Is this the future of Alabama schools?

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ALABAMA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
The Official Publication of the Alabama Education Association
Volume 132, NUMBER 2 • February 23, 2015
Urgent message from
Plan to attend 2015 Divisional
Conference
! President Anita Gibson
AEA President delivers remarks regarding
recent actions of the AEA Board of Directors
pg 2
Housing deadline nears for Divisional
Professional Development Conference
AEA Election Results
Results for the 2014-2015 AEA Board, ESP
Board, and NEA Delegate elections
pg 6
pg 7
Is this the future of Alabama schools?
The verdict is in: an array of
studies, reports and anecdotal
evidence from across the nation
say taxpayer-funded charter
schools perform no better, and
oftentimes worse, than public
schools.
Yet the Alabama Legislature is
poised once again to pour scarce
public dollars into an unproven
concept at a time when the state
ranks as one of the lowest for perstudent spending.
Funding for charter schools in
Alabama would come from the
same per-student school funding
system now in place, which
would cause problems for a state
education system already in a
financial crunch.
Charter schools receive public tax
dollars, but operate independently
of the established school system in
which they are located. They take
funds away from local schools and
often exploit the system because
of exemptions from oversight and
regulation.
Senate Bill 45, the recently filed
Alabama charter school bill, puts
no limits on the number of schools
that a local school system could
convert to a charter school. If a
charter’s application is denied by
the local school system, it could
be overridden by a nine-member
statewide commission, which
requires that “...each member
of the commission shall have
demonstrated understanding
of and commitment to
charter schooling as a tool for
strengthening public education...”
So much for local control.
The authorization of charters
in Alabama flies in the face of
numerous national studies that
have shown charter schools,
especially in a largely rural state
such as Alabama, simply weaken
already struggling local schools.
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Fernando Zulueta, president of Academica, makes a champagne toast at the Bahamas’
Atlantis resort during a leadership retreat for principals of several Florida charter schools.
A recent study on charter schools
released Feb. 23, 2015 by the East
Lansing, Mich.-based Great Lakes
Center for Education Research &
Practice, found that “a defense of
charter schools relied exclusively
on advocacy documents rather
than more careful and balanced
empirical research, and provides
only a superficial examination of any
‘criticisms’ regarding charter schools.”
The study concludes that, “The main
outcomes of charter schools have
been to promote privatization and
accelerated the stratification and resegregation of schools.”
Another national study in 2014 by the
Stanford University-based Center for
Research on Education Outcomes
(CREDO) showed that only 29 percent
of charter schools outperform public
schools with similar students in math,
while 31 percent performed worse and
40 percent performed the same.
The expanded update of the CREDO
study led The Washington Post to
conclude that charter schools “don’t
produce better academic results when
compared to public schools.”
More and more academic studies
are coming to the same conclusion:
charter schools don’t perform any
better than public schools, and in
some cases they’re worse.
The concept of charter schools
was first developed more
than 40 years ago as a way to
bring innovation to schools
by freeing them from
regulations that often limit
and constrain traditional
public schools.
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But instead of
collaborating with
public schools as
originally envisioned,
charter schools have become the
centerpiece of a market-based reform
strategy that places greater emphasis
on competition and profit.
Recently, a widely circulated report
from Propublica revealed how charter
schools increasingly use arrangements
known as “sweep” contracts to send
nearly all of a school’s public dollars
- anywhere from 95 to 100 percent into for-profit charter-management
companies.
National education expert
Diane Ravitch says the
charter school movement
has “turned into a favorite
mechanism in many states
to promote privatization
of public education and to
generate profits for charter
corporations like Imagine,
Charter Schools USA, and
K12.”
“Today, charter advocates
claim that their privately
managed charters will ‘save
low-income students from
failing public schools,” she said.
“But the Minnesota experience
suggests that charters face the
same challenges as public schools,
which is magnified by high teacher
turnover in charter schools.”
A story that appeared in Forbes in late
2013 foretold much of what would
come to pass in 2014. That story,
“Charter School Gravy Train Runs
Express To Fat City”, brought to light
for the first time in a mainstream
source the financial rewards that were
being mined from charter schools.
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AEA helps Madison County bus drivers with salary disputes
nt!
Paying rank-and-file blue-collar workers
for all of the time they work is a simple
and fair concept. It is also the law.
However, there are still times when
employees aren’t properly paid. When
that happens, and those affected are
members of the Alabama Education
Association, AEA springs into action to
defend their rights.
AEA is currently reviewing allegations
from members employed as bus drivers,
bus aides, and bus mechanics by the
Madison County Board of Education.
Those allegations include failure to
pay for all time worked, including time
for pre-trip and post-trip inspections
required by law, monthly safety
inspections, working open houses,
bringing in buses to the shop for
repairs, time for random drug testing
required by federal law, and other
duties that are part of the employees’
job description.
The employees also allege that they
have received instructions to falsify
their timesheets by only putting down
their scheduled start and stop times,
not the time they actually worked.
Others have alleged that when they
tried to report the correct time, their
timesheets were altered within the
central office to only reflect their
scheduled times, despite traffic delays,
altered routes due to bad weather, and
other factors beyond the control of the
bus employees.
