What is the best way to describe the conditions at John Rolfe Middle School this past year under the leadership of Dalton and Armstrong as instructional imposters? (Remember, they were both “hand-picked” from Varina High by Morton.)
Just Unjust!
What is the best way to describe the mentality of Fred Morton, superintendent, and his central office cronies?
Just Unjust!
What is the best way to describe the indifference, arrogance, and lack of urgency that is blantantly demonstrated by the previous school board members and the present ones?
Just Unjust!
What is the best way to describe the fact that the East End desperate deficiencies, educational proverty, and substandard leadership against the West End’s state of the art facilities, more than enough resources, and quality leadership?
Just Unjust!
The fact that parents feel powerless, intimidated, ignored, devalued, and unmotivated to advocate for their own children against the tyrannical leadership that exists within Henrico County Public Schools?
Just Unjust!
The fact that educators feel powerless, intimidated, ignored, devalued, unmotivated, and far to self-consumed to serve as advocates for children, which is their primary responsibility, even above teaching, due to the atmosphere of retaliation and discrimination that has been established by the leadership of Henrico County Public Schools is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that an “ol’e head” Henrico school board member can propose to extend the contract of a superintendent that has left our children worse off now than when he first began over four years ago, without consulting those that she represents is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that the other “new head” Henrico school board members can blindly follow her lead to extend his contract so that he “can retire”, without consulting those that they represent, is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that white staff members within Rolfe Middle Schools can violate district, state, and federal laws as easily as they walk without consequence, while black staff members have fabricated and falsified documents made against them for doing the right things, as well as refusing to cover-up for Armstrong, Rokenbrod, and Ellis is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that students with special needs spent nearly two months without classes, but were instead sent to in-school suspension or the nurse’s office all because Davina Johnson, the clearly unqualified Director of School Counseling refused to do her job over the summer by planning the master schedule is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that Johnson and Ellis failed to ensure that students with special needs received the required supports in order to complete their testing according to state and federal guidelines is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that Armstrong, Jordan, and Rokenbrod are repeatedly supported by Morton, Royal, Jepson, and the school board for their unethical, immoral, and clear mistreatment of African-American children and educators is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that Fred Morton felt justified in sending one of his stooges to the home of a Henrico County employee on the Friday night before they were scheduled to speak before the Office of Civil Rights against Henrico County to “deliver a message” is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that a dedicated, disciplined, and highly qualified veteran administrator from Rolfe Middle School can be discriminated against, deprived of a promotion that she clearly deserves, and targeted as an outsider under the guidance of Morton, Royal, and Armstrong is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that the school board will choose to fund “extra” facilities on the West End, while failing to fund “basic” facilities on the East End is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that some students on the East End’s school facilities are being educated under third world conditions in one of the richest counties in the Commonwealth without immediate and decisive action by this district’s board, is?
Just Unjust!
The reality that Fred Morton, Marilyn Royal, Philip Jepson, Andy Armstrong, John Rokenbrod, Courtney Ellis, and members of the school board can sleep at night when they are responsible for the loss of nearly two years, eighteen months, seventy-two weeks, three hundred and sixty days, 8,640 hours, 518,400 minutes, and 31,104,000 seconds from the lives of our children, is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that this county’s leaders spend more time “covering up” and “doctoring up” instead of giving our children, families, and communities a “hand up”, is?
Just Unjust!
The fact that Marilyn Royal, Director of Middle Schools, can “target” educators that hold her accountable instead of “targeting” the enormous number of failing middle schools within this county that are under her direct leadership is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that a mother can come before Henrico’s school board pleading for the educational welfare of her child with special needs, after calling central office repeatedly with no response, only to be ignored by arrongant, heartless, and callous individuals who have no heart for ALL children, is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that Philip Jepson can engage in ethically questionable human resources practices and refuse to properly investigate a handwritten threat against an employee within the district without remorse, accountability, or action being taken against him is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that Marilyn Royal and Andy Armstrong can direct an educator to cease from documenting unsafe conditions within Rolfe Middle School, then go on to fabricate allegations of “breech of confidentiality” against the same educator as they use and abuse a parent and her child is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that a white male educator can advise a student to ignore the instructions of an African-American educator, admit that what he did was “unprofessional”, and not be removed from John Rolfe Middle School is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that Michelle Bolton, a white instructional aide at Rolfe, can continually falsify passes for students in order for them to skip and report to class tardy, yet still continue to be employed is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that Philip Jepson and Andy Armstrong, principal at Rolfe, can demand that a teacher permit verbally and physically abusive students into her classroom when he refuses to discipline them as habitual offenders, is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that John Rokenbrod can take as long as three months to complete a disciplinary referral, all the while permitting disrputive, defiant, and disrepectful students to roam the schools harassing educators and students, is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that Fred Morton fought for and spent millions of dollars on securing ibooks and dells for students, but fails to fight as hard to provide competent leadership and safe schools for students, which is far more important, is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that Henrico has risen to the third highest drop our rate in the Commonwealth, increasing the falure of African-American males and Hispanic males, and there is no drastic efforts by Morton or Royal to address this (considering that a majority of our children decide to drop-out in the nineth grade, right after they leave middle schools) is:
Just Unjust!
The fact that Armstrong and Rokenbrod can permit a suspended student, who is clearly trespassing, to remain on the school grounds, continuing to be verbally and phsically aggressive throughout the school without supervision, is:
Just Unjust!
The audacity and ignorance of Diana Winston, chairwoman of Henrico’s school board, to publically degrade, disrespect, and belittle a broken African-American woman that was not only a former veteran employee that was wrongfully terminated by incompetents like Armstrong and Jepson, but is also a parent of a special needs child, is:
Just Unjust!
It is time for justice to be restored to Henrico County Public Schools for our children. In order for justice to “flow like a riva’”, the dams of “corruption, favortism, discrimination, and unethical treatment” of ALL peoples must be torn down, and its builders must be removed.
KEEP UP THE NERVE FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF JUSTICE!
