July 15, 2022
I am writing this letter on behalf of the students, parents and staff of Neva King Cooper School because as a retired Miami Dade County Public Schools employee, I cannot be retaliated against. As I have repeatedly stated in the past, the very frightened parents of the Severely Mentally Retarded (SMR) students of Neva King Cooper (NKC) DEEPLY, DEEPLY dislike NKC principal Dr. Tracy Roos . Their fear is that if they bring their concerns to the Miami Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) officials, their complaints will be ignored, and Dr. Roos may then retaliate by physically assaulting those SMR minority children whose parents complained about Dr. Roos.
NKC parents have this fear because in the past, Dr. Roos allegedly physically assaulted African American NKC student Tadarian Williams (who is SMR) and even though myself, Tadarian’s mother, and two African American bus drivers provided written statements to both MDCPS officials and to Protective Child Services, both of these bureaucratic organizations worked very hard and successfully to sweep this offense under the carpet
As a result, Dr. Roos suffered NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES WHATSOEVER from this egregious breaking of the law. The Gestapo like Office of Professional Standards (OPS) has a very long history of sweeping charges against MDCPS officials under the carpet and then retaliating against those MDCPS employees foolish enough to trust the OPS.
The nation’s fourth largest school district bears a distinct likeness to the Ku Klux Klan, who put a burning cross on the lawns of African American parents who had the temerity to insist that their children receive a high quality education. MDCPS has a slogan that says it has “A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR BULLYING.” How can this be true, when a WHITE principal has retained her job after 1) allegedly physically assaulting SMR student Tadarian Williams? 2) allegedly physically assaulting African American custodian Sabrina Crawley Cross so severely she had to go on workman’s compensation (then someone other than Ms. Sabrina Crawley Cross illegally filled out workman’s comp forms without permission or input from Ms. Crawley Cross. It is also alleged that Dr. Roos pressured NKC employees who did not witness this alleged physical assault against Ms. Crawley Cross to fill out statements exonerating Dr. Roos of blame for this event.) 3) allegedly physically assaulting a Hispanic social worker (see my blog mdcpsallegations.com) 4) allegedly denying Hispanic employee Mr. Javier Ruiz Lopez permission to see a workman’s compensation doctor after Mr. Ruiz Lopez was injured in the performance of his duties, and then writing a letter of reprimand placed in Mr. Ruiz Lopez personnel file after Mr. Ruiz Lopez insisted that his contractual rights be observed. (Again, my blog mdcpsallegations .com describes this in great detail.)
Ms. Santos, as the school board member who represents NKC, if Dr. Roos is returned to her post as the NKC principal for the 2022-2023 school year, I am asking you to author a letter and present it to the other school board members for their approval asking Governor DeSantis to relieve Dr. Dotres of his job as the MDCPS superintendent for failure to protect NKC Severely Mentally Retarded African American and Hispanic students, their parents, and staff from physical assault at the hands of WHITE school principal Dr. Tracy Roos. Ms. Santos, if you fail to take this action, it could well cost you the remainder of your political career.
Dr. Dotres, on behalf of the NKC stakeholders, I am asking you to IMMEDIATELY and PERMANENTLY RETIRE Dr. Roos as a MDCPS employee. Many NKC stakeholders, myself included, believe it is NOT enough to merely shuffle Dr. Roos off to another post, even if that post involves no contact with students, parents, or staff.
Many NKC stakeholders, myself included, have the belief that MDCPS intends to punish the parents of NKC students (who VERY strongly supported NKC’s supposedly legally protected attempt to convert from a public school to a charter school) in perpetuity for the “crime” of pursuing this supposedly legally protected activity. If this is the case, NKC stakeholders fear that you as the MDCPS superintendent will replace Dr. Roos with a different administrator as bad, or even worse than Dr. Roos. To relieve NKC stakeholders of this fear, the NKC stakeholders are hoping you will replace Dr. Roos with Dr. Alberto Fernandez, (the previous NKC principal who was rated by MDCPS as the most effective administrator in the district.) This gesture would go a long way to assuring the very frightened minority parents and staff of NKC that the TEN YEAR on-going persecution and RAPE of NKC for attempting to convert from a public school to a charter school is FINALLY over.
Dr. Dotres, although I am not optimistic, my hope is that the practice of intimidating minority parents into silence by allowing a WHITE principal to physically assault their minority Severely Mentally Retarded children with virtual impunity is so morally repugnant that NOT EVEN YOU can stomach it. (As you already know, I am going to post this email on my blog.)
Mr. Corcoran, as Dr. Dotres gives the appearance of being bereft of even the rudiments of a moral conscience, I am hoping you will contact Dr. Dotres and express the urgency of Dr. Dotres IMMEDIATELY taking the actions that have been suggested in this email on behalf of the very frightened minority parents of Severely Mentally Retarded students.
As I have very little faith that the 3 people I have sent this email to will even SEE this email, I am in the process of sending very generous contributions to the governor’s reelection campaign. (My belief is that Governor DeSantis is the finest governor in the US. This travesty of justice is the fault NOT of Governor DeSantis, but of the Florida Commissioner of Education. That’s YOU, Dick.
As I have stated in the past, I am prepared to contribute as much money as it takes to secure a private or semi private meeting with the Governor. At that time, I am going to ask him to have one of his aides read my blog and present him with a summary of its contents. Dick, what my blog will reveal is that I have been writing to you for FOUR YEARS without so much as a whisper of a reply from you. NOT. A. SINGLE. WORD. Dick, how do you think the Governor is going to respond to that, considering this involves the alleged physical assaults (note plural) of Severely Mentally Retarded African American children and minority staff at the hands of a WHITE principal?
Pepe, I am going to suggest that after he is reelected, the Governor sponsor legislation imposing DRACONIAN penalties for school districts that illegally impede public schools from converting from public schools to charter schools. Pepe, the reason the idea of doing this was so WILDLY popular among both NKC staff and parents was because we crunched the numbers and found that by becoming a charter school, we could give ourselves very generous raises, escape many of the senseless rules and bureaucracy of MDCPS, and still end up with an OBSCENE surplus at the end of the school year.
Pepe, as I am sure you are keenly aware, the ONLY thing that prevents droves of MDCPS from converting to charter schools is the fear that they will suffer the same fate as NKC, if they pursue this supposedly legally protected avenue. Once this fear is removed, NKC may soon become the only school left under your direct control. Pepe, if that happens, your bosses (school vendors) are going to be so angry with you that you will soon be out of a job.
As it is very clearly in the best interest of all three readers of this email to follow the suggestions of this email, the very frightened minority stakeholders of NKC hope these things will be done PRIOR to the start of the 2022-2023 school year.
Sincerely,
Bill Detzner
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Itís difficult to find well-informed people on this subject, but you seem like you know what youíre talking about! Thanks