Monday, July 13, 2020

Tales Of The New Crown: Detroit Does Not Want Schools To Open Even Though Betsy DeVos Needs That Medicaid Targeted Case Management Money Badly

If Betsy DeVos, et. al, does not get that school money, then what is going to happen with all those Social Impact Bonds?

Dare I say a global collapse in the bond markets?

She has got her teachers, staff, administration, policy think tanks, hedge fund managers, and any other financial creature hissing and grimacing behind her back if she does not get that money, as they have already advanced predictive modeling crapping generated Medicaid cost reimbursements under COVID 19 Post Traumatic Stress Training CARES Act.

Just go ask my favorite Maltese K-nig-hit!

Oops, did I just say that!?!



If there is no more schools, then, that means there is no more Medicaid Targeted Case Management, which means the Archdiocese of Detroit is going to have to start dissolving its privatized foster care and adoption agencies, unless they got that PPP, but that has nothing to do with the revenue maximization schemes which target populations... like Black Lives Matter does..which is how they make their money....through Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare...

Oh, heck, just watch the video.



I wonder if the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is going to have to start up a GoFundMe page?

I await the filing of the case and shall post hastily.

I bet this might mess up Bankole's bankroll, but, hey, what do I know?

I know this is sooooooooo romantic.....

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=DPS

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=detroit+public+schools

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=gerrymandering

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=devos

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=christians

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=medicaid

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/p/detroit-land-bank-authority-leaks.html

https://beverlytran.blogspot.com/p/anti-child-medicaid-fraud-training.html

This is also about Title I, Title IV, Title V, Title IX, Title XX, and a bunch of other federal funding streams.

Ok, Boys & Gils, we do have a pre-existing SEO'd hashtag, so use it.

#labrats

#maytheheavensfall

BAMN vows to stop summer school in Detroit, blocks buses

Demonstrators block the driveways of the Detroit Public Schools West Side Bus Terminal to keep school buses from running on the first day of summer school, in Detroit, July 13, 2020. Concerns about COVID-19 and a lack of safety measures prompted the protesters to demand that schools close.
"Our children are not guinea pigs!!"
#labrats
Detroit — An attorney for a national civil rights organization will seek a court order to shut down summer school in Detroit's public schools, alleging the district is unprepared to mitigate COVID-19 dangers and is putting students and staff at risk.

Shanta Driver, national chairwoman of By Any Means Necessary and a civil rights attorney, said she will be filing a request for a preliminary injunction in the Court of Claims on Tuesday to stop the Detroit Public Schools Community District from opening 23 school buildings for its first week of in-person summer school.

DPSCD did open buildings on Monday for the first day of summer school for about 500 students, according to a Twitter post by superintendent Nikolai Vitti, marking the first time since mid-March that students entered schools for face-to-face instruction.

"COVID is not going away," Vitti tweeted. "Many of our children need face-to-face, direct engagement. We should not make that requirement for all children and families. Parents should be able to choose face-to-face or online."

Earlier Monday, BAMN demonstrators picketed in front of the district's westside bus terminal on Greenfield Road, blocking any buses from leaving to pick up students who needed transportation to summer school.

Driver said the bus drivers her organization spoke to said they were not given COVID-19 safety training for themselves or the children they are picking up.

"They have no hand sanitizers on board. They were not told of social distance measures. They have no masks themselves and have no masks for students," Driver said.

Kenshawn Siebert said he will not return to work as a contract DPSCD bus driver until safety measures are in place for himself and students on the bus. Siebert reported for work Monday with his own mask but was not provided training for COVID-19 safety measures, masks for students or sanitzers for riders.

Siebert, who works for Trinity Transportation/National Express, said he was not tested for COVID-19 before attempting to drive the school bus Monday and was not asked to seek a test on his own before reporting for work.

"My company has nothing in place for the safety of the students. None of us have been tested for COVID and they are starting the school bus system," Siebert said. "They are not prepared for it, and there is nothing in place to keep the drivers safe or students safe."

Teachers have contacted BAMN, Driver said, saying they were told by the district if they see a sick student, they are to remove him or her from the classroom, yet they are not being told where to place that student.

"Teachers have been given 10-minute video to watch on how to deal with reopening schools. That is so inadequate," Driver said. "It's so dangerous, and it's so irresponsible. We want to prevent them from opening schools until they can show it is something that can do safely."

Vitti was not immediately available for comment Monday. On Monday, he posted on Twitter a photograph of students inside a classroom wearing masks and sitting at desks that were spaced out.

"DPSCD serving 500 students face to face today. Thank you to all of our employees who made this happen for our students and families. Good to see students in schools this morning," Vitti said on Twitter.

Monday was the first day of summer school classes held in 26 different schools. According to the district's website, students can choose between in-person classes or virtual classes for summer learning.

Precautions the district said it will take include the requirement of masks for students and teachers, self-assessments and temperature checks for everyone who enters the buildings, and negative COVID-19 test results needed to be submitted by all adults working in summer schools.

The district is also requiring a ratio of 10-15 students per 1 adult for each classroom.

Summer classes are scheduled for four hours on Monday through Thursday. The summer semester will end Aug. 6. The district has said that summer learning is on a voluntary basis for students and teachers. DPSCD spokeswoman Chrystal Wilson could not be immediately reached for comment.

On Sunday, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist echoed recent statements by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying schools won't reopen in the fall if coronavirus cases have not been controlled.

"The politicization of schools during the coronavirus, it really disgusts me. I mean as a parent of twin 6-year-olds who will be entering the second grade in the fall, I want my kids to be safe, I want every child in the state of Michigan, and frankly, the country to be safe," Gilchrist said.

Monday's bus demonstration, which started at 5 a.m. and lasted until 9 a.m., was organized with By Any Means Necessary, an organization that has held other recent protests.

"There's a reason they're only opening these schools in Detroit and Detroit has had the worst of COVID-19," said Kate Stenvig, one of the BAMN organizers. "We're not going to allow our kids to be guinea pigs in this experiment."

Along with forming a picket line in front of the two exit driveways at the terminal, protesters dug up plants and tree branches and placed them as a barricade in front of the open gates.

BAMN organizers said no buses left the terminal during the protest and at least two school bus drivers publicly quit during the demonstration, saying it was on Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and Vitti.

"We've made so many sacrifices as teachers, to ask us to sacrifice our lives and even our children that we love and care about, it's just not right. We have to draw the line somewhere," said Tracy Brown, a teacher at Mackenzie Elementary and Middle School.


Around 100 people came out for the protest, and at one point, about 10 city police and school police vehicles were present.

"I'm not going back until this pandemic is defeated. There is no safe way to return to school while this virus is spreading uncontained," said Benjamin Royal, a teacher at Maybury Elementary School in Detroit.

"I'm not going to risk my life, and I'm not going to help create a situation where my students would have to risk their lives."

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