While members have told AEA that
Madison County ESP members Mike Hill and Vice President Janice Anderson
this has been a problem for some time,
it came to a head at the beginning
of this school year when the system
began requiring each driver to
perform a “double run,” i.e. service
two complete bus routes each morning
and afternoon. Previously, each bus
employee only performed a single run.
The new procedure has, in many cases,
set unrealistic expectations of how long
it takes to run a route, especially in
inclement weather.
Unlike some school systems who
have a flat rate for bus routes or have
salary schedules based on the length
of a driver’s route, Madison County
maintains that bus employees were
paid for 20 hours of service per week.
The problem is, many bus employees
are working beyond those paid hours
without additional compensation.
AEA Associate Executive Secretary
Gregory T. Graves said, “All employees
should be paid what they are owed.
While AEA will never argue for
members to receive anything to which
they are not entitled, we will vigorously
advocate for our members to receive
every dime they are owed. Everyone
in public education has a difficult job,
but those we entrust to transport our
students face unique challenges. Thus,
no school system should look to these
individuals to try and cut corners to
save money.”
AEA attorneys have requested
a significant number of public
documents to investigate the members’
allegations. Meetings with the affected
employees have been and will continue
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AEA leaders moving AEA forward
Rumors and gossip. Where
does this stuff come from and
what good does it accomplish?
Oh, if we could only harness
the energy some expend on
the negative and turn it in to
resources for our classrooms or
benefits for our members. I want to first thank you for
your membership in your
professional association. For
those who were able to join
me on our tele-town hall
conference call, thank you for
taking the time to participate
and for your interest in
knowing the facts.
As I share my comments from
those calls with you now, I
ask that you join your elected
leadership on the AEA Board
of Directors in setting aside the
rumors and gossip as we stay
focused on the truths involved
in this matter. On Saturday, February 21, I
stood and reported out on
the actions taken by the AEA
Board of Directors. I want to
share the same with you now. The Alabama Education
Association (AEA) has faced
many threats over the years and
has always prevailed. AEA faced
another serious threat that we have
begun to address to ensure the
association is on a positive path
forward. In a September letter to association
members and leaders, retired AEA
Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Dr. Paul Hubbert alerted the
association’s leadership of “an
immediate danger, in fact crisis”
as related to AEA’s current
finances. Dr. Hubbert’s letter
attributed the crisis to financial
challenges, declining membership,
risky investments, and the loss of
influence. Dr. Hubbert called for
AEA to conduct an independent
audit of the association’s finances.
The AEA board immediately
called for and saw completed a
comprehensive independent audit
of AEA’s finances and operations.
The board was briefed in detail
on the findings of the audits and
the recommended remedies and
actions we must take to ensure we
can restore our association to its
former strength and vitality. The
audit affirmed serious concerns
about a lack of financial controls,
appropriate checks and balances
and substantial evidence of the
failure of our Executive SecretaryTreasurer to meet his obligations
toward the sound financial
operation of AEA. As a result, the
board passed a motion to provide
NOTICE TO THE CURRENT
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
TREASURER OF A PRETERMINATION HEARING.
This was a difficult decision by the
Board but one that was necessary
to close a difficult chapter in AEA’s
recent past and turn to meet the
challenges and opportunities
ahead. We
cannot and we
will not dwell
on the past
but must move
forward and
build for the
future.
that no matter what zip code they
live in, regardless of their family
income or the color of their skin,
that each and every student has
the time, tools and resources to be
successful.
Anita Gibson,
AEA President
We must
address as an
association the losses suffered by
AEA over the last several years.
Today, we have begun the process
to face these challenges head on, to
right the ship, and put AEA on a
better path for the future.
We must take steps to return AEA
to strength and vibrancy. The
recommendations laid out in
the audit reports plot a path to
financial and operational stability.
We could not have accomplished
that without the leaders of this
Board coming together to act in
concert to put our association on a
sounder footing.
To ensure the efficient and effective
implementation of the financial
and operational plans for AEA,
the board passed a motion to
request that NEA partner with
AEA so that swift and appropriate
action can be taken to safeguard
AEA and its members. Let me
emphasize, the AEA Board of
Directors asked NEA for temporary
assistance.
Through this partnership we
can access national expertise
and resources to put in place the
financial and operational changes
needed to ensure the strength of our
association. And, while we have
the partnership, it is Alabama
leaders that took action to create
solutions for this association and
it will be Alabama values and
leaders that will be a guiding light
for our association as we chart a
new course.
As a result of the leadership of this
Board, we are ready to turn the
page and we are ready to redouble
our efforts to fight for the needs
of our students, our schools and
Alabama’s educators.
The 2015 legislative session will
bring a host of opportunities and
challenges. We must continue to fight against
any charter school designed to rob
our community schools of funding
and local control.
We must renew our efforts to secure
funding for libraries, technology,
textbooks and other resources our
students need to compete in the
21st century.
We must ensure that all education
professionals receive adequate
compensation and fully funded
healthcare and retirement benefits.
Our house will be set in order, but
now we must turn our sights from
our house to the preservation of the
school house and the support of
each and every student and adult
in those schools and ensuring
ATTENTION LOCAL PRESIDENTS
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DELEGATE ALLOCATION INFORMATION. You may visit www.nea.org/delegaterequirements to view the memos and other reference documents.
If you did not receive these e-mails, call Terri Taylor at AEA, 1-800-3925839, ext. 402 immediately.
