Aventura Community School ha solicitado a Metro Nashville Public Schools abrir una nueva escuela charter K-8 diversa y bilingüe (inglés/español). Este modelo escolar satisface una necesidad significativa en nuestra comunidad y llena un vacío en las opciones de escuelas públicas actualmente disponibles. El equipo de liderazgo fundador de Aventura ha demostrado un compromiso con las familias y organizaciones comunitarias en la implementación de su programa de aprendizaje y el logro de su visión para asegurar que nuestro distrito sea una comunidad inclusiva para todos los estudiantes y todas las familias.

You know, over the last decade I've noticed and seen that the education system in the United States has really been going downhill, failing and dying a whole lot in the last 10 years since 2007 and the education system is still dying more and more every year these days. So I thought of some ways and some ideas of what we can do to improve the education system and how we can make the education system great and outstanding again like the U.S. education system was back in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s! And how we can build and open much better, schools, high schools, colleges and universities. Because kids, teens and college students need the best and highest quality of education they can get so that they can actually graduate with real diplomas and get real high paying jobs and big money careers. And so the students can actually learn what they want to know for what they want to be. So with that being said, I'll now put some ideas and ways that we can make the education system great again.

Okay first off, I think in order to improve the lunch system and breakfast system; and make lunches and breakfast better. Schools and colleges need to start serving much healthier and nutritional big meals and natural healthy milk and juice for the students to eat in the cafeteria for the students to eat and drink such as low fat fried chicken, low fat thanksgiving turkey, low fat oven baked sliced ham, low fat pork chops, occasional sweet honey barbecued baby back ribs, mashed potatoes and gravy, natural corn, low fat macaroni and cheese, fresh mixed vegetables, low fat healthy rice, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, fresh healthy salads with low fat salad dressing, mandarin Chinese food, Italian food (such as fettuccine alfredo with shrimp), tacos and big burritos, low fat refried beans, fresh natural fruits, fresh natural subway/togo's sandwiches, homemade soups, clam chowder, low fat macaroni salad, low fat potato salad, homemade spaghetti and meatballs with real spaghetti/pasta sauce, big hamburgers, jumbo hot dogs, real pizza, potato chips, crackers, chopped pork chops with gravy on them, natural orange juice, natural apple juice, natural fruit punch in bottles, natural berry punch in bottles, natural tropical punch in bottles, low fat diary pure milk in bottles, lemon aid, low calorie and natural sweet tea, occasional soda and many more great foods like them for students to eat during lunch so that they'll be filled. And they can all be served to the students in full meals during different days of the week.

And for dessert, schools and colleges can serve to the students natural frozen yogurt, real natural ice cream (such as cold stone creamery ice cream), fresh natural fruit salad, yoplait yogurt, yogurt fruit salad, birthday and wedding cake, apple cinnamon pie, fruit pies, coconut cream pie, low fat brownies, fruit sorbet, chocolate mousse, ice cream cake, ice cream sundaes, banana splits with ice cream, real cookies, donuts and many more great desserts like them. And for breakfast, serve the students real natural pancakes with syrup/honey, waffles with syrup/honey , low fat eggs (easy over and scrambled), yoplait yogurt, natural fresh fruit, low fat bacon and sausages, toast and jam/jelly, cream of wheat/porridge, French toast with syrup/honey, hash browns, low fat diary pure milk, orange juice, natural apple juice, real natural healthy cereal with milk and many more great and natural breakfast foods! Breakfast can be served to the students inside of the classrooms for a good 35 minutes for the students to eat before class starts. I believe all the students in schools/high schools, universities and colleges will all be a whole lot healthier, smarter, wide awake with open eyes, become more mature, have more healthier and natural bodies, have more energy, have more strength, have more power and they'll be able to function and concentrate better, more clearer and more brighter by them eating bigger and better meals that are more natural, more healthier and more nutritious that will make their minds and bodies stronger, healthier and more functioning! And be sure to give the students second servings of breakfast, drinks, lunch and desserts on big treys for students who are still hungry too. The special foods can be served occasionally. And make all meals on campus free permanently!

