Ann Murray -a failure in every way that counts for southeast Broward taxpayers & parents
Part 2 of 2: Ann Murray -she's a phony, a bigot and a no-show. Consistently. That's what voters have seen of her tenure on Broward School Board so far -she needs to go!; update on projects at Hallandale High School
Today's chapter: Broward School's sneak attack on Hallandale Beach: Hallandale HS's SAF was ALREADY held on January 23rd -and the public wasn't told
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January 29, 2012
This is a follow-up to my email of last week.
Like you, I've always assumed that the Broward County School system had an easily-understood hierarchy chart -somewhere- I just wasn't sure where.
A chart where the citizen taxpayers of this county were formally recognized as one of the legs of the table, lest it collapse.
You'd just think so, huh?
Well, there's something like that, but owing to the fact that this is Broward County and simply calling it an organizational chart would be too easy, here, it's called a Coherent Governance and Systemic Alignment.
Yes, it just flows right off your tongue, doesn't it?
Well, when you go to the Broward School Board's website, http://www.browardschools.com/ it does have a nice little flow chart of circles of interest and brackets of units on page 9 of http://eagenda3.broward.k12.fl.us/eAgenda/1803/49075/Files/superintendent_s_evaluation_presentation_120611.pdf and there seems to be some recognition of our role.
At least it does when it comes time to evaluate Supt. Robert W. Runcie's performance.
Yes, when it comes to that, everything has a clear delineation of responsibility.
Us, we're called "Community."
But what does that organization chart really mean in the real world if, as the email below clearly shows, one of THE most-involved people in this community, my friend, Catherine
Kim Owens, does NOT know, and never hears about that SAF meeting that's actually OPEN to the community, has been moved WITHOUT any public notice?
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/sbbcpolicies/docs/P1.3.000.pdf
It tells me that there's someone in the Broward School system earning a paycheck from taxpayers who thinks that these organizational charts, while fine for filling-up space on
their website, are, in fact, just for naive chumps, parents and taxpayers.
When the powers-that-be want to do things on their own, the lines and arrows on that flow chart are meaningless.
There is nothing about that SAF meeting being changed from tomorrow, Monday the 30th, to LAST Monday, the 23rd, on the Broward School Board's website, nor is there anything about it on the official Hallandale High School website http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/ or even on the webpage where that information should be located: http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/sacsaf.htm
If you spend even thirty seconds looking at the other threads that directly come under the subject of Parent Info, what do you find?
What you find are web pages that either have generic boilerplate, nothing on them other than the title of the subject area that is supposed to be there, or, you find information
that in some cases is well over THREE YEARS OLD.
See for yourself:
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/parentinfo.htm
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/annualcustomersurvey.htm
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/fcat.htm
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/brace.htm
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/pinnacle.htm
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/schoolimprove/
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/sacsaf.htm
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/titleI.htm
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/veryinvolvedparent.htm
http://www.getinvolvedineducation.com/volunteers/index.htm
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/summerreadinginformation.htm
My favorite one is that last one above, since at the bottom of the page it reads
"Click the link below for all auxiliary information and resources."
There is NO LINK.
That is, unless my favorite is the one that reads "Our partners in excellence"
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/hallandalehigh/communitypartners.htm
It's blank!!!
Yes, your tax dollars at work.
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/Comptroller/pdfs/Budget/District%20Budget/DISTRICT%20BUDGET%2011-12%20award%20091511.pdf
http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/comptroller/pdfs/Financial%20Rptg/CAFR/cafr_2011_board.pdf
Or, in this case, NOT.
Speaking of structure, organization and community involvement, or rather the complete lack of it, why don't you contact School Board Chair Ann Murray and ask HER to FULLY EXPLAIN to you as a Broward taxpayer in District 1 why that change in date happened, why it was never made public despite all thes resources available, and why it is that two months after SHE threw overboard two hard-working members of the Diversity Committee, James Sparks and Catherine, here in the last week of January 2012, she STILL only has one citizen representative instead of the number she is supposed to have?
Shouldn't she have already had people who were ready to serve?
After all these years in office, why CAN'T Ann Murray act competently and professionally?
And while you're at it, ask her when and where, exactly, she'll be showing her face in Hallandale Beach in the future, whose residents she is SUPPOSED to specifically represent
on the School Board?
Here's Murray's office phone number and email address so that you can ask her yourself, but DON'T hold your breath.
754-321-2001 ann.murray@browardschools.com
Two months after the fact, Murray has still NEVER contacted Catherine to say why she consciously chose NOT to re-appoint Mr. Sparks or her to the Diversity Committee, despite all the hundreds and hundreds of hours they have put into it, including last year's public meeting at the HB Cultural Center, where, yes, Ann Murray, was a noticeable no-show.
Two months, and not so much as an explanation or thank you for all of Catherine's hard work.
In case you're wondering, this email tonight was my idea.
And lest you think that I and other concerned residents of HB and Hollywood are going to let this sort of continued disrespect and malignant neglect to our community continue unanswered, I've got other ideas in mind for Ann Murray and her future, some of which you will be hearing about in the near future.
As for Ann Murray, she ought to read up on the Law of Unintended Consequences.
Dave
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Catherine Kim Owens
Date: Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 4:17 PM
Subject: The SAF meeting at Hallandale High School
apparently, this meeting to update the community on Hallandale HS's project updates was already held! on 1/23/12, with no notification to me or anyone else that I know of... hmmm.....
I spoke w the Chair of the Site Visition Committee and the chair of the Diversity Committee. They reaffirmed my opinion that no school board member nor staff member can cancel a site re-visit, which the main Diversity Committee voted on...this issue will be brought up at the next Diversity Meeting, with the new members. This meeting will be held on February 2, at 6:30 pm. My understanding is that Superintendent Runcie wll attend to speak and induct new officers. I am planning to attend this meeting. These are public meetings that are open to the public. It would be great if we had a strong turnout from the Hallandale community.
Due to the fact that we could not hear of the updates to the projects this month, we will need to catch up on updates and have a HHS Task Force meeting in February. I will confirm the date and send out a notice..but, usually, it's the 3rd Tuesday of the Month.
again, the SAF updates will not be given on Monday, the 30th, as previously indicated.
Catherine Kim Owens
Appointments to:
Hallandale Beach Education Advisory Committee
Chair of Hallandale High School Task Force
Graduation Task Force
2nd Vice Chair of Commission on Women's Status-Broward County
