05-31-2009, 11:21 AM
Update DISCLAIMER: C.O.S.L.A. and posters on this board are not responsible for and are not in anyway being blamed for the actions of Batiste, Gaudin, Pattison, Howard, the board or the board attorney. Sole responsibility for their actions rests with them.
The following is clarification because C.O.S.L.A. and it's members have given several different conflicting reasons for their inaction. I believe they were:
1) We only do the videos now (And candidate forums, and non-personal issues?)
2) We were never contacted (In a previous post admitted that this was incorrect and apologized for not contacting the steering committee)
3) We would have recommended that you go to the SA (The issues were known prior to the time I was contacted to set a date for a meeting)
4) We don't get involved in personal issues
For C.O.S.L.A. to now state that the situations that I have described are personal issues doesn't make any sense and isn't factually correct. There is no personal justification, in other words, there is nothing that Katherine or I could have done that can be used for justification by the administration or the board or the board attorney to violate district policy, state law or federal law. Violations of district policy are against the school district and district citizens, violations of state criminal law are against the state of Illinois and violations of federal criminal law are against the United States of America.
I have even provided you the audio of the board meeting that Batiste got caught stating that he couldn't go backwards, and I wouldn't let him after he apologized for violating district policy, state law and federal law in a meeting with Katherine and I. He blames the board for their continuing violations of district policy, state law and federal law. Hawn probably couldn't hear what Batiste was actually saying and probably thought that Batiste was defending the administration and boards actions when he made his statement. Hawn obviously didn't support Batiste blaming him. But yet he still says it.
BATISTE DIDN'T BLAME ME! HE BLAMES THE BOARD! Why? Because he knew what you didn't. He knew and still knows that he, Gaudin, Howard, Pattison, the board and board attorney violated district policy, state law and federal law in official district actions. And he also knew that I wasn't letting him go backwards from his apologies, admission and promise that he was going to stop the violations of district policy, state law and federal law by going to the board and having her restored to her previous position and paid for all of the money and benefits that they had stolen from her.
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Even Superintendent Dr. Donaldo Batiste blames the board and never claims it's a personal issue. And you may remember he had 100% of the boards support- when he blamed the board. Hawn said so!
Update Additional point: Even if the information about violations of district policy, state law and federal law were presented to C.O.S.L.A. and everyone on this site in a poor fashion, that should not have discouraged citizens that are truly interested in the best for their children, schools, community and taxpayers from doing their civic duty, especially when holding the administration and board responsible for their actions was the stated goal of the organization and most of the citizens that post on this site.
The following is clarification because C.O.S.L.A. and it's members have given several different conflicting reasons for their inaction. I believe they were:
1) We only do the videos now (And candidate forums, and non-personal issues?)
2) We were never contacted (In a previous post admitted that this was incorrect and apologized for not contacting the steering committee)
3) We would have recommended that you go to the SA (The issues were known prior to the time I was contacted to set a date for a meeting)
4) We don't get involved in personal issues
For C.O.S.L.A. to now state that the situations that I have described are personal issues doesn't make any sense and isn't factually correct. There is no personal justification, in other words, there is nothing that Katherine or I could have done that can be used for justification by the administration or the board or the board attorney to violate district policy, state law or federal law. Violations of district policy are against the school district and district citizens, violations of state criminal law are against the state of Illinois and violations of federal criminal law are against the United States of America.
I have even provided you the audio of the board meeting that Batiste got caught stating that he couldn't go backwards, and I wouldn't let him after he apologized for violating district policy, state law and federal law in a meeting with Katherine and I. He blames the board for their continuing violations of district policy, state law and federal law. Hawn probably couldn't hear what Batiste was actually saying and probably thought that Batiste was defending the administration and boards actions when he made his statement. Hawn obviously didn't support Batiste blaming him. But yet he still says it.
BATISTE DIDN'T BLAME ME! HE BLAMES THE BOARD! Why? Because he knew what you didn't. He knew and still knows that he, Gaudin, Howard, Pattison, the board and board attorney violated district policy, state law and federal law in official district actions. And he also knew that I wasn't letting him go backwards from his apologies, admission and promise that he was going to stop the violations of district policy, state law and federal law by going to the board and having her restored to her previous position and paid for all of the money and benefits that they had stolen from her.
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkkXGtdnXLY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkkXGtdnXLY</a><!-- m -->
Even Superintendent Dr. Donaldo Batiste blames the board and never claims it's a personal issue. And you may remember he had 100% of the boards support- when he blamed the board. Hawn said so!
Update Additional point: Even if the information about violations of district policy, state law and federal law were presented to C.O.S.L.A. and everyone on this site in a poor fashion, that should not have discouraged citizens that are truly interested in the best for their children, schools, community and taxpayers from doing their civic duty, especially when holding the administration and board responsible for their actions was the stated goal of the organization and most of the citizens that post on this site.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere / Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter / Injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates - Martin Luther King Jr.