Okay next, to make school/high schools and colleges better, I believe we need to start building and opening much better and higher quality of technical and luxury school campuses and colleges campuses that are a lot bigger with much bigger square foot room. Next, make indoor school/high school and college hallways a lot bigger, cleaner, luxurious and higher quality with luxury floors, high quality clean and technical bigger classrooms, build an upstairs and downstairs staircase for classes and specials places/offices that are upstairs and downstairs for the students, staff and teachers to go to (like in the Disney movie "The Luck Of The Irish" from 2001), make much better, cleaner and higher quality of P.E. gym rooms, P.E. games, basketball courts, football fields and all the etc. (like in the Disney movie "The Luck Of The Irish from 2001 also), make real student lockers, have real cool electronic air conditioning and heating inside and outside of the whole school and college campuses when needed, have real loud and crystal clear HQ surround audio sound radio/satellite radio that plays both the modern music and all the greatest original old school songs for the students to listen on the radio (such as radios in stores and malls but much louder and clearer for everyone to hear), make the sports games faster paste, higher quality, stronger and better like the NBA games and the NFL games used to be back in the old school days; make all-star and megastar cheerleading and cheerleading squads fun, athletic, energetic, exciting and larger than life again like cheerleading and cheerleading squads were in schools and colleges back in the 80s, 90s early 2000s (and like in the movie "Bring It On" with Kirsten Dunst in it from 2000), open real mainstream music recording studios and real music classes in both high schools and colleges for students to record real album songs, play real instruments, make real album CDs and become real mainstream singers/artists.

Make a luxury and high quality student lounge for high school and college students to hang out in and play games in (like in the kids show "Zoey 101" with Jamie Lynn Spears from 2005-2008), have much better and advanced staff helpers and teachers and staff who actually teach their students in school/high school, universities and college everything they actually need to know and all the real things they need learn and know to make it in this world and to succeed in life with real high quality of teaching and work instead of just listening to people and teachers talk, help make the community and environment growing, happier, brighter and old school fun for to the students to make new friends, wear the coolest old school fashion clothes, look cooler in fashion, become better and learn more respect, morals, caring and friendship because fashion represents their personalities and beauty styles; provide free showers with body wash, shampoo, deodorant, body scrubbers and towels for the students who need them; provide free monthly 30 day bus passes for students in schools, universities and colleges who need them, have more stronger and advanced heavy armed security officers on campus with video recorders to keep the students safe, have all students be checked for weapons and drugs when they first arrive at school and college before letting them into the classrooms and on campus, and if they have drugs and weapons, remove them from the students; let students dress the way they like and wear any modern and old school fashion of clothes, shoes, necklaces, hats, sunglasses, hair styles, du rags, hairnets, jeans with designs, sports clothes, wrist pads, female feminine fashion for the female students and all the etc. (since having a certain dress code and uniform code takes away the fun and excitement and it limits the way students are presented and who they are), just as long as what they wear and how they look are appropriate and don't cause any fights.

Have fresh febreeze spray and power scent fresh in all the classrooms, hallways, in the cafeteria, in the P.E. gym and everywhere on campus indoors and outdoors daily and weekly and have many old school fun moments, field trips and more in schools/high schools and in college like they had and did back in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s! Now to discuss the real things. For classes, I think sex ed programs/classes should be offered to the members of the LGBTQ community. It's not good that the LGBTQ kids and other smart school students are not told what is safe to do during sex. The kids and teens are too ashamed to come out to staff/teachers about this issue and that shouldn't be happening. So the educational system should provide not only sex ed for the LGBTQ kids, but should also be giving less homework. Think about this: school is 5 days a week for 7 hours a day (and sometimes 8 hours a day). We only have 24 hours in a day. How do you expect kids and teens to keep up with school, homework, tests, service clubs, sports, their social life and other extracurricular activities if they're not well rested and if they don't get enough enhanced sleep? There' s not enough time in a day for kids and teens to do what they want. Also, what is the point of assigning a lot of homework to kids and teens when most of them don't even have time to do it or they end up doing it at the last minute? I think teachers need to do a better job and focus mainly on teaching students in class and assigning more classwork rather than homework in order to make sure that kids have more time to do other things after school, on weekends and on holidays while getting more work done in school and learning more as well! Also, students need to get more sleep and making school start at 8;00 AM or 7:30 am everyday is not helping. Students stay up late because of particular clubs, events and sports they are in and because of homework and tests they have. I think that school hours should be shortened to 4 or 5 hours a day instead of 7 to 8 hours a day. Students can't function early in the morning without a good night's sleep. Most of the time, they aren't even paying attention in class because they didn't get enough rest the night before.

