the situation she talked to one administrator 1st Martinez was in a meeting when martinez came back from the meeting the first thing he told his mom was that i already talked to coach turner he said he never pointed at gun at your son the kid told him mom that he most likely told him to hide the gun rather than investigating like always just covering for his reports in sexual harrassmenr the principle was no help at all he said who am i supposed to believe your child or my coach he told his mother if hes really scared of being bullied just transfer him to diamond hill or carter he didnr bothered to listen to the kid and refused to drop the class for the kid and refused to do anything regarding the coach a report was made with the police and. The district and it seems like always Martinez and turner are going get their way and the kid sits in the office for his 8th period but continues to be bullied daily and now the teacher who helped him is being forced to move schools for helping the kid because a so call surplus when hes been at the school for 5 yrs and has some of the best ap scores in the district and is one of the most respected teachers at ns and works 12 hours daily helping these kids with their problems and who had a room so comfortable for many kids well thats it martinez and turner covering up for themselves while messing up these kids lives allowing these horrible stuff

Letter to Deborah Traylor/Cherie Washington

Late posting but related to the testing debacle that Deborah got nothing for.

Deborah Traylor was written up for taking pictures and video in an active test site.  Washington and now others have covered it up or, have tried to.  Now, other school districts have heard about this too.  Fort Worth ISD is the laughingstock of North Texas education system!  I wonder why these two left Dallas ISD?  There needs to be an investigation of the top administrators including Scribner because he has been in this district long enough to know the elitists bullying and snobbery that, like puss, has infected Fort Worth ISD for years!

In the gymnasium at Morningside Middle School, Deborah Traylor took out her phone while students were testing and took pictures and video without prior approval form TEA!

She was written up by the three teachers who saw her make this bone-headed move and, as of yet, nothing has happened to her.

She didn’t say why she was doing this but later used the excuse that she was taking pictures because there was too much teacher movement and gym was being used because it made the test coordinator’s job easier.  Not true at all.  It’s called active monitoring and teachers are required to do this at all times even when they aren’t testing.  They have been written up for not being up and moving around the room.  

Two things, first, it is a known fact that, as quoted from the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, Test Administrator Manual, “No person may duplicate, print, record, write notes about, or capture (electronically or by any other means) any portion of a secure assessment instrument (paper or online) without prior approval from TEA.  Districts may not duplicate and retain student compositions.”   

If Traylor had permission from TEA why was she written up by the people who witnessed her actions?  What were her original intentions for taking photographs and video?  Did she have a 24 hour palsy that produced tremors that made her yank out her phone and take pictures and video?

Second, did she also check each student’s Media Release Forms to know if the parents gave permission for their children to be photographed?  No one seems to care about that!  Are students not more important than standardized tests?   

If any teacher, teacher’s assistant or staff had illegally, as Traylor did, photographed or videoed an active test site they would have been fired immediately!  And she would have enjoyed making it happen!

As it is now, Traylor still has a job and is blaming the teachers and the test coordinator. In fact she is now following up on her fabricated excuse by making it impossible for testing to take place in the gym at all.  This site is desperately needed and has been working for four years and there’s never been a problem…until now when Deborah Traylor was caught taking picture without prior approval from TEA.

Morningside faculty has to cram the students that would normally be in the gym into classrooms that are too small.  There will be 30 students in each testing room and extra people will have to be pulled to make this happen.  

The students will be cramped and behaviors will escalate.  It’s almost like she’s trying to sabotage Morningside Middle School but, why and at what expense?  

We have something tangible to hang on to that highlights the favoritism and illegal actions by people who, up until now, have gotten away with this kind of garbage.  

This is why public education isn’t working!  People at the top who can’t get over the fact that they actually made something out of themselves.  Gigantic egos and social skills that rival Saddam Hussein’s; I’m not kidding!  This has got to stop!  We cannot let this go!  If we do, we just might deserve it, and that’s just not true.  

This is our conduit educators!  (not that we needed one/or/ more) Don’t let it go!!!

Civil disobedience worked for Gandhi and Martin Luther; they did the right thing!  Do the teachers of FWISD have the same ambition?  Absolutely!   There are around 5000 teachers, many paraprofessionals and admin!  The tail’s wagging the dog.  We need to take our district back!!!  So from now until something is done we are wearing purple bracelets.  Purple for peace (because we have more class).  It’s time to go Gandhi educators! 

Warning: Anyone who punishes anyone for wearing a purple bracelet and/or other objects (clothing) is subject to legal action and exposure for being an asshole; assuming it’s not already a well-known fact.

There are many people who have been hurt by Deborah Traylor and Cherie Washington.  How many of our names do they remember?  We all know theirs!  It isn’t very often a person encounters someone as mean and heartless as these women and the people around them so, we remember them.  People who have fed their ego with bits and pieces of their pride, dignity and humility.

Deborah Traylor and Cherie Washington, when it is time for you face God will he say, “Thank you for caring so deeply for my children, your brothers and sisters or, will he look at you unsmiling with sadness and ask, “Why did you treat my children that way?”