In addition, you should have received a mailing from AEA regarding 2015 AEA Delegate Assembly reporting forms. All reports should
be returned by June 10, 2015 to AEA, Attn: Terri Taylor, P.O. Box 4177,
Montgomery, AL 36103.
Those remarks are not just my
words but the unified voice of
the AEA Board of Directors
who worked together to craft
that report. These actions change nothing
about our dedication and
support for our members. As a
result of the leadership of the
AEA Board of Directors, AEA
will be able to quickly move
to stabilize its operational
capacity and build its strength
in service to our members. In fielding questions during
the tele-town call I have
put together the following
summary in hopes of further
clarification.
I want to be very clear about
NEA’s role in this process.
First, it was AEA leaders
who initiated this process to
look into the financial and
human resources operations
of our association. It was the
AEA Board who called for
the audits and, based on the
findings, it was the AEA Board
who decided the actions that
needed to be taken. I can
assure you Alabama values
and Alabama leaders will
be a guiding light for our
association as WE chart a new
course.
The partnership with NEA
gives AEA access to expertise
and resources to help us make
the changes and achieve the
solutions far quicker than we
ever could alone. They are
here to help us, to support us
as WE right our own ship.
The AEA Board chose this
path to move us all forward
to a better place. Restoring
our association to financial
and operational stability
and ensuring we are able to
continue to meet the needs
of our members and their
students is OUR responsibility
- and the leaders of AEA
take this responsibility very
seriously.
There have been many
requests for copies of the audit
reports and details on the
termination process that has
been initiated by the board
with regard to Dr. Mabry. Because the reports and the
process related to Dr. Mabry
are extremely sensitive,
confidential, and pertain to
personnel and legal matters, it
is not appropriate for anyone
on the AEA Board to share
that information. In fact, we
are legally liable to maintain
the confidentiality of that
information. While we want to
be responsive to you, we must
follow the law. I can tell you that the board
was briefed in exhaustive
detail on the findings of
the audits and spent several
hours reviewing them in
detail, asking questions and
considering their implications.
Our decisions were well
informed and based on
objective independent fact
finding.
Once all legal issues have been
resolved it will be the decision
of legal counsel as to when and
what will be released. No one, with the exception
of Dr. Mabry, has been barred
from the AEA building. All
of our former and current
leaders are welcome here
during regular business hours.
As we reviewed our security, we
became aware that there were
several non-AEA employees
who had access to the building
during non-working hours. We
aligned our security with the
industry standard and are only
issuing electronic pass cards to
current AEA employees.
There have been several
concerns expressed as to who
is leading AEA right now. The
AEA Board of Directors is
leading AEA through all of the
actions I have discussed. The
AEA Board has given notice
to Dr. Mabry and we have to
honor that process. First steps
first. Once that is complete
we’ll move to the next step.
In the meantime I, along with
Dr. Graves and the executive
staff of AEA are working with
the support of NEA to ensure
we are ready to meet the
challenges and opportunities
ahead of us.
As members of this association
we can pound our fists
upon the table demanding
our pound of flesh, we can
continue to stir the pot of
confusion, or we can trust our
elected leadership on the AEA
Board of Directors who spent
hours listening to the reports
and the recommendations
that came with them, leaders
who after hours of careful
deliberations and much
discussion took necessary
actions to place AEA on a
path that will chart a new,
stable course to restore this
great association as swiftly as
possible.
Thank you for your undying
and unwavering faith in our
association, our leaders,
and our staff as we progress
through this transition period.
Please rest assured that work
in the building continues, our
UniServ staff, are in the field
working hard for you every
day, we are gearing up for the
2015 legislative session, and
nothing will turn our focus
from what is most important to
our members and the students
you serve.
Today, I am asking you, on
behalf of the AEA Board of
Directors, to join us as we turn
our focus to doing what we do
best, and that is expending all
our energies to ensure that
every child in this state has the
opportunity to receive a world
class education; that every
public school in Alabama is a
“rock star” 21st century school
staffed by caring, committed
professionals who come to
work equipped with the tools
and resources needed to
motivate our students as they
prepare for a successful role as
members of society.
Board of Directors
President
Anita Gibson
Vice President
Sheila Remington
Past President
Dorothy Strickland
NEA Directors
Dr. Susan C. Brown
Charlene McCoy
Ashley Strickland
Sherry Tucker
Administrator President
Dr. Cathy McNeal
Postsecondary Representative
Dr. Barbara Cady
ESP Representative
Carol Hiett
ACT Representative
Bonita English
AERA President
Robert Davis
SAEA President
Graham Bufford
District 1 Directors
Pam Baker
Stephanie C. Taylor
Michelle Robinson
Tammy Sims
Elaine Carter
Theresa Leonard
Amelia Couch
Shannon Clark
Vivian Crosby
David Holt
Dr. Susan W. Brown
Arthur Crumpler
Benita Moyers
Dr. David G. Belton
Gregory S. Martin
Darryl Traylor
Vacant
Bernard Sanderson
Dr. Rhonda Mosley
Bobby J. Pierson
Suzanne Clemons
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February 23, 2015 | ALABAMA SCHOOL JOURNAL 3
We have the blueprint
Green Ribbon
schools
announced
The state Department of
Education announced that
Lincoln Elementary School
and Lincoln High School in
the Talladega County system,
and Bluff Park Elementary
in Hoover have been named
as Alabama’s 2015 Green
Ribbon Schools for their
efforts to improve the
environment and promote
environmental and outdoor
education.
