Accountability Needed
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Vanessa
Jun 4, 2026, 6:54:53 PMJun 4
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Hi! I think in the 20 years we have lived in CH I have never written to the Board, I have had opinions (as those that know me), BUT I have always found it to be a waste of my time. This time is different. Even though this time my kids are not directly affected nor will my livelihood be crippled the same way it will others. Maybe because of that, is that I feel compelled to demand some accountability from all involved. Closing a school can't be something the board took lightly, so now please earn our trust back.
We as a community say we care about the learning gap, we say we care about the disadvantaged kids. Now is the time to prove it. Social Justice Action can't be just words in a banner. The Board asked us to sit with the uncomfortable feelings this closure brings. Okay, that to me it means put the needs of the many above our own, take into consideration what it will mean to those at an economic disadvantage or a learning disadvantage to break apart their communities. Let's be honest the only programs you can relocate as a unit are the Glenwood programs. Nothing against the programs itself but it would move as a whole instead of the disbanding of Seawell and or Ephesus. I'm sure all those parents also vote but please this can't be about political aspirations. Those 2 schools are extremely diverse and the majority of those kids have experienced enough challenges already, they don't need to lose their community and the place they feel safe on top of everything. I speak as a minority woman, the mother of 4 mixed kids that were able to grow in a community that accepted who they are and their heritage. Thanks to the teachers and others in CH that also taught them to see their experiences as the advantages they were and to love and want to close the gap between them and their friends that were not as fortunate. To these days those are some of their values we are thrilled their teachers were our partners in teaching them, "strive to do well BUT don't forget to give a hand to those around you trying to better themselves too".
This decision, according to the Board, is an economic decision, it's about the dollars. We then need you to Eliminate the "Wizard of Oz" mentality of don't mind behind the man behind the curtain. Those years are over and done. We have enough of that in our country's political environment, we need to teach our kids that we are better than that.
Show us the truth, stop hiding the numbers and post the numbers taken into consideration when deciding which school to close. I don't want to think this decision would be reached without some hard core numbers behind it, which school would give the school system the biggest cushion when the buildings are sold, which buildings incur the least expense if expansion was needed later on? How are we planning the redistribution of students? (Again making this decision blindly would be ridiculous, so I assume that like the Board of corporations you have the information, you just haven't share it with the public.)
It's time for honesty, transparency and accountability.
Sincerely, Vanessa Woodward
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We as a community say we care about the learning gap, we say we care about the disadvantaged kids. Now is the time to prove it. Social Justice Action can't be just words in a banner. The Board asked us to sit with the uncomfortable feelings this closure brings. Okay, that to me it means put the needs of the many above our own, take into consideration what it will mean to those at an economic disadvantage or a learning disadvantage to break apart their communities. Let's be honest the only programs you can relocate as a unit are the Glenwood programs. Nothing against the programs itself but it would move as a whole instead of the disbanding of Seawell and or Ephesus. I'm sure all those parents also vote but please this can't be about political aspirations. Those 2 schools are extremely diverse and the majority of those kids have experienced enough challenges already, they don't need to lose their community and the place they feel safe on top of everything. I speak as a minority woman, the mother of 4 mixed kids that were able to grow in a community that accepted who they are and their heritage. Thanks to the teachers and others in CH that also taught them to see their experiences as the advantages they were and to love and want to close the gap between them and their friends that were not as fortunate. To these days those are some of their values we are thrilled their teachers were our partners in teaching them, "strive to do well BUT don't forget to give a hand to those around you trying to better themselves too".
This decision, according to the Board, is an economic decision, it's about the dollars. We then need you to Eliminate the "Wizard of Oz" mentality of don't mind behind the man behind the curtain. Those years are over and done. We have enough of that in our country's political environment, we need to teach our kids that we are better than that.
Show us the truth, stop hiding the numbers and post the numbers taken into consideration when deciding which school to close. I don't want to think this decision would be reached without some hard core numbers behind it, which school would give the school system the biggest cushion when the buildings are sold, which buildings incur the least expense if expansion was needed later on? How are we planning the redistribution of students? (Again making this decision blindly would be ridiculous, so I assume that like the Board of corporations you have the information, you just haven't share it with the public.)
It's time for honesty, transparency and accountability.
Sincerely, Vanessa Woodward
Sent from my iPhone
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