7 December 2018 letter.docx7 December 2018 Hello 9 School Board Members, Ms. Hernandez Mats, and Alberto Carvalho. Hello, my name is Bill Detzner. Nobel Prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was once asked if he believed Communism could be reformed. He replied that Communism could never be reformed. It could only be replaced. That is the same feeling I have about “The People’s Republic of Miami Dade County Public Schools.” (MDCPS). The level of corruption and incompetence in MDCPS is so high that reform cannot come from inside the school district. Normalcy will return to “The People’s Republic of MDCPS” ONLY when an outside agency steps in and replaces all or most of the 11 people this letter is addressed to. MDCPS gives the appearance of being more of a criminal enterprise than the nation’s fourth largest school district. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho gives the appearance of being the Godfather of this criminal enterprise. Godfather Carvalho seems to be a virtual dictator, and the 9 school board members appear to be nothing more than a rubber stamp to the Godfather’s edicts. Ms. Hernandez Mats, the United Teachers of Dade (UTD) President, gives the appearance of being OWNED by the Godfather, lock, stock, and barrel. Consequently, this letter is written NOT with the hope that any desperately needed changes will be made, or that any of the 11 readers of this letter will have the decency or professionalism to respond. The two reasons I have for writing this letter are to deny the 11 readers the option of having the excuse of pleading ignorance of the latest Neva King Cooper School (NKC) crisis, and to present my case to the powerful people I hope will read this letter. A few, but not all of those people are Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, 60 Minutes T.V. show, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and various Florida newspaper investigative reporters. As I stated in my latest unanswered letter to you, NKC principal Dr. Tracy Roos seems to be lurching from crisis to crisis. Those crises seem to be increasing in both severity and frequency. I have not yet received all of my green return receipt from my last letter to you 11 people before I learned about the latest crisis, which is one of the reasons for this letter. MDCPS requires teachers and paraprofessionals to have up to three yearly Data Chats with school site administrators. These data chats are ONLY for the purpose of discussing an educator’s progress in meeting their yearly educational goals for the students in their classes. As the 11 readers of this letter have known for over 3 years, Dr. Roos frequently uses these conferences to ask staff members highly personal and inappropriate questions. For example, an openly gay male para-professional (who has since transferred to another school district) was asked by Dr. Roos about the details of his sex life during a conference. Although this man was a UTD member, he was so fearful that UTD would not only fail to defend him, but then throw him under the bus when the sham UTD investigation was completed and Dr. Roos and/or Mrs. Fernandez illegally retaliated against him that he failed to report the incident. Ms. Hernandez Mats, the knowledge that UTD members do not trust UTD to enforce the contract does not seem to cause you any concern. (I will discuss other incidents of your failure to enforce the contract later on in this letter.) During the latest round of data chats, DR ROOS ALLEGEDLY TOLD MANY STAFF MEMBERS THAT MS. GREEN, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PARAPROFESSIONAL, IS THE BIGGEST TROUBLEMAKER AT NKC!!! THE NKC STAFF IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY, DEEPLY WORRIED THAT THESE HATEFUL REMARKS BY DR. ROOS ARE SETTING THE STAGE FOR DR. ROOS TO RECEIVE ONE OF HER FAMOUS ANONYMOUS PHONE CALLS ACCUSING MS. GREEN OF PHYSICALLY AND/OR SEXUALLY ABUSING ONE OR MORE NKC STUDENTS. AS GODFATHER CARVALHO HAS A WELL DESERVED REPUTATION FOR BEING AS BRUTAL AND HARSH AS POSSIBLE IN HIS REPRISALS, THE FEAR IS THAT GODFATHER CARVALHO WIIL UNJUSTLY FIRE MS. GREEN JUST PRIOR TO THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, FOR MAXIMUM SHOCK VALUE AND TO GENERATE THE GREATEST DEGREE OF FEAR AMONG THE NKC SERFS AND TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS TO “UPPITY AFRICAN AMERICANS” SUCH AS MS. GREEN WHO ARE BOLD ENOUGH TO INSIST THAT THEIR CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS BE RESPECTED. The serfs of NKC have this fear for Ms. Green’s future employment prospects because they remember the extremely harsh and brutal way Dr. Alberto Fernandez, Mr. Henny Cristobol, Ms. Luz Morales and Mr. Rick Massa were treated by Godfather Carvalho and the two hatchet women the Godfather placed in charge of NKC. (Dr. Roos and Mrs. Alicia Fernandez (Screamer)) Vladimir Lenin once remarked that the object of Terror is Terror, and Godfather Carvalho, you certainly give the appearance of