“Environmental education
is an important part of
our overall instructional
program,” state school
Superintendent Tommy Bice
said. “We are proud to honor
schools who are creating and
innovating new ways to teach
and learn about conservation
efforts.”
Each of Alabama’s winners
will be considered for
national “Green Ribbon
School” status. National
winners will be announced
on Earth Day -- April 22.
Birmingham ups
property taxes for
schools
Birmingham residents voted
in favor of a 3 mill property
tax increase for Birmingham
City Schools. The additional
$8 million in revenue for
Birmingham City Schools
will be used strictly for arts,
music, foreign language,
pre-k, and career academics.
Birmingham Board of
Education President Randall
Woodfin said the vote was
a “major milestone” and
that “this is a victory for the
school system, for families
and our children in how
it relates to what we can
provide for our classrooms.”
Winston county
voters extend tax
for schools
Winston County voters
overwhelmingly approved a
renewal and continuation of
a 3 mill county-wide property
tax for schools.
The ballot measure will
continue the levy for an
additional 29 years.
Sylacauga renews
property tax for
schools
Sylacauga City voters
overwhelmingly approved of
a 25 year extension for an ad
valorum tax for the Sylacauga
City School system.
The extension will
accomplish two things;
complete a renovation at
Legion Stadium and provide
a long-term source of funds
for future capital needs.
Superintendent Dr. Todd
Freeman thanked voters and
said, “This investment in the
future of our school system is
a legacy that will benefit our
children and grandchildren.
Additionally, the entire
community will soon be able
to share in the enjoyment
of the beautifully renovated
Legion Stadium.”
If you’ve never read AEA
Network Attorney Don Eddins’
book on AEA’s history, AEA:
Head of the Class in Alabama
Politics, do yourself a favor and
pick up a copy and read it. It
paints the picture of how the
modern AEA came to be after
the 1969 AEA-ASTA merger
through the 1990s.
The first chapter in the book is
entitled, “The Wallace Years.”
It tells the story of the famous
diversion fights between AEA
and Governor George Wallace.
The state’s general fund was
broke and federal mandates
regarding mental health were
causing further stress. Fresh
off an electoral victory of
the former governor, Albert
Brewer, who AEA strongly
supported, Wallace decided to
try and get the money from the
Teachers Retirement System.
AEA was still fighting off
the effects of the merger.
Drs. Hubbert and Reed had
only been in their respective
positions for two years. Many
educators who opposed forced
integration had dropped their
membership. It would be
another decade before passage
of the Fair Dismissal Act and
the coordinated recruitment of
ESP members. Thus, AEA was
not any force to be reckoned
with.
However, on July 1, 1971, after
the Governor announced his
intention to divert $24 million
from the TRS to the General
Fund for mental health, a
special edition of the Journal
was prepared. After it was
published, the reaction was
immediate. “It was amazing,”
Dr. Hubbert says in the book.
“Teachers, administrators,
everybody started coming
unglued. We told them they
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As reporter Addison Wiggin
explained, a mixture of
tax incentives, government
programs and Wall Street
investors anxious to make
money were coming together
to deliver a charter school
bonanza -- especially if the
charter operation could
“escape scrutiny” behind the
veil of being privately held or
if the charter operation could
mix its business in “with other
ventures that have nothing to
do with education.”
In May of 2014, a blockbuster
report released by Integrity
in Education and the Center
for Popular Democracy
revealed that fraudulent
charter operators in 15 states
were responsible for losing,
misusing or wasting more
than $100 million in taxpayer
money.
The report, “Charter School
Vulnerabilities to Waste, Fraud
Bus drivers
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to be conducted while AEA
awaits the information. AEA’s
legal team will also be making
arrangements to interview
each affected member
to determine what relief
may be appropriate for
them.
needed to
contact their
legislators
and we had
them piling
in here by the
hundreds.
We would
have five or
Dr. Gregory T.
six hundred
at the Capitol Graves, Associate
Executive Secretary
one day and
a different five or six hundred
the next.”
What happened next was
history. The teachers of
Alabama rose up with one
voice and beat arguably the
most popular governor in the
state’s history at the peak of his
power. No one thought that
AEA had a chance, but the
educators of the state stood
up for what was important to
them.
“What happened
next was history. The
teachers of Alabama rose
up with one voice and
beat arguably the most
popular governor in the
state’s history at the peak
of his power.”
History always has a way of
repeating itself. Fast forward
to 2015 and the General Fund
is in shambles again. Instead
of a federal takeover of the
mental health system, Alabama
is facing the real threat of
a federal takeover of its
prison system. This state is in
desperate need of new revenue
and while Governor Bentley
has proposed a tax increase,
everyone knows that all eyes
are on education funding to
make up the shortfall.
and Abuse,” combed through
news stories, criminal
records, and other
documents to
find hundreds of
cases of charter
school operators
embezzling
funds, using tax
dollars to illegally
support other,
non-educational
businesses, taking
public dollars for
services they didn’t
provide, inflating
their enrollment
numbers to boost
revenues, and putting
children in potential
danger by foregoing
safety regulations or
withholding services.
