Ponzi needs a new town; Jul 25, 2016 4:59 AM; "Say Yes to Education" program could mean free college for Louisville students"

Going to college for free could soon be a reality for some students in low-income families.

A meeting is planned Monday afternoon  to explain the "Say Yes To Education" program being discussed.  The program has worked in other cities, and Louisville is being considered.

...The "Say Yes To Education" program is a non-profit that works with school districts and local governments to provide money for full-tuition scholarships.

Remember when Greensboro was told about full-tuition scholarships? 

That means every is penny paid, plus the resources to help kids get to college. Families in need are given a priority.

...Each city must fund an endowment made up of public and private dollars.  JCPS says it will need about $100 million in funding to support all of the scholarships..."

...George Weiss promised 112 Philadelphia sixth graders that if they graduated from high school, he’d pay their college tuition. But he didn’t just offer money, he also offered support so that the students were ready to make the most of that opportunity.

That program has grown into “Say Yes,” a national foundation that helps entire communities - like Buffalo, Syracuse, and Guilford County, N.C.  - give every child in the community meaningful support toward college.

Meaningful support?

That's not what Susan Ladd etc... said

Now, they are interested in bringing their model to another city and Louisville is in the running to be selected...."

http://www.wdrb.com/story/32519314/say-yes-to-education-program-could-mean-free-college-for-louisville-students
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Jun 29, 2016; Louisville, Kentucky's Jefferson County Public Schools; "School district proposes partnership with non-profit Say Yes to Education"

SAY YES WILL KICK IN ABOUT $15 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS 

BUT EACH MADE UP OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOLLARS.

So now Say Yes to Education has $15 million for both Guilford County

and Jefferson County Public Schools?

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/jun-29-2016-louisville-kentuckys.html

Gag order and censorship for Guilford County teachers by Say Yes to Education and Angela Jackson of Guilford County's Association of Educators


http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/gag-order-and-censorship-for-guilford.html

Say Yes to Education Red Flag; Mary Vigue; She is about to be in charge of more than $25 million for a 'non-profit' after shafting City of Greensboro employees out of investment fee cuts

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/10/say-yes-to-education-red-flag-mary.html

Richard (Skip) Moore's misleading statements; "8 Things to Know About "Say Yes To Education"

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/richard-skip-moores-misleading.html

Sunday, July 10, 2016; Oblivious Buffalo News Editorial Board "Say Yes is leading a vital improvement in the number of college-bound students"

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/oblivious-buffalo-news-editorial-board.html

Monday, July 11, 2016; Say Yes To Education-- The E-Mails, Part 5

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/say-yes-to-education-e-mails-part-5.html

Harriet Tubman On Say Yes To Education

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/harriet-tubman-on-say-yes-to-education.html

Tuesday, July 5, 2016; Why did the Hartford Chapter of Say Yes close in June 2005?

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/why-did-hartford-chapter-of-say-yes.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

If Say Yes Guilford has $35 million,...

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/if-say-yes-guilford-has-35-million.html

$832,000 Payoff; "Buffalo Public Schools award the contract to Say Yes for community program"

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/832000-payoff-buffalo-public-schools.html

Say Yes to Education Correspondence

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/say-yes-to-education-correspondance.html

Say Yes to Education information request for Guilford County Schools

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/10/say-yes-to-education-information.html

The salaries of some Yes to Education Executives, which just took Guilford County for more than $25 million

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-salaries-of-some-yes-to-education.html

Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey; President at Say Yes to Education, Inc.; Professional Fundraising Organization

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/10/mary-anne-schmitt-carey-president-at.html

David Colin; Just Say Yes raises lots of questions

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2015/10/david-colin-just-say-yes-raises-lots-of.html

How it began in Guilford County, only different; "City, schools working on $100 million effort to provide free college to Louisvillians"

"Mayor Greg Fischer and local education leaders are weighing an estimated $100 million participation in a scholarship fund to provide tuition-free college options to all local high school graduates — forever.

I emailed the author and left a message for the newspaper

in which the story was published and have not been given a reply,

not unlike the News and Record 

Local leaders said the effort could improve the local economy and transform the education system.

They don't want to know

What share of the money would come from city and public school coffers was not immediately clear. Even if community leaders signal their willingness to participate, the project’s fate hinges upon approval of the local proposal by Say Yes to Education, a New York City-based foundation that would provide $15 million to support the effort.

$15 million, just like Guilford County

The city said Say Yes has requested that Louisville “prepare a proposal this fall.”...

...The mayor’s office could not be reached Tuesday afternoon to say how much of the $100 million the city would expect to contribute.

The classic Ponzi is where you get money from one group 

and then find another group to pay the "returns" to the first, and so on, 

until you run out of people and the game is up. 

[Charles] Ponzi...took money from one group, 

telling them they would get it back later, 

and then spent the money with another group, telling them the same thing.