Another issue I have with the school system is that the students have school for 9 months and 3 months of summer every year. And students deserve a break. They work too hard during the school year and should get at least 3 or 4 months off from school every year. Another issue I'd like to point out is that it sucks that people let our grades define how intelligent the students are and that our whole future depends on how well they do as a teenager. Students need to be cut some slack. Knowing teenagers, they're all are going to make mistakes which could potentially ruin ours and their future. One little mistake should not define how smart they are or how their future is going to turn out. Schools like to use grades to label their students which is why many students feel bad about themselves. Teens and kids can actually get depressed because of these labels. Moving on to the next issue, why do we limit special ed kids? They are humans like us and they deserve the same opportunities as we do. They are put in a classrooms to color and play with toys all day. We should not limit them because they have many of the same opportunities as regular ed students do. So we should give them the chance to help them find their interests and let them choose their own paths too. Next, please fix standardized testing, give more opportunities to the students to learn about our future and create a better learning environment for the students and everyone. Countries like Finland, Switzerland and other countries have the best education systems in the world today. Two reasons for this is the lesser stress on students and more equality between the pupils. And that's the way all schools in the USA and in Canada need to be as well.

Another thing we all need to do is bring back a lot more old school original fun moments and excitement in schools and colleges into the future as well as new great exciting moments and things. Such as allow the students to party and actually have real fun at their high school graduation prom dances and at college/university graduations with all the students dancing and moving their bodies to the greatest old school party and dance songs; and to the greatest old school soft rock and love songs. High school students and college students use to have so much fun at school and at college with old school fun music they use to play on their cassettes and CDs on their boom boxes while dancing and singing along to their favorite songs. And students use to actually dance like old school pro boy bands, girl groups and pop stars; and they used to dress cool and do all sorts of cool dance moves during their high school proms and college party graduations (like in the Disney movie "The Other Me" from 2000 where Will and his friends were all dancing in the high school gym on the basketball court to Aaron Carter' song "Life Is A Party" and they were all having a great time like teens and kids should). We all need to let students have fun like that in school and in college so that they also can have a childhood because in today's sh*tty 2010s generation, there's nothing fun and cherishing for teens, kids and college students to do anymore. And kids and teens are being forced to grow up to fast these days! So it's only fair that we let the students have fun during the school dances and graduations. And during college graduations too. And bring back old school fun house dance parties again for students also. And lastly, take the students on real fun field trips again and to special places during special days and nights.

Now for colleges and universities. I think community college should be free for all the students to go to because students who attend community colleges already have other things to pay for and buy in their lives that are already as high as hell and expensive all the time! And paying more money for community college isn't really necessary since colleges make more than enough money. And so the students can have even more financial aid money to buy their school items, books and everything they need. Another thing the U.S. government should consider doing is building and opening much bigger, better and higher quality of luxury community college campus building and university campus building with real advanced and smart teachers and professors in class who will teach the students all the real basic and advanced techniques about what they want to learn and everything they need to know to get a real high paying job and a career. And who will teach the college and university students what they want to know for what they want to be in much bigger and higher quality of universities and community colleges with high standard and advanced teaching instead of just listening to other people and other teachers talk in much cheaper, smaller and lower quality of community colleges and universities (such as the ones in the suburbs and in rural areas).