The Chicago Sun-Times
reported that Chicagoarea Concept Schools,
part of the Gulen
charter chain,
were subjects
of an ongoing
federal investigation. The
begun taking steps to address
the issues in Madison County
and I stand ready to continue
those efforts on behalf of my
members.”
Dr. Graves added, “Our hope
is that should the documents
Beverly Sims, AEA
UniServ Director for
Madison County and
the rest of District 3,
reports that she has
developed a good
rapport with the newlyelected superintendent.
She said, “The
superintendent is a
reasonable and fair
Madison County ESP members Mike Hill and
Fred Anderson check fluids
man. He has already
All that said, Dr. Hubbert
never took credit for the win
in that first diversion fight, or
the ones that followed before
Governor Wallace finally saw
the light, or for any of AEA’s
legislative victories. He always
gave the credit to those who
got involved, who got in the
face of their legislators and let
them know, in no uncertain
terms, how they felt. Just as
it was in 1971, the future of
education in Alabama is in
your hands.
Anti-public education and
anti-educator bills are coming.
When they are introduced
in the Legislature, AEA will
provide you with information
about all the negative impact
it will have on you, your
students, and our public
schools. What happens next
depends heavily on you. If
you stand up and fight, like
your parents, grandparents,
aunts and uncles before you,
we will win. Hear me clearly: if
educators respond in 2015 like
they did in 1971, facing similar
difficulties, we will win. All that
is required is for each of us to
stand united and do our part.
Unlike 1971, today’s
technology allows you to be in
Montgomery every day without
leaving home. You can call and
e-mail your legislators often to
let them know how you feel.
You can post on social media
and share the information we
provide to you about all that
the anti-education forces are
doing in Montgomery, and
have your friends and family
join the effort. And it wouldn’t
take much. If we have 500
members per day contact
their legislators one day, and
a different 500 do so the next
day, and then 500 more the
inquiry revealed nearly $1
million that has been
paid to contractors all
with ties to the Gülen
network.
So what is pushing the
move towards charters?
The answer is simple:
profit.
Under a law passed
in 2000, banks and
equity funds that invest
in charter schools
and other projects in
under-served areas can
take advantage of a very
generous tax credit - as
much as 39 percent - to help
offset their expenditure in
such projects.
And it’s not just U.S. investors
who see the upside of
investing in charters. Rich
donors internationally are
now sending money to fund
U.S. charter schools.
Why? Because if
they invest at least
$500,000 to charters
under a federal program
day after that, we will win.
Please be clear, times have
changed. I do not recommend
that you call anyone just for
the sake of agitation. Your
call to legislators should be
for the sole purpose of giving
and receiving meaningful
information regarding specific
issues. Period! However,
none of you can have those
conversations unless you are
abreast of the issues. You need
to be informed.
“If educators respond
in 2015 like they did
in 1971, facing similar
difficulties, we will
win.”
Equally important, you have
to get to your legislators in
person when they are back
home. Most of you will not
have physical access to them
once they get to Montgomery.
But right now, before they get
to the Capitol, and when they
come home on weekends, they
need to know how you feel.
One of Wallace’s floor leaders
told a group of doctoral
students the year after the
1971 diversion fight that,
“When I came home and went
to the post office; [educators]
were there; they were at
church, and when I went home
I couldn’t find a parking place
in my yard. Now that gets your
attention.”
Dr. Hubbert has gone to his
well-earned rest and reward.
We have to do it ourselves this
time. We have the blueprint
for how to do it. It is up to
each of you reading this to do
your part.
As always, together we stand.
called EB-5, they’re allowed
to purchase immigration
visas for themselves and
family members -- yet another
mechanism in place to ensure
that the money keeps rolling
in.
Proponents of education
reformers argue that
investments like these are all
about how successful charter
schools are, and show how
much support they’ve gathered
in just a few years. But it’s hard
to take this on faith when there
are billions of dollars in profit,
and, for some, a path to U.S.
immigration, at stake in these
investments.
With all of the questions
and corruption surrounding
charter schools in other states,
Alabama legislators should
tread cautiously as they begin
the charter school debate
in the upcoming session.
Otherwise Alabamians could
end up paying a high price
lining the pockets of profit
seekers in the risky gamble of
charter schools.
confirm the allegations
of our members, the
superintendent and
his legal counsel will
work collaboratively
with AEA’s legal team
to resolve the issues
and make our members
whole. While AEA
always stands ready to
litigate if necessary,
we will exhaust every
opportunity available
to resolve these issues
short of legal action.
Madison County ESP member Rickey Stone
There is no deadline
set by law for production of the
documents requested by AEA.
However, communications
have remained open between
the two sides and it is hoped
that the documents will be
available for review in the
coming weeks. After sufficient
time for AEA’s legal team to
review the documents and
confer with each affected
member, a further course of
action will be determined.
The Alabama School Journal
will be monitoring this story
and will update this report as
conditions warrant.
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Register now for the 2015 Divisional
Professional Development Conference
• March 1-3, 2015: Alabama Transition
Conference, Marriott Grand National,
Opelika, Ala.
