Community dialogue is a Waste of Time?

We are hearing lots and lots from MAP/RVC about why they felt they "had no choice but to charter out." Read on to understand the reasons MAP/RVC leadership decided to stop working with the District in early 2014 and to seek autonomy through a charter process.

Click here to read an email from MAP leadership that was submitted to MCOE during the charter review process. In March of 2014*, co-lead petitioner, and MAP Treasurer says he doesn't want to waste his time resolving the tensions between the two programs, which would arguably benefit ALL of our children.

MAP proponents now say that their motivation is to "expand their program" to serve more children, which this email clearly debunks;
MAP/RVC Leadership was quoted in this article as saying they "place a really high value on diversity" and "supporting disadvantaged students," which their 19 year history as MAP and this email debunk;
They also have complained that RVSD won't "collaborate" with them, and yet, this email shows an intent not to collaborate, but to break free of RVSD governance since early 2014.

These emails were written after RVSD began to clarify MAP governance and balance inequities between the two programs, and just before County Superintendent of Schools, Mary Jane Burke, sent staff members to Manor to help facilitate healing between the two programs.

He said, in part:

While I recognize the MAP community is diverse, and that some will wish to pursue a (prolonged) dialogue with the K-5 community to sort out tension-causing issues, I will not expend time and energy on that undertaking (emphasis added). Under the circumstances (i.e., district leadership and site administrator unsupportive of the MAP status quo*), I think such an exercise is at worst a complete waste of time, and at best I think it’s not worth pursuing because of the opportunity costs involved.

And here’s what I mean: I sense we’re at a fork in the road. I am a proponent of us thinking large and outside the box and with a higher level of ambition than simply “trying to avoid death by a thousand paper cuts.” Are ther others beside me who would rather that lobster that gets out of the soon to be boiling pot? (Both metaphors above I’ve heard lately for MAP). My perspective is that as much of our collective bandwidth as possible should be spend trying to understand the viability of MAP becoming a charter school (his emphasis).

* Note that MAP status quo was discriminatory, and their leadership was meeting privately to strategize about a public, tax payer-funded educational program since at least early 2014. the RVC petitioners and leaders are nearly all included in the map email thread.
Let's Put the Unity Back in CommUnity and Make Manor and all RVSD Schools Great for All Children!!

Community dialogue is a Waste of Time?

These emails were written after RVSD began to clarify MAP governance and balance inequities between the two programs, and just before County Superintendent of Schools, Mary Jane Burke, sent staff members to Manor to help facilitate healing between the two programs.

* Note that MAP status quo was discriminatory, and their leadership was meeting privately to strategize about a public, tax payer-funded educational program since at least early 2014. the RVC petitioners and leaders are nearly all included in the map email thread.

Let's Put the Unity Back in CommUnity and Make Manor and all RVSD Schools Great for All Children!!