Of course still offer all the classes in different subjects and career learning that all community colleges and universities in the USA offer, but also offer many other things, classes and career programs for students to learn as well! Such as more recording studio music classes, more music instrument classes, more electronic music classes, rave club DJ set playing, satelitte FM music radio stations, and more classes like those ones. And make real all-star and megastar university and community college cheerleading, cheerleaders and cheerleading squads for really big and fun cheerleading competitions and at the best sports events and games; make on campus dorm rooms free or waived for all students, make real lockers inside the campus halls for the college and university students, make the sports games mean something and be more exciting with stronger league playing, make lunch and food free for students when needed, make universities and community colleges high quality and advanced learning schools like Everest college, Heals college, the ITT technical institute and Carrington college in a majority of community colleges and universities with all these features in them (just make community college and university campuses look like them a little, not actually make the same as Everest, ITT, Heald and Everest because i have another petition for those schools which I'll post later in this petition). And finally, (just like in high schools) make fun old school dance parties and events for the students who graduate from community college and universities so they to may relive their childhoods for one last time!

Basically, just make the education system and campuses in schools/high schools, community colleges and universities in America the way they all were back in the late 90s and early 2000s with high technical campus quality and all the old school fun and excitement in them the students had back in the old school days and as well as making new improvement changes and fun in community colleges, universities, schools and high schools too with high quality of clean campus buildings! Doing all of these things and more will really, really make the U.S. education system better and great again. And it will make education, college and school super high in quality again. Because I know now for a fact that kids and young adults who go to school/high school and to college all want more fun and excellent moments in their lives like everyone in school and college had back in the old school days! And doing all of these things and more will not only make the education system, school and college great again. They'll also help make our generation and society better, fun and great again. And doing these will also help bring back the old school 80s, 90s and early 2000s days, life, fashion, entertainment and all the etc. back again in the mainstream media and pop culture.

So if you'd like the U.S. government, the white house, the U.S. senate, president Donald Trump and the U.S. federals to make our education system great again and to make colleges, universities, schools and high schools great and high in quality again. Then please sign this petition so that hopefully, they'll all make the education system, school and college great and outstanding again; and so we can bring back the good old days of school and college in modern schools/high schools, community colleges and universities again which will connect the students,staff and teachers with more friendship, old school fashion, cooler style, great personalities, more respect, caring, more morals and more helping.

We want a much better seduction system in the USA that is good again! So let's all make it happen everybody.

(We want our education system, schools/high schools, colleges and universities to be like this in all future decades)
https://youtu.be/_TybGta8QY0
https://youtu.be/YL_OAiiWEgo
https://youtu.be/UhBTcuVcGo8 (at 4:00 and 37:00 into the luck of the irish video, you'll see the school campus)
https://youtu.be/IP6mF9YffvQ
https://youtu.be/CU95vW4F0M4
https://youtu.be/7sqeoYOQ4qg
https://youtu.be/AAomg-2Rsj8
https://youtu.be/wrfjyXdBnEc

(articles of how to make the U.S. education system better)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/robertreiss/2015/11/17/how-to-fix-education-in-america/amp/
https://www.uschamber.com/above-the-fold/five-ways-improve-education
http://nationswell.com/ask-experts-7-ways-improve-k-12-public-education/

From Benjamin's Parents:

"My wife and I got out of a meeting with Mr.Brewer at the Caddo Mills Middle School about an incident involving our son where another child assaulted our son and our son defended himself. Then later that day, the bully once again rushed my son in a hallway and my son put him in a head lock for a short time to stop the bully from assaulting him again , then let the bully go. As far as the boys were concerned, the matter was over.

Mr.Brewer had indicated to us that he looked into the matter thoroughly, talking to several other students, reviewing surveillance cameras etc, and plainly stated that my son was attacked and had defended himself, and he was heavily conflicted for what he was doing but "hes just doing his job".

That is correct, my son was bullied and because he defended himself he got the same punishment the bully got. Let that sink in. What does this twisted line of thinking teach our children? The school hurt my son more with this insanity than the bully did! Hes completely distraught and disenfranchised by the way the system has treated him to the point that he doesn't care about going to school anymore.

We are talking about an eleven year old boy who would volunteer to stay after school for tutoring if his grades started slipping by the tiniest bit, now completely discouraged because that's all gone now.

At the core of the issue is all the madness we hear about taking place in schools, skyrocketing depression rates among children, that was completely unheard of 20 years ago, is all because of the draconian institutionalization taking place in these schools!