• March 3-4, 2015: Alabama Science
Teachers Association (ASTA), McWane
Science Center, Birmingham, Ala., www.
astawildapricot.org
• March 6-8, 2015: NEA ESP
Conference, Hilton Riverside, New
Orleans, La., http://www.nea.org/
grants/31430.htm
• March 12-14, 2015: 37th Annual
Alabama School Nutrition Association
(ASNA) Expo, BJCC, Birmingham, Ala.,
www.alabamasna.org
• March 18-20, 2015: Alabama
Community Education Association
Conference (ACEA), Hyatt Regency,
Birmingham, Ala., www.aceatoday.org
For additional conference
information please visit:
www.myaea.org.
Members in need
of sick leave
Baldwin County
Annie Wright, a Baldwin County ESP
member and paraprofessional from Bay
Minette Intermediate School for 26 years,
had major shoulder surgery which requires
a long recuperation period. Having been
approved for catastrophic leave she is in
need of donated days. If anyone can spare
donating sick days, please contact Darlene
Harville, Baldwin County School System
at 251-580-2512. Thank you for your help.
John Hudson
UniServ Director, District 32
Chilton County
Gerald Stamps, a Clanton Middle School
special education teacher, has exhausted
his sick days due to chemo and radiation
therapy which makes him very ill. This
is his third time being diagnosed with
colon cancer within the last 2 years. If you
can please donate days, contact Chilton
County Board of Education Payroll Clerk
Nancy Smith at 205-280-2995.
Allison B King
Marshall County
Judy Chartier, a Marshall County ESP, has
recently been struck with a debilitating
illness. For the past several months, she has
been unable to work and has exhausted her
sick leave. She also suffers from adverse
reactions to her medication, and treatment
has been less than successful. Retirement
disability is not currently an option and
she is less than 40 days away from being
vested. If she does not get help, this selfsupporting bus driver will have no financial
means and no PEEHIP insurance. Please
help donate sick leave by calling Robert
Counterman at the Marshall County
Board of Education at 256-582-3171.
Johnnie McDaniel has been a school
teacher for more than 23 years and
is a member of the Boaz Education
Association. In the last few months,
Johnnie has exhausted all her leave to
attend to her mother who is recovering
from a serious health issue. With no where
else to turn and no other means to provide
the care her mother needs, she is asking for
a donation of sick leave days by contacting
Susan Rutledge at the Boaz Board of
Education at 256-593-8180.
Rhonda Jett
The annual AEA Divisional Professional
Development Conference will be held
at the Sheraton Hotel/BJCC Complex
in Birmingham March 20-22, 2015.
A wide variety of training will be
offered for all AEA members classroom teachers, education support
professionals, administrators and
postsecondary members. PLUs as well
as CEUs will be offered during this
conference. The pre-registration form
and hotel information are listed below,
or you can visit http://bit.ly/1MyaajE
to register online.
Jesse McDaniel
Registration will begin at 3 p.m. on
Friday, March 20, on the third floor of
the BJCC in Birmingham. Registration
will close at 6 p.m. that evening but
will open again the next morning at 8
a.m. The pre-registration fee is $25 per
person and on-site registration is $50
per person.
Use one registration form for each
participant and duplicate the form as
needed.
As an incentive for early registration,
the first 200 to registrater will receive
a special gift upon checking in at the
conference registration desk.
On Friday afternoon, March 20 at 4:30
p.m., AEA President Anita Gibson will
host a networking session for members
who are 35 years of age or younger
and/or those who have ten years or less
experience in education.
Mail by March 6 and take advantage of pre-conference savings!
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MARCH 20 - 22, 2015
DIVISIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
HOTEL & RESERVATION INFORMATION
Mobile County
Regina Stewart is a bus aide who serves
special needs children. She had spinal
surgery to address chronic back pain
that had become unmanageable. Having
exhausted her own leave she was forced
to borrow the maximum from the sick
leave bank. If you can please donate a day
or two to help her repay this loan, contact
Gretchen Clanton at [email protected]
or 251-221-4528.
There are serious issues facing public
education in Alabama. During the
conference, an array of speakers will
provide beneficial information so that
school employees can move forward in
an increasingly difficult climate.
Reservations:
Host Hotel:
The Sheraton Hotel
2101 Richard Arrington Jr., Blvd., N.
Birmingham, Ala.
Room Rates*
Single/Double:
Triple:
Quad:
$129
$139
$149
*Does not include 17.5% tax per night.
Subject to change without notice.
Call: 1-800-325-3535
Identify yourself as being with AEA’s Divisional Conference
or visit: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/aleedu2015
Deposit Requirement
One night deposit required at the time of making
reservations.
Cancellation Policy
72 Hours Prior to Arrival
Reservation Deadline - March 6
Or until the room block is filled, whichever comes first.
After this date, reservation requests will be accepted
based on the space and rate available.
Taxes & Fees
Subject to change without notice.
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AEA members elect new board officers, delegates
The AEA Elections Committee met on Friday,
February 13, 2015, to certify the election
results for the 2014-2015 AEA Regular
Election.
To view the election returns in their entirety,
including the AEA delegate elections, visit
http://www.myaea.org/be-active/aea-elections.
The results are in PDF format.
Please contact Tina Collins in the AEA
Business Office at 800-392-5839 or
[email protected] for questions
concerning AEA elections.
