The goal of ParentAdvocates.org
is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
Mission Statement
is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
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The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
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Current Events
Nepotism by a Superintendent in Pennsylvania is Prosecuted
More states should do this.
CBS 3 | kyw.com
Former Superintendent Faces Nepotism Charge Sep 16, 2004 1:14 pm US/Eastern LINK A school superintendent who resigned in January after acknowledging he had put his ex-con brother-in-law on the district payroll now faces federal criminal charges. Ricardo Curry, 44, was charged with honest services fraud Thursday for allegedly using Lancaster School District funds to hire friends and relatives to consulting jobs that involved little or no actual work. Investigators said one friend gave a $3,000 cut of his salary to Curry as thanks for the contract. U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan said the scheme victimized Lancaster taxpayers. "What they got in their school superintendent was someone who saw his position of public trust as an ideal vehicle for personal profit," he said. Curry remained free Thursday, but has made arrangements to surrender himself to authorities in Philadelphia. He could face prison time and fines if convicted. Curry's attorney, Sidney Gold, said neither he or his client would comment on the case. In a court filing, investigators said Curry doled out $59,500 in consultant contracts to people including his wife, his sister, a close friend and a brother-in-law who had served jail time in Delaware for burglary, auto theft and cocaine possession. In most cases, the consulting work amounted to either casual conversation over meals or small amounts of time spent browsing the Internet, prosecutors said. Authorities began looking into the case after a parent, irritated by what she believed was reckless spending by the district, saw Curry's brother in-law, David DeShields, on a list of the district's independent consultants and questioned the arrangement. At the time, Curry publicly apologized and said hiring DeShields to a $13,000 contract was a "lapse in judgment." But he also told conflicting stories about the circumstances of the hiring. Initially, he told reporters that DeShields was his wife's cousin. He also insisted that no other relatives had been hired. Prosecutors said Curry's questionable use of consultants began in 2001, when he directed the district's Office of Teaching and Learning, and continued after he was named superintendent in 2003 to replace Vicki Phillips, who left Lancaster to become Pennsylvania's education secretary. If convicted, Curry faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. |
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