When asked how my child should respond when being assaulted by another student, this Mr.Brewer had the nerve to suggest he just take it and go tell a teacher... Self Defense is a BASIC HUMAN RIGHT!!

All these anti-bullying campaigns do is serve to engender a victim mentality into our children and made the schools administration the ultimate bully and this has to stop!"

Experience is showing that Zero Tolerance is not only misapplied in the modern education system but that it is also detrimental to the learning. Further it is arguable that the school is violating a victim's fundamental rights (as upheld in Tinker v. Des Moines) when disciplining a child for self defense against an attack on their person.

Take into account papers like:
"Bullying the bully: Why zero-tolerance policies get a failing grade" Borgwald and Theixos (2012)

"A System Gone Berserk: How Are Zero-Tolerance Policies Really Affecting Schools?" Martinez (2010)

"Opportunities Suspended: The Devastating Consequences of Zero Tolerance and School Discipline Policies" The Civil Rights Project, Advancement Project (2000)

Further adding insult to injury is the "Alternative Education Program" that these children are subjected to where they are required to submit themselves to a search of their person and effects before entering the building, effectively being treated as if they have been convicted of a crime. Imagine the mental toll this takes on an honor roll student whose only mistake was to defend himself from harm.

The California Conference of the American Association of University Professors (CA-AAUP) and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) issued a Joint Letter in Support of Librarian Academic Freedom, which was sent to President Napolitano and the UC Board of Regents. They urged “UC President Napolitano to instruct UC negotiators to grant academic freedom to university librarians as they rightly deserve and have requested.” Sign below to lend your support to this struggle.

Despite boasting the fifth-largest economy in the world and the highest gross domestic product of any state, California sits near the bottom nationally in nearly every significant measure of school funding and school staffing.

Adjusted for cost of living, California ranks 41st in per-pupil funding, We're 45th in the percentage of taxable income spent on education, 45th in student-teacher ratios, and 48th in staff per student. That’s not good enough for our children, our state, or our future.

California is the home of innovation and opportunity — we’ve never been content with average. To meet the needs of 6.2 million public school students and prepare them for an increasingly competitive and complex world, we simply must do more. We must secure Full and Fair Funding for public schools to provide every California student with a high-quality education and the resources needed for success in college, career, and civic life.

[1] Review policies and influence their impact on Education
[2] Develop cultural diversity within the National Curriculum priority areas for Curriculum Development in: English, Mathematics, Science and History.
There has not been a review like this since 1988. We have an opportunity to present a united voice in this educational review. For information concerning the review please visit: http://www.qca.org.uk/secondarycurriculumreview/

3 May 2018

Dear Sirs
We write to you on this World Press Day and ask you to direct Treasury to allow space within the Budget lockup for student journalists to cover the Federal Budget.

This is the second year in a row that the Treasury has refused to allow students to attend, breaking a long tradition of student journalists breaking major stories of interest to youth and student audiences.

We call upon the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education to actively support journalism education and research in this country with this practical and appropriate sign of support to students in the development of skills for a profession that is central to democracy.

Signed
Alexandra Wake, Senior Lecturer RMIT University

Get rid of the Computer system that everyone hates, Teachers and Pupils.

Methodist College Belfast should stop using the C2KNI computer system because:

C2KNI is restricting access to many educational WebPages and is holding back our learning. Macromedia Flash has also been uninstalled leaving many educational power points and presentations useless. The entire system is a failure and there is no alternative but to stop using it.

C2KNI might as well block all the internet as people will always be able to get onto unsuitable content if they want too. There is no need for this futile battle that is just annoying teachers and pupils and preventing them doing valid research into many educational topics.

Nothing is unaffected by the system's failures. Teachers need more control over a new system so that they can unblock sites etc.

That is why Methody needs to stop this Terrible system, that is destroying every child's education.

SDUSD has stated that it implemented this policy to limit bullying incidents against Muslim students. The policy was adopted due to a study that was provided to the school board that many sources say is questionable due to the fact that the study didn't cite what religion the students were or if those incidents occurred in SDUSD schools.