Summary of 2014-2015 Regular Election Returns
AEA Board Positions
NEA Delegates (continued)
AEA President
District 3 Active Delegates
Sheila Hocutt Remington
8119
51.69%
Dr. Susan C. Brown
7589
48.31%
Winner
AEA Vice President
Vivian L. Crosby
1036
13.25%
Delegate
Beverly C. Johnson
1031
13.19%
Delegate
Amelia Couch
976
12.49%
Delegate
Report on 2014-2015
Regular Election Returns
Sherry Tucker
4237
27.58%
Run-Off
Sylvester James
960
12.28%
Delegate
Sylvester James
3558
23.16%
Run-Off
Vivian Mitchell Martin
948
12.13%
Delegate
Bobby J. Pierson
3402
22.14%
Joyce A. Harris-Stokes
916
11.72%
Delegate
Dr. James Owens
2314
15.06%
Kelvin Jones
732
9.36%
Captain Tom Daniel
1853
12.06%
Pam Meadows Gregory
728
9.31%
Velvet Faison
490
6.27%
Doris J. Zeigler
418
35.30%
Delegate
No Returns Received
Delegate
District 1: AL Southern Active/ESP, Andalusia City ESP,
Bishop State Active, Clarke County Active, Clarke County
ESP, Covington County ESP, Escambia County ESP, Faulkner
CC ESP, Jeff Davis CC Active/ESP, L B Wallace CC Active/ESP,
Monroe County Active, Opp City Active, Opp City ESP, Reid
Tech Active/ESP, Saraland City ESP, Satsuma City Active/ESP,
Thomasville City ESP, Washington County ESP, Wilcox County
ESP
NEA Director Position One
The following lists contain the names of local associations and
the reasons their votes were not included in the tabulation of
election returns. If you have any questions concerning your
local’s returns please contact Tina Collins at 800-392-5839.
District 3 ESP Delegates
Ashley M. Strickland
6466
42.37%
Run-Off
Bernard Sanderson
3604
23.62%
Run-Off
Linda Taylor Ruffin
2791
18.29%
Johnny Cunningham
399
33.70%
Harry Richardson
2399
15.72%
Agnes Terrell
367
31.00%
Anita Gibson
1909
15.99%
Delegate
NEA Director Position Two
Charlene McCoy
7926
52.99%
Winner
Benita Moyers
3710
24.80%
Charlene McCoy
1765
14.79%
Delegate
Barbara Dunham
3321
22.20%
Susan Williams Brown
1700
14.24%
Delegate
Katie Harper
1474
12.35%
Delegate
Mary Beth Tate
1356
11.36%
Delegate
Shasta Gibson Dollar
1287
10.78%
Delegate
Arthur Crumpler
1284
10.76%
Melba Wiegand
1160
9.72%
Debra Lee
760
28.59%
Delegate
Larry H. Wells
756
28.44%
Delegate
Amy LaCount
686
25.81%
Delegate
Russell J. Twilley
456
17.16%
AEA District 1 Director
Unopposed
Tammy Sims
Unopposed
Becky Horn
Unopposed
David Holt
Unopposed
Benita Moyers
Unopposed
Carolyn Russell-Walker
485
48.50%
Run-Off
Dr. Barbara Cady
1338
17.71%
Delegate
Cassandra F. Childress
273
27.30%
Run-Off
Gwen Mitchell
1260
16.68%
Delegate
Jessie Shelton
242
24.20%
Ava Jordan
1255
16.61%
Delegate
Benita Moyers
1251
16.56%
Delegate
Robin Stutts
1233
16.32%
Delegate
Betty Carter
1218
16.12%
Delegate
AEA District 6 Director Unexp
Nancy Dowdy
543
54.57%
JoJo Eyer
284
28.54%
Herb Hicks
168
16.88%
Winner
Karen T. Pentecost
Dr. Donna Strong
2009
55.99%
Nick Rose
1579
44.01%
Winner
ESP Board Positions
ESP President
Darryl M. Traylor
Unopposed
ESP Vice President
Bernard Sanderson
2182
51.38%
Debbie Gramling
2065
48.62%
Winner
Rita Henderson
612
18.48%
Delegate
609
18.39%
Delegate
Jessie Shelton
587
17.73%
Delegate
JoJo Eyer
529
15.98%
Delegate
Allegra L. Pointer
511
15.43%
Monquelle Shamburger
463
13.98%
Bernard Sanderson
ESP Secretary
Unopposed
Delegate
144
51.80%
Darryl M. Traylor
77
27.70%
Winner
57
20.50%
Sheila Hocutt Remington
1961
15.30%
Delegate
Cheryl D. Wallace
1447
11.29%
Delegate
Myra Allen-Jones
1155
9.01%
Delegate
Dexter Peeples
1134
8.85%
Delegate
Tara Jones
1129
8.81%
Delegate
Eleanor Robinson James
1014
7.91%
Delegate
Stephanie Simpson
920
7.18%
Barbara Dunham
909
7.09%
Egla G. Richey
852
6.65%
NEA Delegates
Administrators Delegates
Garry Gibson
8854
50.46%
Delegate
Herbert Vandervilt
Stallworth, II
8694
49.54%
Delegate
Bonita Ross English
661
10.03%
Delegate
Harry Richardson
638
9.69%
Delegate
633
9.61%
Delegate
Donna Michelle
Robinson
594
9.02%
Delegate
Rosemary Cunningham
841
6.56%
Linda Taylor Ruffin
583
8.85%
Delegate
Carolyn Miller
828
6.46%
Betty Hannah
562
8.53%
Delegate
Vikii Mims
624
4.87%
Donna F. Marsh
555
8.43%
Henry Cox
551
8.36%
Gwendolyn Carter
698
26.12%
Delegate
Tara Hunter
528
8.02%
B.J. Johnson
676
25.30%
Delegate
Regina Rencher
484
7.35%
Kenneth Dukes
661
24.74%
Juanita B. Veale
455
6.91%
Luke Jackson, Jr.
