tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493310654947594295.post3502566859171609964..comments2023-05-17T04:11:33.077-05:00Comments on Peoria Assn. Of Pastors For Community & Spiritual Renewal: Dr. Grenita Lathan Peoria Dist. 150 In ConflictPeoria Pastors Assn.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11513647797947298964noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493310654947594295.post-72430636322349098382014-03-25T20:27:24.344-05:002014-03-25T20:27:24.344-05:00District 150 has employed over 860 Blacks and mino...District 150 has employed over 860 Blacks and minorities over the 4 years that Dr. Lathan has been Supt. The City Of Peoria has employed 74 over teh same 4 year period with 53 of them Black. <br /><br />Anyone should be fearful who doesn't want to do their job or comply with their boss's or supervisors standards.<br /><br />these folk have gotten away with murder both financially and with their cronyism for years...Well, it seems that time is over. now there is "fear and intimidation"...Given the opportunity, we see who creates fear...Those who threaten children, place blue ribbons on lawns and who otherwise harass...<br /><br />Now, that's the truth. Peoria Pastors Assn.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11513647797947298964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493310654947594295.post-65219594330540616452012-05-28T21:21:00.381-05:002012-05-28T21:21:00.381-05:00If the black community wishes to be taken seriousl...If the black community wishes to be taken seriously by white tax payers, it would police it's own leadership expecting professionalism and decorum. Lathan has demeaned and intimidated others acting very Unchristian to the point where the district is now in chaos. She received the job bc she is black and remained in it bc she is black. Shame on you and others for not expecting more from your own community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493310654947594295.post-71064480039034919412012-04-02T16:02:44.991-05:002012-04-02T16:02:44.991-05:00Now in all of this...and I don't want to toot ...Now in all of this...and I don't want to toot my own horn as some wonder, because it's not like that...but I have been to about 4 to 5 open forums at schools and a Parent University where two dynamic women were brought in from San Diego no less to address parent issue, encourage parent participation and involvement and they not only had a dynamic program, but also have advised Dr. Lathan over the years. <br /><br />In these forums, I have been able to ask ANY question and have received an answer and a rationale behind every one. Let me give you one such example...Early on, we were told "through the grapevine of information" that Dr. Lathan was against "Magnet" schools, even "Fine Arts" schools and that both they are about to be done away with.<br /><br />I asked Dr. Lathan DIRECTLY in front of everyone what school structure she favored and what were we doing as a district and what we could expect. She answered and the myth was dispelled. She is not beholden to any form or structure and she likes Magnet and Arts, so much and so until she wants to expand both.<br /><br />Now, the mythists yet continue their criticism, but certainly not based on fact. <br /><br />Now, where were Don or Rita in any of these forums, where they could ask their question, even grandstand while not in front of board cameras??? NO PLACE AT ALL!<br /><br />They may have been to some of these. I hope they have. But they haven't been there either to ask important questions or to hear these questions being addressed first hand.<br /><br />Sorry, one can tell me things second hand and I'll formulate my own opinion. However this is what I know by first hand eyewitness, experience. <br /><br />Final thing, since Mr. Jackson met Dr. Lathan on the back of MY EFFORTS, the door has never been closed. During the initial meeting in which he thought he had undermined my appearance, until I showed up, Dr. Lathan told us both how she needed feedback and support from us as servants to the community. Unfortunately, some of us have chosen to grandstand (which is their right) rather than address the issues and make this situation and District 150 the type of school district we deserve.District Supt. Harvey Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15315686602819371111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493310654947594295.post-32007136465289086752012-04-02T15:34:50.027-05:002012-04-02T15:34:50.027-05:00Emerge,
I don't find that to be true from exp...Emerge,<br /><br />I don't find that to be true from experience. In fact I know of a principal recently told that she had to have a parent participation in certain aspects of planning for title 1 dollars. Many of the principals have left what they should do for whatever reason. Maybe they are afraid, but I would venture to ask, of what??? If they are doing their job, it would seem that they have a right to make their voices heard and not one of the people in question have been relived or demoted for being assertive. They have been relieved for the most part for being far to passive and uninvolved in resolving issues and in the case of Mrs. Shipp, just doing the wrong thing period. No one wanted to see her go, but please, can any of those actions be justified???<br /><br />I believe what we have is a lot of myth, mixed with some substance (as no one is perfect) and that placed on top of people who thought that they could reach a point where they didn't have to worry about job performance ever in their lives. It;s amazing the response when a person's success is tied to their ability to be successful in what they do.District Supt. Harvey Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15315686602819371111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493310654947594295.post-89515718955228164702012-04-02T10:57:31.589-05:002012-04-02T10:57:31.589-05:00Martha Ross brought Parent University to D150. Dr....Martha Ross brought Parent University to D150. Dr. Lathan has watered down the concept and has in essence, taken power away from the parent councils that should exist (by law) in every 150 school.Emerge Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05241482064128988233noreply@blogger.com