sharing that viewpoint. To refresh your memories, Ms. Green was the NKC staff member whose daughter was murdered while Ms. Green’s five year old grandson was in the house. I discussed this in great deal in my blog (mdcpsallegations.com) Both NKC administrators (principal Dr. Tracy Roos and assistant principal Alicia Fernandez (Screamer)) expect and get extremely servile and meek interactions from NKC staff/serfs. When Ms. Green returned to NKC after her emergency leave, she (Ms. Green) spoke with Dr. Roos. Ms. Green, deeply, deeply shocked after the murder of her daughter, was polite and courteous, but not meek and servile while speaking to Dr. Roos. Apparently, the murder of Ms. Green’s daughter was NO excuse for Ms. Green to not be extremely meek and subservient when speaking to Dr. Roos (Ms. Hernandez Mats, the fact that KNC staff who are UTD members have been treated VERY, VERY disrespectfully for over 6 years by both NKC administrators does not seem to be much of a concern to you.) Dr. Roos then gave an illegal order to one of Ms. Green’s closest friends, an African American custodian named Mr. Jackson to convey Dr. Roos threat to involuntarily transfer Ms. Green to another school (during a time when Ms. Green was also dealing with damage to her home caused by Hurricane Irma.) When Ms. Green received Dr. Roos threat, Ms. Green had what some people might call “a Rosa Parks moment.” Ms. Green decided she was sick and tired of being disrespected. She then did something that the NKC serfs would call career suicide. Ms. Green reported Dr. Roos egregious blatant contract violations to the internal “People’s Republic of MDCPS” investigative bodies responsible for internally policing the district. As everybody knows, those people are paid to “hear no evil and see no evil”, and then retaliate against the whistleblower after the sham “investigation” is completed. True to form, the People’s Republic responded like the criminal enterprise it is. A meeting was called with officials from “The People’s Republic” and Ms. Green. Dr. Roos then allegedly lied and told MDCPS that Mrs. Green was absent on the appointed day. Ms. Green was then told to report to the assistant principal’s office where she sat for an hour waiting for a meeting that Dr. Roos knew was not going to occur. While Ms. Green suffered that humiliating event, Dr. Roos then allegedly summoned Mr. Jackson (the African American custodian who is one of Ms. Green’s closest friends) to Dr. Roos office for a closed- door meeting. At that meeting, Dr. Roos allegedly threatened this poor man with immediate job termination unless he recanted his allegations that Dr. Roos had ordered him to deliver Dr. Roos threat of an involuntary transfer to another school to Ms. Green. A second meeting was scheduled to address Ms. Green’s concerns. THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF MDCPS ALSO STOOD MS. GREEN UP AND FAILED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING. A THIRD MEETING WAS NEVER SCHEDULED, WHICH MEANS GODFATHER CARVALHO AND THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC HAVE NEVER ADDRESSED MS. GREEN’S CONCERNS TO THIS DAY!!! Regrettably, Godfather Carvalho was not yet done humiliating this grieving African American grandmother. Shortly afterwards, The People’s Republic of MDCPS saw fit to nominate Dr. Roos as a candidate for the prestigious Principal of the Year Award!!! One other detail needs to be noted about Ms. Green. As a paraprofessional, Ms. Green is paid a miserly salary. Out of her meager salary, Ms. Green frequently buys new clothes for NKC children who come from impoverished homes. The serfs of NKC feel outraged by the fact that although the 11 readers of this letter are aware that Dr. Roos has allegedly physically assaulted a staff member (who is still a MDCPS employee who has transferred to another school) AND ALLEGEDLY PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED AN UTTERLY DEFENSELESS SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD, Dr. Roos has suffered no adverse consequences whatsoever as a result of two actions that should have resulted in her termination as an employee of “The People’s Republic of MDCPS.” On the contrary, she has been a nominee for the highest award a principal can achieve. Meanwhile, Godfather Carvalho, the 9 school board members, and Ms. Hernandez Mats give the appearance of giving the green light to Dr. Roos to initiate termination proceedings against a poorly paid employee who buys clothes for NKC children! While on the subject of rank hypocrisy, it is interesting to note that Dr. Roos saw fit to accuse this fine Christian churchgoing woman of being the biggest troublemaker at NKC!!! The serfs of NKC beg to differ on this point. The serfs feel it is Dr. Roos, (closely followed by assistant principal Alicia Fernandez (Screamer)) and not Ms. Green who are the biggest troublemakers at NKC (for six and a half years now) In the utterly lawless entity that is the nation’s