637
23.84%
Alpha Maria T. Porter
343
5.21%
Ballot Positions for the
2014-2015 AEA Runoff Election
Nashasta (Shasta) Craig
Pollard
295
50.95%
Delegate
Frances W. Craig
284
49.05%
Delegate
Debbie Smith
841
17.47%
Delegate
Jerome Bellamy
832
17.28%
Delegate
Bernard Sanderson
Dr. Victoria Kemp Reese
814
16.91%
Delegate
JoAnn Wilson
807
16.76%
Delegate
Gwen Bean
790
16.41%
Delegate
Tammy Sims
731
15.18%
Jenell Neal
344
30.12%
Delegate
Carol Walker
322
28.20%
Delegate
Renard Jenkins
255
22.33%
Kimberly D. Washington
221
19.35%
AEA Vice President
Sylvester James
Sherry Tucker
NEA Director Position One
Election materials and ballots for the runoff
elections will be mailed to all local presidents by
Friday, March 6, 2015. The AEA Runoff Election
deadline is Friday, April 17, 2015. All election
returns must be at AEA Headquarters by 4:45 p.m.
on Friday, April 17, 2015, in order to be accepted.
District 2: ASU Active, ASU ESP, Barbour County ESP, Butler
County ESP, Crenshaw County ESP, DYS Mt Meigs ESP, Elba
City Active, Elba City ESP, Enterprise City ESP, Enterprise Jr.
College ESP, Enterprise Ozark Aviation Active/ESP, Eufaula City
Active, Geneva City Active, Geneva City ESP, Geneva County
Active, Ozark City Active/ESP, Pike County Active, Pike County
ESP, Sparks Tech Active, Sparks Tech ESP, Trenholm Active/
ESP, Wallace CC Dothan Active/ESP
District 3: Anniston City ESP, Calhoun County Active, Calhoun
County ESP, Central Al CC Active/ESP, Chattahoochee Valley
Active, Chattahoochee Valley ESP, Cleburne County ESP,
ACESEO Active, Coosa County Active, Jacksonville State
Active/ESP, Lee County ESP, Macon County Active, Macon
County ESP, Phenix City ESP, Piedmont City Active, Roanoke
City Active, Roanoke City ESP, Southern Union Active,
Southern Union ESP, Sylacauga City Active, Sylacauga City
ESP, Talladega City Active, Talladega City ESP, Talladega County
Active, Tallapoosa County Active, Tallapoosa County ESP
District 4: Bevill Hamilton Active, Bevill Sumiton Active/ESP,
Boaz City Active/ESP, Cherokee County Active, Ft. Payne City
ESP, G C Wallace/Hanceville Active/ESP, Guntersville City
Active/ESP, Lawrence County Active, Marion County Active,
NW Shoals/Phil Campbell Active, NW Shoals/Phil Campbell
ESP, Snead State CC Active, Snead State CC ESP, Walker
County Active
District 5: Athens State Active/ESP, Drake Tech Active/ESP,
Florence City ESP, Hartselle City Active/ESP, Jackson County
ESP, Limestone County ESP, Madison City ESP, Muscle Shoals
City ESP, Scottsboro City Active, Sheffield City ESP, Tuscumbia
City Active/ESP, Univ North AL Active
District 6: Homewood City Active/ESP, Jefferson State CC ESP,
Lawson State Active, Lawson State ESP, Leeds City Active/
ESP, Midfield City ESP, Mt. Brook City Active/ESP, Oneonta
City Active, Oneonta City ESP, Pell City Active, Pell City ESP, St.
Clair County ESP, Trussville City ESP
District 7: Alabaster City ESP, Bessemer State Active/ESP,
Bevill/Fayette Active, Bibb County ESP, Choctaw County Active,
Choctaw County ESP, Demopolis City ESP, Fayette County
Active, G C Wallace CC Selma Active, G C Wallace CC Selma
ESP, Greene County ESP, Hale County ESP, Linden City Active,
Marengo County ESP, Marion Military Active/ESP, Pelham City
ESP, Pickens County Active, Selma City Active/ESP, Shelton
State CC Active/ESP
Ballots Received after Deadline
• Albertville City Active
• Bevill/Fayette ESP
• Chickasaw Active/ESP
• Coosa County ESP
• Daleville City Active/ESP
• Decatur City Active
• Jefferson County ESP
• Lawrence County ESP
• Marengo County Active
• Midfield City Active
• Piedmont City ESP
• State Department of Education Active
• Troy City Active
• Winston County ESP
No Ballot Affidavit
• Baldwin County ESP
• Butler County Active
• Conecuh County Active
• Cullman County ESP
• DYS Mt Meigs Active
• Haleyville City Active
• Henry County ESP
• Jefferson County Active
• Lanett City Active
• Talladega County ESP
• Tallassee City Active/ESP
• Winfield Active/ESP
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