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WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS LYING AND TRYING TO SCARE PARENTS WHO OPPOSE A NEW HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER SCHOOL

 

Below is an email I sent Debra Hawkins, the Whitney High School Principal, regarding her scare tactics and misrepresentation of a new high school charter school. Below is her email to all the families that attend Whitney High School. If you have an opened mind, you will see how she and the RUSD are trying to mislead Rocklin families.

Dear Mrs. Hawkins

 
I cannot believe you would send the email below to the Rocklin families attending your school.  As a former Rocklin School Board Trustee, I enjoyed working with you when you were the Rocklin High School principal.  I thought you were a professional and always put the needs of ALL students first.  I was obviously wrong.
 
Your email shows that your professionalism must be questioned.  Your email is just a scare tactic.  You are trying to convince Rocklin families that your school will loose teachers and programs.  I cannot believe you would stoop to lying to your families at WHS.  
 
I thought than an educator's responsibility was to provide the best education for all children?  It is obvious that you mission is not to provide a good education to all children.  You only want to provide a good education to a certain number of children.  
 
Parents should have the right to determine the type of school they want their children to attend.  Who are you to say you know more than the parents?
 
The supporters of the charter petition have never said a negative thing about your school.  They just want to make the decision on the school that best meets the needs of their school.  You are trying to take that away from them.  
 
For the record, this issue does not affect my family.  At this time I do not expect to send my child to this charter school.  I decided to email you because I respected you as an educator.  You have lost that respect.  To mislead, lie, and scare your parents is unprofessional.  
 
There is a rumor that you are forcing all your teachers to attend this meeting and speak out against the charter.  I am sure you know it is against the teacher's contract to force them to attend this meeting.
 
Maybe you are just following the marching orders of your Superintend Kevin Brown and his anti-school choice school board members Steve Paul and Todd Lowell.    
 
I have copied the media to let them know how the RUSD is lying and scaring Rocklin families about this charter school.  I am also sending this email to over 7,000 people in Rocklin.
 
Sincerely,
 
Mark Klang
Rocklin 
      

Parents and Guardians,
 
The following individuals need to hear from you today! Our great Whitney High School campus and all our programs are being threatened by the forced addition of a Charter School to be located on our campus. Please read below.

ggarbolino@placercoe.k12.ca.us.   County Superintendent —Make sure she hears from you.

Don Brophy 530-885-0854; dabrophy@pacbell.net

Rich Colwell 530-886-4545 (W); rcolwell@placer.ca.gov

Scott Gnile 916- 645-0250; scott@gnitech.com

Lynn Oliver 530-389-8168; lynnoliver18@gmail.com

Ken Sahl 916-783-7487; ken2007@surewest.net

Ken Tokutomi 530-888-1303 (W); kentokcar@sbcglobal.net

 Whitney High School and all our excellent programs are under attack. The Charter School Petition which was unanimously turned down TWICE by your RUSD school board is going before the County School Board seeking approval this Thursday evening. My sources tell me the county is strongly considering voting approval for the charter. If they vote approval, this means that Rocklin or Whitney High School will be forced to house a separate school on one of our campuses. The impact of having students who have no buy in and no connection to either high school housed at our high school would be devastating to academic programs, school activities, facility use, school culture, athletics and more. With the current financial woes of the state, we are already concerned about the loss of revenue to our high school and the impact that will be felt on class size ratios, teachers’ jobs and cuts to other programs. Having the charter on WHS or RHS will result in a financial drain to our schools. We will loose teachers, we will loose programs, we will be hurt in ways too numerous to list in this email.

 I am asking you TODAY to email the individuals above, call them if you can, and PLEASE attend the county meeting in Auburn this Thursday.

THURSDAY AT 7:00 PM

Placer County Office of Education

360 Nevada Street, Auburn

 Whatever your sentiment about a charter high school, these people need to house their school in a separate location from either high school.

We need your support to protect our campus and all that Whitney has become over the past four years!!!

Debra Hawkins

Principal Whitney High School

632-6500 ex: 6405

 

 





 
 
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ROCKLIN VOTERS CANNOT AFFORD TO RE-ELECT COUNCILMAN PETER HILL

 Mr. Hill has spent too much time on the Rocklin City Council.  He has lost touch with what the voters want and what is best for our city. 
 
Mr. Hill had a chance to support the Western Sierra Collegiate Academy.  This charter school would of given Rocklin families another choice on which Rocklin school best meets the needs of their children.  It also would of created additional tax revenue.  Mr. Hill opposed this school because he thinks he knows what is best for your children.

