Harmony Science Academy, Dr. Soner Tarim the Superintendant

Letter from Dr. Soner Tarim--why is it better to be a coward and not speak like your Hocaefendi.  Hiring Julie Shussler of the expense public relations firm of Burson-Marsteller will not put out the fires or be successful in damage control.  You must do the deposition, remember we will pay for it any time you feel like being truthful to American people.  Here is the expensive public relatons firm Julie Shussler works for.
What a shame to spend $$$thousands of money that should go to education, instead of trying to fix lies.

http://www.burson-marsteller.com/default.aspx

Dear Texas State Board of Education Representative,  

Last December the television news show 60 Minutes contacted Harmony Public Schools (HPS) about a story they were working on, and in which they intended to include HPS. The overall story is about the Turkish scholar and author Fethullah Gulen and his alleged influences in the United States.

We explained repeatedly that HPS has no affiliation of any kind with Mr. Gulen or the Gulen movement but, ultimately, the 60 Minutes producer said that HPS was going to be in the story no matter what we said, and whether we cooperated with them or not.

We have now been advised that the story will be aired on CBS this Sunday, May 13, and we wanted to alert you to the broadcast, share some perspective and background, and note that we may need your assistance in responding to the story.

• The story is expected to be about 12 minutes long, with approximately three minutes devoted to HPS. We expect the story to allege a link between HPS and Mr. Gulen, despite the fact Harmony Public Schools is not affiliated in any way, formal or informal, with Mr. Gulen or his organization, or with any other religious or political organizations or movements.                                                                          

• The producers of the show admitted that no such link or affiliation could be proven, yet we fully expect their story to suggest such a link. As such, we believe the story may be unfair to HPS and contain unsupported allegations.

• HPS has cooperated extensively with 60 Minutes over the past six months, supplying dozens of documents and records, answering hundreds of questions, and providing full access to our school in Houston for an entire day of filming students and classrooms, and interviewing teachers, students, administrators and the head of the Texas Charter School Association, David Dunn.

• The only request we did not grant was to interview me in my role as Harmony Superintendent. We chose not to grant that request when it became apparent, after numerous lengthy discussions, that no matter what I said or did, the producers intended to link HPS to Mr. Gulen, despite having no proof of such a link.

Depending on how HPS is treated, and the factual accuracy of the 60 Minutes program, we may ask for your support in responding to CBS. We will be in touch immediately after the show airs to provide you our thoughts, and our plans for a response.

Thank you for your continued support of the HPS family.

Sincerely,

Dr. Soner Tarim, Superintendent

Harmony Public Schools

www.harmonytx.org 

Soner if you have "no link" to Gulen why do you describe your inspiration for these schools as Fethullah Gulen in the Texas Monthly?  Not to mention you were on the board of the Gulen Insitute in Houston.  Your schools openly admitted this on the PBS interview and in fact interviewed your teachers.

Your are slipping old boy must be from your days around that slippery fish.