FL teachers in private religious school not getting paid. School gets 3 kinds of vouchers.

[madfloridian]

The school is the Innovation School for Excellence in Tallahassee.

They get money from the state for having a Pre-Kindergarten program. They get McKay Scholarships for students in special education.

They get the Step up for Children scholarships for needy students. I believe they are corporate vouchers like the McKay vouchers. The corporations get tax breaks, and this year alone Florida public schools will lose 31 million in tax revenue as a result.

They also get money from the Early Learning Coalition

This program is a federally funded program that is available to assist low to middle income families with childcare fees. This program caters to all ages including part time assistance for afterschool care for children age 5 and up. In order to qualify, a parent must be employed or receive cash assistance.

Yet apparently the school does not have the money to pay its teachers. The public schools are deprived of the money from these vouchers, yet the school is not paying its teachers.

Accountability appears to be only for public schools.

Here's the video from WCTV.tv.

Note that they locked the door so the reporter could not get in.

School Teachers...We Haven't Gotten Paid

Teachers at a local school say no employees have gotten paid in the last month.

I haven't found an article yet to go with the video, but here is a link to the school webpage.

[iemitsu]

1. the situation is terrible.

obamas support of privatization of the public schools is the hardest of his policies for me to swallow.

[madfloridian]

3. It is for me as well.

Very hard.

[msongs]

2. umm "the lord will provide" nt

[madfloridian]

8. Meanwhile public schools will lose at least 31 milllion this year....

from the corporate tax breaks given to companies paying for these students to go to private religious schools.

There is just so much wrong with that picture.

:hi:

[B Calm]

4. Well that's how unions are started!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

5. I'm in Tallahassee, where there are more churches than people

I'm nauseous when I see churches. It's disgusting. As for this, it doesn't surprise me one iota. The best thing that can happen, is that all churches shut down, and their schools and other such bs shut down with them. After all, churches brought us the past 30 plus years of right wing domination in this country, and all the disaster we're dealing with now.

[madfloridian]

7. It's that way in Central Florida also. A church on every corner.

Mostly Southern Baptist. They are mostly anti-evolution, anti-women's choice, anti-gay.

I think of the word dominionism often.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

15. Horrible. I have no respect for churches, at all. nt

[Starry Messenger]

6. k&r

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. local charter is closing and owes the teachers 3 months pay

They are furiously asking for donations so the teachers can get paid.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. mad, check out the comments here:

http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/School_Teacher_We_Havent_Gotten_Paid_125243139.html?storySection=comments

[madfloridian]

11. Oh, my goodness. Stunning.

Now I feel like I opened a can of worms inadvertently. :wow:

[madfloridian]

14. The more I read of the comments, the more I wonder.

Seems like one school head escorted another off the campus and took over.

I just wonder how much the FDOE is looking into this?

[madfloridian]

12. Link to the Pre-K website. The school gets taxpayer money for that program.

http://www.fldoe.org/earlyLearning/

[madfloridian]

13. This school actually had a poster child at the rally in favor of merit pay.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100325/article/3251079?tc=ar



Zamora Mora, 4, participates in the Step Up for Students rally Wednesday in Tallahassee. Zamora was there with fellow students from the Innovation School of Excellence in Tallahassee.
AP PHOTO / PHIL COALE