fourth largest school district, there is a possibility that an administrator (Dr. Roos) who has allegedly physically assaulted both an NKC serf employee and an utterly defenseless severely mentally retarded child and who has has been nominated as a candidate for the prestigious Principal of the Year Award will be fully protected by the Godfather, while a paraprofessional (Ms. Green) who spends a significant portion of her paycheck buying clothes for impoverished children will have false charges of abusing children filed against her by either Dr. Roos or Mrs. Fernandez (Screamer). I am wondering if the 11 readers of this letter are aware of how outraged the NKC serfs will be if Ms. Green is dismissed from employment or involuntarily transferred to another school far from her home on the basis of false child abuse charges leveled by an administrator who has allegedly TWICE physically assaulted people? The serfs of NKC read my blog, so they know that the 11 readers of this letter are aware of these allegations. As the prime objective of “The People’s Republic of MDCPS” seems to be to make an example of any serf foolish enough to insist that his/her contractual rights are respected, (the object of Terror is Terror) the serfs of NKC feel that if charges of child abuse are leveled against Ms. Green, the punishment of Ms. Green will be swift and brutal, even if there is little or no evidence to back up those charges. Both Dr. Roos and Mrs. Fernandez do not hesitate to lie and fabricate wholly false charges against NKC serfs. A serf who obeys every rule is not safe from termination if they have even inadvertently displeased either NKC administrator. Both NKC administrators seem to get enormous satisfaction out of deliberately cultivating as much stress and emotional turmoil as possible among NKC serfs. This is why a 30- year employee and 30- year UTD member who is a past recipient of the Teacher of the Year award had a nervous breakdown on campus while children were present in school last year. This is the reason why am NKC teacher with 17 years of experience simply retired last June. This is why NKC has some of the lowest staff satisfaction survey results for the last 6 years. Ms. Hernandez Mats, both myself and a very brave serf currently employed at NKC have been telling you about the deliberately cultivated hostile work environment that has existed at NKC FOR OVER SIX YEARS, AND YOU HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT!!! For this reason, many UTD members hope you will NOT run for reelection as UTD president. Several years ago, during the students’ lunch at NKC, I was approached by a frantic colleague. She told me there was a rat in her classroom trash can. She asked me if I would get rid of the rat for her as she feared for both her safety and her student’s safety. I left my class in the cafeteria with my extremely competent paraprofessional and hurried to my friend’s classroom. I try to be a compassionate person. If it had been possible for me to merely empty that trash can with the rat in it outside, I would have done so. However, I knew from past experience that if I took this action, the rat would be back inside the classroom before I was. Killing the rat was my only option, and I had only a few minutes to do it before my friend and colleague returned to her classroom. The rat was terrified. The ONLY thing it wanted to do was to be left alone. It ran around in frantic circles inside the trashcan and made squeaking noises. The first time I attempted to step on the rat inside the trash can, I missed. The rat’s demeanor underwent a drastic change. The rat realized that no matter what it did, it was about to suffer very unpleasant consequences. You might not believe that a rat is capable of growling, but I am here to tell you that is the case. The rat growled at me and showed all its teeth. While I think that all life is important, I place a very high premium on the safety of severely mentally retarded children (UNLIKE THE 11 READERS OF THIS LETTER), so as compassionately as possible, I killed the rat. My point in telling this story is that the serfs of NKC are also trapped rats at the mercy of a VERY, VERY vicious and vindictive Godfather, Dr. Roos, Mrs. Alicia Fernandez, the 9 school board members, and Ms. Hernandez Mats. The serfs know that no matter how much they plead, grovel, and beg for mercy, they are going to be punished in perpetuity by the 11 readers of this letter. Dr. Roos, Mrs. Fernandez (Screamer) and possibly some or all of the 11 readers of this letter give the appearance of deriving enormous pleasure out of making the NKC serfs’ work experience as stressful and unpleasant as possible. In perpetuity. NKC serfs are viewed by NKC administrators (and possibly the readers of this letter) as adversaries, as prey, and as fish in a barrel. It is difficult to believe that the readers of this letter are unaware of the fact that the serfs of NKC (due to the illegally hostile work environment that