Parents are tired of every liberal cause to be guised under an anti-bullying campaign. Students who are bullying others should be dealt with accordingly but policies should not be made favoring one religion over another. Charles Lamandri - an attorney well known for defending the Mt. Soledad cross - said, "anti-bullying policies should protect all students regardless of ethnicity and affiliation..."

Here are the facts:
-Many reports across the country indicate that Islamic indoctrination in public schools is on the rise. Students aren't just learning the basics about Islam but are forced to write "Allah is the only God" and recite the Islamic conversion creed. (American Center for Law & Justice)

-The curriculum is created by CAIR who's mission is "to change American society and advance radical Islam." (San Diego Union Tribune) "CAIR has been declared a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates, and was named by federal prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror-funding operation." (Breitbart.com) According to Steve Emerson, an expert in terrorism, CAIR is a radical fundamentalist front group for Hamas. (Americanthinker.com)

-CAIR claims to be putting together this curriculum "to promote a more positive image of Islam" while glossing over how many Muslims advocate "a worldwide caliphate, discrimination against non-Muslims, and capital punishment for apostates, adulterers and those who insult Mohammed" as well as "polygamy, a husband's legal right to beat his wife, genital mutilation...and honor killings." (San Diego Union Tribune) (Worldnetdaily.com)

PETITION FOR SGM 8th May 2017 for DISMISSAL OF THE BOARD

We are calling for a Special General meeting (SGM) on 8th May 2017, the dismissal of the Board and election of an Interim Board to hold fort till 17th June when the AGM will be held. This petition is based on how the current Board has handled matters related to TSC Compliance of our teachers, and their failure to acknowledge and/ or take recommendations provided by parents. We are not advocating the school remaining non compliant. We advocate that the school retain the teachers AND become compliant.

The Board has acted in a manner calculated to put the school at risk, as:

1. On 10th February 2017, the Board, with reference to section 23 (2) of the TSC Act 2012, issued termination letters to 6 Primary School teachers because they had not yet completed TSC compliance procedures.

2. On 20th March 2017, the Board, with reference to a High Court Judgement from 2014, obtained waivers for TSC registration for non-compliant Kindergarten Teachers. This judgement was pursuant of section 23 (2) of the TSC Act, 2012. It was not a newly gazetted law that allowed an exception for Kindergarten teachers.

The Board has treated 2 groups of teachers to whom the same law applies, selectively, thus laying the School open to suit of law at the labour court.

The injustice of the decision to terminate these teachers, and the Board’s inflexibility about parents’ and teachers’ requests to let the teachers finish the term, are even more serious in terms of damage to the community. Requests were made in parents’ meetings on 25th and 26th April 2017.

3. On 21st March, 2017, the School Manager issued a letter to parents on behalf of the Board claiming that the above High Court Judgement was a new directive from the Ministry of Education. The Board was fully aware that the Court judgement was not a new law, but a 2014 jurisdiction argument between TSC and the Council of Governors. Thus we believe that the Board and Manager knowingly lied to parents in pursuit of a private agenda to dismiss teachers. Four teachers remain at risk of losing their jobs on May 10th, 2017.

4. The ECD waiver received on 21st March applies to the Class 2 teacher also but her notice has not been withdrawn.

5. On 4th May 2017 in a mediation meeting with parents of affected Primary Classes, the Board declined to take action to protect the school by obtaining TSC waivers for the Primary teachers or withdrawing their termination letters with immediate effect. TSC cannot issue a waiver without a request from the school. We believe this request has never been made, despite claims otherwise from the Board. When a simple oral request was made by the School Manager re Kindergarten teachers on 20th March, the waiver was immediately availed by the regulator, and the same would obtain for affected Primary teachers.

We are not advocating the school remaining non compliant. We advocate that the school retain the teachers AND become compliant.

6. Board members have been threatening and intimidating staff who talk to parents, in clear violation of the Board Charter. This creates an atmosphere of mistrust and unnecessary tension among staff whose primary duty is to nurture our children. Section 5.1 of the Board Charter states that Gathering and Sharing information are primary roles for all employees.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7BbmyqWa5i1OWsxZVc5ZlRidDQ