"I hope the new Guilford County Schools Superintendent Sharon Contreras is far more successful as superintendent here than she was in Syracuse, New York. But the omens don’t look good.
It would appear that Say Yes to Education is now running the school system because Contreras comes from one of the handful of school systems in the country associated with Say Yes, and it’s hard to find another aspect of her resume that would indicate she should get the job.
If the other three finalists dropped out because they didn’t want to make their job search public, does that mean Guilford County got her because she was the only one that wasn’t worried what her present school board would think if it found out she was applying for jobs elsewhere? It’s often what boards do when they are hoping someone will take a failing administrator off their hands.
The school system she is coming from has 20,000 students, compared to 72,000 for Guilford County. And in that school system the graduation rate last year was 55 percent.
But what is most telling is that her contract was renewed by a 4-to-3 vote. That means she was one vote away from being let go.
My experience is that people rarely change from voting against an administrator to for them, but they often change from for them to against them. In other words the handwriting was on the wall in Syracuse. The only real question was time. How long would it take one of the four to turn against her?"
http://www.rhinotimes.com/Content/Default/Columns/Article/Rhino-Shorts-June-30/-3/7/1298
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From the comments at Allen Johnson's News and Record blog;
"Excluding the cost of scholarships, Say Yes Syracuse has cost more than $88 million since 2008, with more than $28 million provided by the national Say Yes organization. The school district, county, and city have provided about $56 million, and companies, philanthropists, and other donors have given about $2.4 million."
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88 / 8 years is $11 million per year, on a school system a third the size of Guilford County's
Last I saw Say Yes Guilford only has $28 million pledged instead of $35 million previously announced
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Is it your expectation we are going to have to fund this thing?
How would funding Say Yes Guilford with another $50 million from taxpayers affect our financial condition?
If 3,500 students qualify the first year,
how much is going to go to each student?
If 3,500 students qualify the next year,
how much is going to go to each student?
Say Yes and Guilford County Schools won't say.
If 3,500 kids get $1,000 each, it will cost $3,500,000.
As the number should about double in year two,
how much has Say Yes set aside?
Say Yes and Guilford County Commissioners won't say,
Guilford County's School Board Members won't say,
and now Sharon Contreras won't say.
As the number of dollars should about double again over the next two years,
how is Say Yes going to pay for it?
Times four is $14 million per year.
Where's the money?
http://www.greensboro.com/blogs/allen-johnson-contreras-promise-not-perfection/article_03232b8d-3225-5810-a807-7a75b8ac4377.html
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Thursday, June 30, 2016; Say Yes to Education's amazing, quite unbelievable investment performance; This is a George Weiss special
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/say-yes-to-educations-amazing-quite.html
Thursday, June 30, 2016; John Hammer on new Guilford County Schools Superintendent Sharon Contreras and Say Yes to Education
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-hammer-on-new-guilford-county.html
Wednesday, June 29, 2016; Please ask Greensboro's City Council, Guilford County's Commissioners and School Board a version of the following questions
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/please-ask-greensboros-city-council.html
Wednesday, June 29, 2016; New Guilford County Schools Superintendent Sharon Contreras' = Say Yes to Education, Say Yes Guilford and Say Yes Syracuse = Say Yes now owns Guilford County Schools
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-guilford-county-schools.html
Wednesday, June 29, 2016; WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH 2015; "The Say Yes to Education program has closed its Syracuse office"
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/wednesday-july-29th-2015-say-yes-to.html
Thursday, June 30, 2016; Say Yes To Education-- The E-mails: Part 1
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/say-yes-to-education-e-mails-part-1.html
Friday, July 1, 2016; Say Yes To Education-- The E-mails: Part 2
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/say-yes-to-education-e-mails-part-2.html
It would appear that Say Yes to Education is now running the school system because Contreras comes from one of the handful of school systems in the country associated with Say Yes, and it’s hard to find another aspect of her resume that would indicate she should get the job.
If the other three finalists dropped out because they didn’t want to make their job search public, does that mean Guilford County got her because she was the only one that wasn’t worried what her present school board would think if it found out she was applying for jobs elsewhere? It’s often what boards do when they are hoping someone will take a failing administrator off their hands.
The school system she is coming from has 20,000 students, compared to 72,000 for Guilford County. And in that school system the graduation rate last year was 55 percent.
But what is most telling is that her contract was renewed by a 4-to-3 vote. That means she was one vote away from being let go.
My experience is that people rarely change from voting against an administrator to for them, but they often change from for them to against them. In other words the handwriting was on the wall in Syracuse. The only real question was time. How long would it take one of the four to turn against her?"
http://www.rhinotimes.com/Content/Default/Columns/Article/Rhino-Shorts-June-30/-3/7/1298
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.
From the comments at Allen Johnson's News and Record blog;
"Excluding the cost of scholarships, Say Yes Syracuse has cost more than $88 million since 2008, with more than $28 million provided by the national Say Yes organization. The school district, county, and city have provided about $56 million, and companies, philanthropists, and other donors have given about $2.4 million."
.
.
88 / 8 years is $11 million per year, on a school system a third the size of Guilford County's
Last I saw Say Yes Guilford only has $28 million pledged instead of $35 million previously announced
.
.
Is it your expectation we are going to have to fund this thing?
How would funding Say Yes Guilford with another $50 million from taxpayers affect our financial condition?
If 3,500 students qualify the first year,
how much is going to go to each student?
If 3,500 students qualify the next year,
how much is going to go to each student?
Say Yes and Guilford County Schools won't say.
If 3,500 kids get $1,000 each, it will cost $3,500,000.
As the number should about double in year two,
how much has Say Yes set aside?
Say Yes and Guilford County Commissioners won't say,
Guilford County's School Board Members won't say,
and now Sharon Contreras won't say.
As the number of dollars should about double again over the next two years,
how is Say Yes going to pay for it?
Times four is $14 million per year.
Where's the money?
http://www.greensboro.com/blogs/allen-johnson-contreras-promise-not-perfection/article_03232b8d-3225-5810-a807-7a75b8ac4377.html
.
.
Thursday, June 30, 2016; Say Yes to Education's amazing, quite unbelievable investment performance; This is a George Weiss special
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/say-yes-to-educations-amazing-quite.html
Thursday, June 30, 2016; John Hammer on new Guilford County Schools Superintendent Sharon Contreras and Say Yes to Education
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/john-hammer-on-new-guilford-county.html
Wednesday, June 29, 2016; Please ask Greensboro's City Council, Guilford County's Commissioners and School Board a version of the following questions
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/please-ask-greensboros-city-council.html
Wednesday, June 29, 2016; New Guilford County Schools Superintendent Sharon Contreras' = Say Yes to Education, Say Yes Guilford and Say Yes Syracuse = Say Yes now owns Guilford County Schools
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/new-guilford-county-schools.html
Wednesday, June 29, 2016; WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH 2015; "The Say Yes to Education program has closed its Syracuse office"
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/wednesday-july-29th-2015-say-yes-to.html
Thursday, June 30, 2016; Say Yes To Education-- The E-mails: Part 1
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/06/say-yes-to-education-e-mails-part-1.html
Friday, July 1, 2016; Say Yes To Education-- The E-mails: Part 2
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/say-yes-to-education-e-mails-part-2.html