Mr. Hill has wasted our tax dollars.  He has pushed to increase our taxes.  If re-elected HE WILL RAISE OUR TAXES. Peter Hill, a Republican, could not even get the endorsement of the Placer County Republican Party.  That proves that this Councilman wants to take more money out of you pocket.  Take a look at your property tax bill and you will see all the special assessments that Mr. Hill has added to your bill. 

Take a look at this link that is circulating around Rocklin.  It provides a short review of what Peter Hill has done for the City of Rocklin over the last 4 years.  

www.peterhill.org

Take a look at Rocklin City Council candidates Ed Rowan and David Nelson. They may provide better leadership for our city.

 

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GREG DALEY HAS NOT REPRESENTED YOUR CHILD WHILE SERVING ON THE ROCKLIN SCHOOL BOARD

Greg Daley does not get it.  He was elected to represent your children as a member of the Rocklin School Board.  He deserves an “F” grade.  He was more concerned about his image than working for you.  He was more concerned about helping the California Teacher’s Association (CTA) after a teacher choked a student at Whitney High School than looking out for the student.

Check out the Greg Daley web site, www.gregdaley.com, and see the 4 major issues that define Mr. Daley’s 4 years as a Trustee on the Rocklin School Board.

Greg Daley has not implemented one program in the last 4 years that helped your children.  By not supporting the teachers, high school students were not able to get academic help after school.  By not supporting the teachers, students did not have the opportunity to participate in after school clubs.  Thank you Mr. Daley. 

I suggest only voting for Michael Agostini.  Read his ballot statement in the voter’s guide.  You will see that Mr. Agostini will represent your children.

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ROCKLIN CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO COME UP WITH NEW TAXES

As the economy continues to struggle, the Rocklin City Council has come up with another way to tax its citizens.  Did you ever hear of the alarm tax?  I did not.  Check out this link.

http://www.rocklin.ca.gov/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=709&targetid=1

The new tax says all residents must pay $25 if you have an alarm system in your home or business.  The City Council calls it an alarm permit.  We all know in everyday language it is a tax.

This tax started in April of 2008 with a grace period until September 2008.  After September, you could be fined $100.  I never knew about this tax until someone emailed me the link.

There is also a charge starting after the second false alarm.  I support that charge.  It starts to get expensive when the Rocklin Police Department has to come to your home or business numerous times for a false alarm.

The initial alarm tax is $25 for the first 2 years, then $15 for a 2-year renewal. 

This may not sound like a lot of money, but what will the City Council want to take next?  Could it be $25 for each car in your driveway or $25 for each pet in your home?  Take a look at your property take bill?  See how much money the city is taking out of your paycheck.

When is this going to stop?  If Obama becomes President, you are going to see your taxes go up.  Arnold and the Democrats in the legislature want to raise your taxes because they cannot control spending. 

The Rocklin City Council has not seen a tax they do not like.  The tried to force a ¼ cent increase in the sales tax in Placer County.  The City Council supports an occupancy tax.  Last February, they tried to extend the park tax.  The voters were smart and rejected the tax.

Ask most businesses in Rocklin and they will tell you their taxes are much higher than the surrounding communities.  It starts to make sense on why there is not a downtown Rocklin.  The City Council is just not friendly to local businesses.  Take a look around Rocklin.  Look at the strip malls with all the vacancies.  Yes, the economy is bad.  However, the Rocklin City Council has done very little to attract new businesses to Rocklin.  They had the opportunity to support a first class high school charter school.  They opposed the school.  Councilman Scott Yuill still is an advisor to the charter school.  Not once, has he spoken in public in support of the school.  We have called Mr. Yuill on the carpet on this issue.  He will not answer the question on why he will not publicly support the school.  We have tagged him as the Rocklin City Council “Empty Suit.”  He joined the advisory group just to pad his resume for higher office.  How unethical.

Mr. ‘Empty Suit” is not up for re-election. Peter Hill and George Magnuson are.  These 2 so-called Republicans could not even get the endorsement of the Placer County Republican Party.  It is obvious that these 2 members of the city council want to continue to raise your taxes and spend your money.

Maybe it is time to look at challengers David Nelson and Ed Rowan.  Lets give them a try.  They cannot do any worse.    