exists at NKC) have completely abandoned their plans to convert to a charter school. The fact that the HORRENDOUS persecution of the NKC serfs has continued FOR OVER THREE YEARS AFTER THE READERS KNEW THEY HAD COMPLETELY SMASHED THE NKC CONVERSION ATTEMPT seems to indicate that the Godfather and the 9 school board members seem to find the idea of shooting fish in a barrel to be entertaining. Godfather and school board members, only a sadist continues to beat a dog after its spirit is completely broken. As long as the two present NKC administrators continue to knowingly and willfully file deliberately false career ending charges against NKC serfs, there will be no peace at NKC. Just as that rat in the trash can fought for its life when it had no other alternative, the serfs of NKC have been given no other alternative but to fight to retain employment that allows them to pay their bills. Are you listening, Ms. Hernandez Mats? I AGAIN call on you to ask the National Labor Relations Board to do a system wide audit of the People’s Republic of MDCPS. Godfather, although you do not give the appearance of being either a decent or compassionate man, you do give the appearance of possessing a high degree of intelligence. Having said that, have you put two and two together and figured out that the severe problems that have plagued NKC for over 6 years will continue in perpetuity unless BOTH Dr. Roos and Mrs. Fernandez are replaced as the NKC administrators? Have you figured out that the NKC serfs are too terrorized to ever again consider converting to a charter school? If so, are you wise enough to concede that the best way to permanently solve the quagmire at NKC is to reinstate Dr. Alberto Fernandez and Mr. Cristobol as the NKC administrators? You have known for three and a half years that all the conversion supporters have been terrorized into transferring to other schools or taking early retirement. You have known for three and a half years that the NKC serfs who are still present in that unhappy place that you continue to pummel are people who were neutral about conversion, opposed to conversion, or replacement personnel for the people who were illegally persecuted out of NKC. You 11 readers have known FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS that the movement to convert NKC has been PERMANANTLY crushed, yet the punishment continues unabated and undiminished. Indeed, the punishment has actually ACCELERATED. I say this because it is not only the NKC staff who are being persecuted in perpetuity. The 11 readers of this letter have seen fit to extend that persecution to both NKC parents and severely mentally retarded children. I say this for two reasons: 1) For three and a half years Godfather Carvalho has knowingly and willfully put the children of NKC at risk for choking to death on their food as a result of the decision to use choking events as a weapon to get rid of teachers the NKC administrators do not like. 2) For about a month, Godfather Carvalho, knowing that 2 MDCPS employees have written up Dr. Roos for allegedly physically abusing an utterly defenseless severely mentally retarded child (and knowing there is a third witness to this event who is a 30 year MDCPS serf, and a 30 year member of UTD who is so intimidated that he/she is afraid to step forward and make a statement about what he/she saw) has chosen to ignore MDCPS rules that mandate that an administrator accused of child abuse be removed from campus until an investigation is completed. Ms. Hernandez Mats, here is yet another UTD employee who does not trust UTD to enforce the contract or protect him/her from illegal reprisals by MDCPS. The readers of this letter are also aware that Dr. Roos allegedly physically assaulted an NKC serf/employee in the past. The readers of this letter also know that Dr. Roos also gives the appearance of being in extremely fragile emotional health as evidenced by the crying jags and irrational behavior and actions described in my blog, Also, Dr. Roos allegedly confessed to me that she (Dr. Roos) suffers from an obsessive -compulsive disorder. In spite of this, in violation of MDCPS own rules and guidelines, Godfather and the 9 school board members have chosen to place all of the severely mentally retarded children of NKC at risk for further allegations of abuse at the hands of Dr. Roos. My hope is that the 11 readers of this letter realize that this extremely rash and reckless decision is a dereliction of your primary duty to protect the children who have been entrusted to your care. Furthermore, as severely mentally retarded children often cannot speak (so they cannot report abuse) and are often incapable of defending themselves from physical aggression, your decision to continue to allow Dr. Roos to remain in charge of NKC, given the fact that she gives the appearance of being both a very vicious and vindictive person, and a person who seems to be incapable of controlling her destructive urges seems to be beyond