Letter to Florida Dept of Education

October 5, 2017
Dear Florida Department of Education,
Hello. My name is Bill Detzner, employee 146782. Previously, I wrote you a lengthy letter explaining in great detail the myriad problems my school Neva King Cooper School (NKC) in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) is facing as a result of the numerous illegal actions over the last five years by school superintendent Alberto Carvalho and NKC administrators Dr. Tracy Roos and Mrs. Alicia Fernandez. You never responded to my letter, or took any action. I have retained my proof that I both sent that letter and that your office received that letter. Today I am sending you a copy of my October 4 letter to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. Please also find enclosed a sheet titled “Fourteen Problem Situations At Neva King Cooper School.”
One of the staff of NKC (Mrs. Green) suffered the tragedy of her daughter being brutally murdered. On Mrs. Green’s second day back at work, Mrs. Green had a brief and polite chat with the principal, Dr. Tracy Roos. Shortly afterwards, Dr. Roos sent the school custodian (Mr. Jackson) with a short verbal message to deliver to Mrs. Green. That message was: “Tell Mrs. Green that if she is unhappy here at NKC, Dr. Roos will be happy to arrange a transfer to another school for Mrs. Green.”
My feeling is that the five years of illegal actions by Superintendent Carvalho, Dr. Roos, and assistant principal Mrs. Alicia Fernandez are now too big to sweep under the rug. Hopefully, the NAACP will soon become involved in this matter. It is my hope that the Florida Department of Education will take the following actions 1) Recommend to Mr. Carvalho and the school board that A) Both Dr. Roos and Mrs. Alicia Fernandez be permanently removed from the NKC campus as soon as possible B) Dr. Alberto Fernandez be appointed as the new NKC principal 2) Authorize either Federal attorney labor lawyers or State or Federal investigative bodies to investigate the 14 areas of concern I am including with this letter. As the internal investigative bodies of MDCPS tend to sweep all problems under the rug and absolve all wrongdoers, if at all possible I would like for an investigative body independent of MDCPS to conduct this investigation. 3) If appropriate, recommend to the MDCPS school board that Superintendent Carvalho be terminated.
If the current crisis situation at NKC generates negative publicity, and if the Florida Department of Education does little or nothing to adequately resolve the above- mentioned problems, I will not hesitate to show my proof that this agency was aware of the problem and chose to do little or nothing. I have of course kept a copy of this letter for my records.
Sincerely,
Bill Detzner
Bill Detzner/ 7722 S.W. 99 Street/ Miami, FL. 33156