UPDATED: For-profit charter celebrates "Teacher Appreciation Week" w/ compulsory teacher humiliation
Teacher humiliation for fun and profit
[Originally posted at Eclectablog.]
Mosaica Education, Inc., a self-described "for-profit education management organization", runs eight different for-profit schools in Michigan:
- Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac
- Bay County Public School Academy
- Bingham Arts Academy
- Edgewood Elementary School
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
- Mosaica Online Academy of Michigan
- Muskegon Heights High School
- Muskegon Heights Middle School
In fact, the entire Muskegon Heights school system, under the control of an Emergency Manager, is run by Mosaica. They are in the news lately because they've had to secure loans from the state because they are unable to make payroll.
note this charter for profit racket is under the right wing congressional appointed "emergency manager", whose marching orders were just that privatize everything, take it away from the cities is another perk for sending it back to the states, they get to strip mine the state and install those they don't oppose.
The Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac - a K-10 Mosaica-run charter with roughly 600 students - has an annual fundraiser to bring in revenue to the school. This year, the fundraiser is on May 2nd and is part of what they are calling "Teacher Appreciation Week". It's an Orwellian title given their plans. Here's an email sent to students and parents by the administrators of the Pontiac school on April 2nd:
one mans fun is a teachers humiliation, inappropriate at least reprehensible at it's worse.Faculty Fun Day WHEN: Friday, May 2, 2014
WHAT: Would you like the chance to see how fun your child’s teacher can be?
WHY: Fundraiser for Teacher Appreciation Week
WHERE: [name redacted]'s class - Room XXX
COST: Any monetary amountThe Faculty at ATAP would like to invite our students and parents to help us kick off our Teacher Appreciation Week by donating money to have our teachers do some fun and wild activities. If you would like to see any faculty member do one of the following activities, you may bring in any amount of money and put it in the box of your choice in[name redacted]'s room by Wednesday, April 30. Check out our list of fun things and we can’t wait to have fun. By the way… NO STAFF MEMBER IS EXEMPT…this includes administration!!MANDIVA – Our 3 favorite male faculty members in heels for an hour
SAVE MY JOB – 3 faculty members will stand in the parking lot during dismissal and hold a sign.
CREAM FACIAL – Students will throw pie in 3 faculty members’ faces during an assembly.
KINDERGARTEN EXTREME MAKEOVER – A kindergarten student will do the hair and makeup of 3 faculty members.
TEACHER SWAP – Teachers will swap roles with office, custodial, and lunch staff for an hour. We will also send a high school teacher to elementary and vice versa.
LOOK WHAT THE STORK BROUGHT IN!! – 3 faculty members in bonnets, bibs, and pacifiers (just like a baby)