sacrilegious. Recently, I saw a news report of a school that was under lockdown due to criminal activity that occurred near that school. This seemed like a very prudent protective measure. The school doors were locked to protect innocent children from harm. In contrast, every day at NKC, the school doors are locked to keep a principal INSIDE who gives the appearance of being emotionally unstable, and who has been accused of physically assaulting a severely mentally retarded child. Godfather and 9 school board members, do you also intend to punish, in perpetuity, severely mentally retarded children and their parents? Are you able to see that these people had no part in the attempt to convert NKC to a charter school? Will you continue to punish these people anyway? The staff of NKC are asking that BOTH present NKC administrators be immediately relieved of their duties and be reassigned somewhere where they have no contact with children until AN INVESTIGATIVE BODY INDEPENDENT OF MDCPS (such as the National Labor Relations Board) completes its investigation. If this investigative body determines these two administrators have committed an offense (such as perjury or cheating on the Florida Alternate Assessment,) the proper penalty needs to be imposed. The staff of NKC is asking that Dr. Alberto Fernandez and Mr. Cristobol be restored to their posts as the NKC administrators. If Superintendent Carvalho is unwilling to take these steps, the NKC staff is asking that the other 10 readers of this letter write a letter to Governor Ron DeSantis and ask the governor to remove Mr. Carvalho of his post. (If the 9 school board members are too busy hitting up vendors for reelection contributions to do this, I have already made the new governor aware of my blog) My hope is that at least one of the 11 of you is smart enough to figure out how bad this letter is going to make you look once it hits the press. In the three years that I worked at NKC under Dr. Roos, she (Dr. Roos) ALWAYS retaliated against anyone who caused Dr. Roos to look bad, even if it was totally the fault of Dr. Roos that she looked bad. Dr. Roos gives the appearance of believing that nothing is her fault and that one or more people (other than herself) are to blame for all of Dr. Roos failures. Even though Dr. Roos allegedly committed two EGREGIOUS contract violations, (allegedly attempting to refuse custody of a severely mentally retarded child who was returned to NKC, and allegedly physically assaulting an utterly helpless severely mentally retarded child.) it is quite possible that Dr. Roos has blamed the child for the fact that Dr. Roos looked bad. (I won’t say Dr. Roos is blaming this child for her getting into trouble because Dr. Roos seems to have suffered no adverse consequences WHATSOEVER for her egregious contract violations) If Dr. Roos responded the way she has always done in the past, she retaliated against this child. As this child is severely mentally retarded, the only retaliation he will understand is ONE OR MORE FURTHER acts of physical abuse. If Dr. Roos chooses to punish this child (for Dr. Roos’ contract violations) by inflicting physical pain on him, the child, being severely retarded, will not even understand why he is (again) being physically abused. Just so you understand, even if staff hear screams of pain coming from this child while in Dr. Roos office, it is highly unlikely that any staff member will report this incident. For over six years, NKC serfs have seen that when Dr. Roos is reported for contract violations, not only is she not punished, she is handsomely rewarded, and the whistleblower then punished. (Ms. Hernandez Mats, stand up and take a bow. It is your failure to respond to the numerous certified letters I have sent you that have made this possible.) A few years ago, it was revealed that one possible reason the Miami Herald never carried a negative story about MDCPS was because Mr. Carvalho, a married man, was having an extramarital affair with the Miami Herald education reporter. Ms. Hernandez Mats, I don’t know what your story is, but for whatever reason, you give the appearance of being owned, lock, stock, and barrel by Mr. Carvalho. Although your salary is paid by the members of UTD, you give the appearance of exclusively doing Mr. Carvalho’s bidding. Ms. Hernandez Mats, does Mr. Carvalho own you? The president and vice president of the PTA of MDCPS also deserve to be recognized at this time, as I have also heard not a word in response to the four e-mails I sent them regarding this issue. