This article says 17,000 waiting list for ALL CHARTER schools in Texas.
Soner Tarim in December 2009 stated in a board meeting "there are 9-14,000 for Harmony Science Academy."
In January 2011, PBS Documentary the Gulen Guys from "Raindrop Turkish House and Turquoise Council "state that Harmony has a waiting list of 21,000"
Come on Soner, crack open the books and show the SBOE and TEA the 21,000 names!
More on the latest Charter School inflatable waiting list in Texas
UPDATE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CLAIMS THERE ARE 40,000 STUDENTS WAITING IN TEXAS FOR A PLACE AT A CHARTER SCHOOL
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20110222-editorial-legislature-should-help-texas-charter-school-movement-grow.ece
UPDATE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CLAIMS THERE ARE 40,000 STUDENTS WAITING IN TEXAS FOR A PLACE AT A CHARTER SCHOOL
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20110222-editorial-legislature-should-help-texas-charter-school-movement-grow.ece
"About 97 percent of the students in the San Antonio Can High School charter are considered at-risk students. // “These kids are dropping out of (traditional) public schools. They have nowhere to go,” said Jennifer Leighton, a development coordinator for TexansCan, which runs charter schools in San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth."
She should talk.
From her school's 2009-2010 report card:
San Antonio Can High School
4-year completion rate class of 2009 10.9% graduated 57.5% dropped out
It took only one minute to look that up, but the reporter couldn't be bothered.
She should talk.
From her school's 2009-2010 report card:
San Antonio Can High School
4-year completion rate class of 2009 10.9% graduated 57.5% dropped out
It took only one minute to look that up, but the reporter couldn't be bothered.
Additional the people interviewed in this article state there are 17,000 students on waiting lists for a Charter
School;
This is a "Sales job" that charter schools frequently lie about to create a sense of urgency:
For instance:
On December 2009 with the Texas Public Finance in Texas, Soner Tarim, superintendent of Gulen Harmony Science Academies states "there is a 9,000- 14,000 waiting list (by the way look up Umit Pecen the CFO of Cosmos Foundation)
January 2011, The PBS did a documentary on Islamic Imam Fethullah Gulen, They admitted that the Harmony Science Academies which where in the PBS footage (without permission) were connected to the Gulen Movement. PBS also interviewed teachers from Harmony School of Innovation. They also interviewed Gulen NGOs that are layered on the Harmony Science Schools (Raindrop Turkish House and Turquoise Council)
They state in their article the waiting list for Harmony is 21,000
Author Severson:
Go HSA! I currently go here;)
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