John Mauldin

...Once established, the scholarship fund would pay the tuition for all local high school graduates who are heading to public universities...

...Local leaders are in the early stages of discussing the partnership with Say Yes, Wheeler said, which means the exact amount of money that needs to be raised for the endowed scholarship fund has yet to be determined.

...Fischer could not be reached Tuesday afternoon to say exactly what the partnership would entail. Leaders hope to obtain some of the funds from foundations and the private sector. Say Yes could not immediately say what share of the total investments in other cities came from public sources.

...“Imagine if every child in Louisville could go to college, without taking on debt!...

Why are all of Say Yes to Education's assets invested in George Weiss'

JCPS Superintendent Donna Hargens described Say Yes as a “tremendous opportunity for Louisville.”

Say Yes spokesman Jacques Steinberg told IL via email that Louisville “is one of several communities that have received a request for proposal from Say Yes — as it seeks to identify the sites for its fourth (and perhaps fifth) community-wide chapters.”

Just like they played Guilford

Which communities get chosen depends on factors including “the strength of local leadership; the openness of local partners to working together; the capacity for local fundraising to support college and other post-secondary scholarships, and the commitment of the local school district to the goal of its students graduating high school – and doing so college-ready.”

...The organization says that beyond the $15 million, it provides communities with “comprehensive strategy and technical support including fiscal audits and expert consulting.”

How is Say Yes supposed to give both Guilford County and Louisville

$15 million?

Why has Say Yes declined to provide their 2014 IRS form 990?

...The foundation said that with its support, more than 5,000 students have gone to college.

At what cost?

What was the average payout per student?

What were the operating costs?

What was the endowment charged?

Seems like legit questions, no?

Why is most of Say Yes' money in the Caribbean and South America?

Louisville would be the fourth Say Yes community, after Guilford County, N.C., Buffalo, N.Y., and Syracuse, N.Y. The foundation said that in Syracuse, it “provides services and scholarships to nearly 20,000 public school students and their families.”

Louisville would not be the fourth,

but more like the eighth?

https://insiderlouisville.com/metro/city-schools-working-on-100m-effort-to-provide-free-college-to-louisvillians/

Why did the Hartford Chapter of Say Yes close in June 2005?

Why did the Philadelphia Chapter close in 2000?

Why did the Cambridge, MA Chapter close in 2008?

If you graduate and get accepted to college, 
your tuition will be paid to the last dollar.

Susan Ladd
Greensboro's News and Record
to a random high school student

What happened to the New York, NY Chapter which opened in 2004?

"See Jane Lose"; How Say Yes to Education's Mary Vigue, Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Tony Wilkins betrayed the City's employees

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/see-jane-lose-how-say-yes-to-educations.html

Jun 29, 2016; Louisville, Kentucky's Jefferson County Public Schools; "School district proposes partnership with non-profit Say Yes to Education"

"...DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY COLLEGE COSTS?

So now Say Yes to Education has $15 million for both Guilford County

and Jefferson County Public Schools?

...THAT WILL NOT BE A CONCERN ...IF JCPS SAYS YES TO SAY YES TO EDUCATION INITIATIVE, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

SAY YES IS SO EXCITING. BEN: IT'S A COOPERATIVE PROGRAM THAT WORKS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE MONEY FOR FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS RESOURCES TO HELP THEM GET TO COLLEGE...

THEY NEED SOCIAL SERVICES. THEY NEED FOOD ASSISTANCE THEY HAVE THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE'S NOT A REDUCTION IN EDUCATION TIME. >> IS THIS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. MAYBE I'M A LITTLE JADED IN THAT LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER. 

BEN: SO WE LOOKED DEEPER AT THE FUNDING. 

SAY YES WILL KICK IN ABOUT $15 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS BUT EACH MADE UP OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DOLLARS.

Meaning?

THE PROGRAM'S TWO CITYWIDE PARTICIPANTS BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE, HAVE FUNDED RAISE THE FULL LONG-TERM ENDOWMENTS BETWEEN $20 MILLION AND $30 MILLION.

JCPS ESTIMATES THE PROGRAM WILL NEED A $100 MILLION ENDOWMENT TO SUSTAIN ALL THE SCHOLARSHIPS. SOUND IMPOSSIBLE? 

Say Yes wants more taxpayer monies

SUPPORTERS SAY IF LOUISVILLE CAN FUND A NEW PARKS SYSTEM, IT CAN INVEST EVEN MORE IN ITS KIDS.

http://www.wlky.com/news/school-district-proposes-partnership-with-nonprofit-say-yes-to-education/40303640

https://www.jefferson.kyschools.us/about
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Some at Guilford County's School System have acted to prevent a records request from Syracuse's School System on Say Yes to Education

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/07/some-at-guilford-countys-school-system.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