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that I also got no response to the lengthy email I sent to FEA President Fed Ingram. Readers of this letter, if this utterly defenseless severely retarded child has suffered ADDITIONAL physical abuse at the hand of Dr. Roos AFTER you became aware of the abuse allegation against her, the fault lies entirely with you because with your eyes wide open, YOU made the decision to violate MDCPS policies of removing an administrator accused of child abuse from campus until the conclusion of an investigation. There is also the possibility that Dr. Roos might retaliate more than once against this child. Dr. Roos gives the appearance of having a great deal of contempt for anyone who appears to be weak and/or vulnerable, and who is more vulnerable than a severely mentally retarded child who cannot speak or physically defend himself against a physical assault? So please be aware of the fact that there is a possibility that Dr. Roos may choose to physically attack this child more than once. Please also be aware of the fact that Dr. Roos may take Godfather’s and the nine school board members’ decision to turn a blind eye to an alleged physical assault on a severely mentally retarded child as a green light to physically assault other severely mentally retarded children who have the misfortune of being students at NKC. Godfather, one of “The People’s Republic of MDCPS” favorite slogans is that it has “a zero tolerance for bullying.” I am wondering how you and the school board members square this slogan against the fact that all of you have chosen to turn a blind eye to the allegation that Dr. Roos allegedly abused a member of the most fragile and vulnerable population of all, namely a severely mentally retarded child? Even worse, you appear to be giving Dr. Roos the green light to continue this alleged behavior. In an earlier (unanswered) letter to you, I asked if you thought NKC parents view you as allies or adversaries. The readers of this letter appear to live in an ivory tower, so it might come as a surprise to you to learn that many NKC parents view all of you as adversaries. Ultimately, all bureaucracies come to serve only themselves, and not the constituencies they are assigned to serve. I am also puzzled by “The People’s Republic” slogan of “If you see something, say something.” Godfather, any MDCPS employee stupid enough to take this statement at face value will face severe retaliation from MDCPS, with no adverse consequences for that retaliation. (Isn’t that right, Ms. Hernandez Mats.) The ONLY reason I have not been massively retaliated against for my numerous (unanswered) letters to you is that I am retired. If “The People’s Republic” is serious about “See something, say something,” why have my over 50 letters to you over a three- year period generated not a single syllable of response from you, or any change in the policies of MDCPS? The African American mother of this allegedly abused child was (justifiably so) LIVID when she found out what had allegedly been done to her son. She threatened to get a lawyer and go to the press. Mysteriously, this woman very quickly got very quiet. In the old days, it was very easy to quiet “Uppity African Americans” who insisted that their rights be respected. Hooded white figures planted a burning cross in the dead of night on the lawns of such people. While the laws (thankfully) no longer allow this kind of intimidation, an equally sinister form of intimidation is used to silence people bold enough to attempt to enforce their rights. The burning cross has been replaced by the phone call. When this severely retarded and utterly defenseless child’s mother attempted to protect her child by threatening to go to the press, Dr. Roos allegedly phoned this woman and threatened to have the child removed from his home and put into a foster home unless the woman shut her mouth! Godfather, did one or more of your MDCPS taxpayer supported goons also make one or more threatening phone calls to this woman? Here is the situation. The mother of this child (and the parents of other NKC children) are working hard at their jobs so they can pay taxes that will be used to pay the salary of a PRINCIPAL who stands accused of physically assaulting a child! The obvious choice is for parents to refuse to send their child to a place where the child may be exposed to being physically assaulted by the principal (or choking to death on their food, because the principal is using choking incidents as an excuse to fire NKC serfs). However, a few years ago, when an NKC parent took this step (because she rightly observed that the new NKC curriculum was utterly WORTHLESS for NKC students) Dr. Roos told this desperate parent to either send the child to school, or have the child removed from his home and put into a foster home. The other obvious choice is for parents to take their child out of NKC and enrolled in a charter school for severely mentally retarded children. However, due to the fact that the Godfather illegally smashed NKC’s attempt to convert to a charter school (DOAH 13-1492), no charter schools exist for desperate parents of severely mentally retarded children who see the totally ineffective school NKC has become under Dr. Roos and Alicia Fernandez (Screamer). Godfather, are you and the 9 school members able to see that the ten of you people are the best argument for why many, many more charter