 

 

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OBAMA IS THE ONE PLAYING THE RACE CARD IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

There have been many discussions about who is playing the race card in the Presidential campaign.  The Obama campaign has said Senator McCain and the Republicans are playing the race card.  Obama has said the Republicans want to scare the voters and will use race as a tactic.  Wake up America, Senator Obama is the one using race to attract voters.  Remember Obama’s comments during a campaign rally when he said he does not look like the President on the dollar bill, and that he has a funny name, and he reminded everyone that he is black?

Where is the media on Obama’s racist comments?  I forgot the liberal media is so in love with Obama that they turn the other cheek.  Remember MSNBC’s commentator Chris Mathews said that he gets a chill up his leg when he thinks about Obama?  The good news for the American people is MSNBC’s rating are so poor that only the very liberal bother to watch the empty suits and empty skirts on that network.  It is surprising that NBC does not pull the plug on their cable affiliate. Do not forget that NBC now stands for the “National Barack Corporation.”

The racism is coming directly from the Obama campaign and the African American community. Obama has over 93% of the African American support. Does he have 93% of their support because of his policies? NO. The African American community is voting for him just because he is an African American. What do you think the liberal media would say if all White people were voting for McCain just because he is White?  The media would say they are racist.  I do not care how good a politician is, nobody gets 93% support from one group of people unless one candidate has played the race card in the campaign.  And that is exactly what the Obama has done.

When will the rest of America wake up?  The media has always been liberal.  This election they have not been afraid to hide their liberal bias. 

Anytime the McCain campaign goes negative on Obama, the Obama supporters call it an act of racism. You cannot talk about his association with Reverend Wright, you cannot talk about his association with Louis Farrakhan, who called Obama the messiah, you cannot talk about his association with ACORN, and so on.       

Wake up America.  Take a look at the people Senator Obama has associated himself with.  John McCain is not perfect, but he is a man of character and that is what our country needs as we go forward.

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THE GOOD OLE’ BOY’S POLITICAL NETWORK IN ROCKLIN DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO RESPOND

In last Saturday’s edition of the Sacramento Bee, Rocklin citizen Joe Scharrer burst on the scene as a major political player when it comes to advocating for Rocklin families the right to send their children to their school of choice. 

Mr. Scharrer believes that parents should make the decision on what type of school is best for their children.  He has been an outspoken critic of the Rocklin School Board and the Rocklin City Council for not supporting Rocklin Academy and Western Sierra Collegiate Academy. 

We all know from past elections that people like Rocklin City Councilman Peter Hill and Rocklin School Board Member Steve “I never read my agenda” Paul have used character assassinations to silence the opposition. 

Mr. Scharrer, the owner of a research and development company, decided to go high tech against the political establishment in Rocklin.  He bought many web site domains that include the names of some of the elected officials that oppose charter schools and school choice.  He even bought up some of the domain names of the Rocklin Chamber.  Watch the papers for an alternative to the Rocklin Chamber of Commerce.  A new Rocklin Chamber will soon be organized that will be free to all members.

Rocklin School Board member Steve Paul said, “to have something like this happen in our community is very disturbing.”  This is very strange coming from a person that had to lie to the Placer County Central Committee in 2006 about his support for charter schools and his views on the California Teacher’s Association (CTA).  Mr. Paul said, the CTA was a radical group but then took thousands of dollars in donations. How unethical.  To have Steve Paul as President of the Rocklin School Board is very disturbing.

For some reason Bill Halldin, a member of the Rocklin Chamber, likes to see his name in the paper.  I guess that helps promote his public relations firm.  He said that it is “morally wrong to take somebody’s domain name and use it for your own personal purposes.  It is very abusive.”  Mr. Halldin will not admit that he supports the same character assassination tactics just like his good friends Peter Hill and the slick attorney Todd Lowell, a Trustee on the Rocklin School Board.  Anyone remember the website rocklinparents.com, probably not.  This was Bill Halldin’s unethical attempt to denigrate the good work of the people at PEER (www.rocklinedu.org).  Bill needed to lie about people running for the Rocklin School Board in 2006 to cover up for the incompetence of the good ole' boys.

Mr. Scharrer has been offered money to sell the domain names.  He refused.  Finally, there is someone else in Rocklin that has the character and strength to stand up to these political hacks. 

Mr. Scharrer is a reasonable man.  He said he would release the domain names when the Rocklin School Board and the Rocklin City Council support charter schools. 

Word of advice to the other politicians in town, if you are not going to support school choice, you better purchase your domain name or this Rocklin man will continue his web assault. 

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