StudentFirstLastNY Slimebags ignore real sexual abuse of children by one of their own:
Michelle Rhee husband Kevin Johnson
was also under investigation for inappropriate sexual conduct with a
16-year old student at the school.
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| Brown and Romney Advisor Senor - She throws the bull |
UPDATE: See NYC EYE for great summary:
Leonie reports:
Campbell Brown was the
first witness chosen to testify at the Cuomo Commission hearings last
week, all about how the UFT protects sex abusers. She repeated the same claims in the WSJ a few days later.
Bloomberg
& Students1st NY (which essentially works for him, under the
direction of Micah Lasher) are pushing a bill in the legislature, S.7497, that would allow him to fire any teacher accused of abuse, no matter what the arbitrator decided.
Meanwhile,
it has been revealed that Brown’s husband Dan Senor, a senior Romney
advisor, is also on the board of Students1st. There is more on this here and here – including about how Michelle Rhee’s own husband, Kevin Johnson has been accused of sexually molesting a minor under his supervision.
But Campbell Brown opened up Pandora's box, so let's just go ahead and lay it out there.
Michelle Rhee's husband Kevin Johnson was under federal investigation
in 2009 for misuse of funds connected with his charter school, St. Hope
Academy. This was a big right-wing story at the time, but mostly
underreported by mainstream press or the left, because the Obama
administration fired the OIG in charge of the investigation shortly
after his report was issued. The timing gave rise to a shrill whine from
the right wingers about cronyism, etc, while they ignored the actual
report about Johnson's malfeasance. Here's a snippet of the letter from
Chuck Grassley wrote concerning the investigation:
In September 2008, after reviewing the facts that the OIG
investigation presented, the Corporation’s Debarment and Suspension
Official (Official) determined that the grantee’s two principals, Kevin
Johnson and Dana Gonzalez were responsible for six acts of diverting
grant funds to non-grant purposes, and found that “immediate action is
necessary to protect the public interest.”
In total about $850,000 was misused. As a result,
the OIG requested that the Official suspend all future Federal grant
funding to both St. HOPE Academy and Kevin Johnson and Dana Gonzales
individually. The Official ultimately suspended St. HOPE Academy and
its principals “from participating in Federal procurement and non
procurement programs and activities.” None of the respondents exercised
their right to submit facts objecting to the suspension.
What Grassley does not mention in his letter is that Kevin Johnson
was also under investigation for inappropriate sexual conduct with a
16-year old student at the school. Skip to page 26 of the report below to read the specifics.
Here is the Students1st NY email blast sent out today:
We need your help, right now, to speak out against sexual misconduct in our school — and against sexism in the education debate.
On
Monday, Emmy Award-winning journalist Campbell Brown — who previously
served as White House Correspondent for NBC and as an anchor for CNN —
wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about how New York law,
supported by the teacher’s union, keeps sexual predators in the
classroom.
Last night, the union responded — by attacking Campbell’s husband (who, among other things, serves on our Board).
National
teachers union president Randi Weingarten took to Twitter and started
republishing comments about Campbell’s “hubby” and his political views —
as if Campbell’s accomplishments and perspective on this issue didn’t
count. This morning, many of Ms. Weingarten’s colleagues have pursued
the same line of attack.
Will you help us send a message that sexual misconduct has no place in our schools, and that sexism has no place in this debate?
Click
here to speak out on Twitter. Tell Ms. Weingarten that she should focus
more on protecting kids and less on sexist spin. Please use
#protectourkids.
Of course, the union is looking for anything to
distract from the issue at hand: that the union fights tooth-and-nail
against giving school districts the authority to terminate anyone who
engages in sexual misconduct.
Hopefully, if enough people speak
out, we can convince the teachers union to put down the poison pen (and
keyboard) and join us in trying to do something about this issue.
Click here to make your voice heard. Urge the union to put students first.
Chandra M. Hayslett
Director of Communications
StudentsFirstNY
http://twitter.com/StudentsFirstNY
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