In early December, the national @KIPP charter chain filed letters of intent to open three new charter schools in Southeast Davidson — just a few days before @HoustonChron detailed sordid allegations about KIPP’s founder. 2/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/Court-filing-provides-new-details-on-firing-of-14901900.php …
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Two sources at MNPS tell me that Clay has assured KIPP — whose local board members include former mayor Karl Dean, former house speaker Beth Harwell, and former
@TN_ASD chief Chris Barbic — that the KIPP schools would be endorsed by Battle. 3/Prikaži ovu nit -
The new KIPP schools would include a new 600-seat elementary school in Southeast Davidson at a cost of $6.4 million a year to Nashville taxpayers. 4/pic.twitter.com/A6RW3yFgej
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Further, KIPP wants a new 528-seat middle school in Southeast Davidson at a cost of $5.7 million a year to local taxpayers. 5/pic.twitter.com/UALb272x2E
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The new elementary and middle KIPP schools would be in addition to existing elementary and middle KIPP schools in Antioch that were forced into existence by the corrupt
@SBEd_TN at a similar cost to Nashville taxpayers. 6/Prikaži ovu nit -
All four lower-grades KIPP schools would feed into a new 1,200-seat KIPP high school that would cost Nashville taxpayers $12.9 million a year. Total enrollment would be nearly 3,500 students — creating a “KIPP Cluster” designed to decimate the Antioch and Cane Ridge clusters. 7/
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Recall: KIPP’s local director Randy Dowell previously admitted his charter chain counsels out kids who aren’t making the grade. KIPP’s intent is to cherry pick students from the Antioch and Cane Ridge clusters and leave struggling students stranded in traditional schools. 8/
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Anyone who cares about public education in Southeast Davidson County should get organized and get ready to stand up against Battle, Clay, and the proposed KIPP Cluster. 9/9
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ADDENDUM: Here’s the enrollment sheet for Battle and Clay’s KIPP high school in Southeast Davidson. Total price tag for the proposed “KIPP Cluster” — $37 million a year, to be paid mostly by local taxpayers (versus the State of TN).pic.twitter.com/S7aDAh2dYD
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