schools are DESPERATELY needed, just as soon as possible? Are you able to see why you and the 9 school board members are the reason why the law that allows public school to convert to charter schools needs to have teeth put into the law, so that superintendents who illegally smash these attempts suffer draconian penalties for doing so? Godfather and school board members, the hostile work environment you have willfully and deliberately cultivated at NKC for the last 6 years is not the worst thing you have done to that once high performing school. A FAR worse thing was the school board’s decision to remove both the M.O.V.E. and Small Step Curriculums (SSC) and impose on us (with no input from the NKC staff) the utterly worthless Unique Learning System Curriculum (ULS). Many NKC students are wheelchair bound. If they sit in their wheelchairs all day long, over a period of years their body slowly freezes into a permanent sitting position, causing EXCRUCIATING pain in adulthood. The M.O.V.E. curriculum stressed getting these children out of their wheelchairs and into physical therapy equipment, preventing muscles from atrophying. How has your decision to remove the M.O.V.E. curriculum and subjecting these children to excruciating pain in adulthood (without even consulting us) improved the lives of these children? One of the major aspects of the SSC was an emphasis on toilet training. After graduation from NKC, the number one goal of the NKC staff was to place our children into a sheltered workshop. A sheltered workshop will not accept a child who is not toilet trained. This means that upon graduation, severely mentally retarded children, who have committed no crime, will be given a life sentence, with no hope of parole, of being warehoused 24/7 in a cheerless group home because they are not toilet trained and thus ineligible for placement in a sheltered workshop. How does robbing the brightest of our students of their opportunity to be placed into a sheltered workshop improve their quality of life? How does condemning these children to sitting in their own urine and feces for hours at a time because they were not given a chance to master toilet training improve the quality of their lives? How does this improve their sense of dignity and self-worth? Are the needs of vendors to achieve profits from the utterly worthless ULS curriculum more important than the rights of severely mentally retarded children for a chance to improve their degree of dignity and independence? If this is the case, shouldn’t the motto of MDCPS be changed from “Giving Our Students the World” to “Giving Our Vendors the World?” My hope is that tonight, all 11 readers of this letter will take a good, long, hard look at themselves in the mirror. If you see a terrible coward, a deeply evil person, or possibly both of these things staring back at you, that’s a promising sign. If you do not see at least one of these three things, you are far sicker than you realize. Godfather, years from now, will you be remembered as the worst superintendent MDCPS has ever had? Will all of your accomplishments (such as having no failing schools in the district) be revealed to have been achieved by “cooking the books?” I recall that Dr. Rudy Crew (the superintendent who proceeded you) had barely submitted his resignation when the school board, with no outside search, and no input from the public, announced that you had been chosen as the new superintendent. Many people feel that the pervasive corruption and cronyism that has plagued MDCPS for decades can only be resolved by a reformer hired from outside the district, after a lengthy search, with input from all significant stakeholders. Do you worry that readers of my blog will conclude that many of the district’s policies (such as forbidding most of the African American staff of NKC from participating in the MANDATORY annual staff satisfaction survey) will be perceived as discriminatory in nature? Does it bother you that many African American employees of NKC accuse Dr. Roos and Mrs. Fernandez of operating NKC as a plantation? (with your full knowledge and approval.) Godfather, do you worry that a powerful person will read my blog and decide to intervene on behalf of severely mentally retarded children? Do you worry that such a person may conclude that a superintendent who is not willing to protect severely mentally retarded children is unfit to remain as the superintendent? I suspect that a great deal of the incredible arrogance the 11 readers of the many, many unanswered certified letters I have sent seems to lie in the belief that no powerful person will ever come to the rescue of severely retarded children. If God is willing, this belief will be proven to be false. I will close with a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King. “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetuate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” Sincerely, Bill Detzner Bill Detzner/7722 S.W. 99 St./ Miami. Fl. 33156