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Published: Monday, October 24, 2011 at 10:12 p.m. last Modified: Monday, October 24, 2011 at 10:12 p.m.
MANATEE COUNTY – About 70 students, including some who were previously expelled from schools and some with arrest records, will be transferred into Manatee County alternative schools after the School Board Monday night canceled the district’s contract with Richard Milburn Academy charter school.
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In other Manatee School District news:• Problems continue to plague the district’s new $700,000 computer system for grades and attendance.The system, called Focus, on Monday could not handle the volume of teachers entering student grades on a day when school is out and roughly 2,700 teachers are required to record grades for report cards.District officials sent out an emergency note extending the deadline for grades to be entered until Thursday. it also ordered elementary school teachers to wait until Wednesday afternoon before using the system.Teachers complained earlier in the year that Focus often crashes or freezes and that grades that they enter are lost.
The vote, which effectively closes the Bradenton school, came after an investigation found the school awarded students credits and diplomas they had not earned.
The majority of the students will be assigned to Horizons Academy, the school where students arrested on charges of violent crimes or students thought to be a risk to other children are sent. Some Milburn students will be transferred to Central High School, an alternative school for students who struggle academically in traditional high schools.
“Some of the kids, just because they’re so behind in their credits, would not fit into a traditional school,” said Verdya Bradley, district associate director of innovative programs.
Manatee school officials recommended the closure of Milburn after an investigation found that only 26 of 54 students who graduated in June had met district graduation requirements.
Children at the school were sometimes excused from assignments and tests, and the grading system was amended so that F grades did not drag down student grade-point averages, the report states.
The academy, a charter school since about 1999, tries to turnaround troubled and struggling students. it has smaller class sizes than traditional schools and offers flexible schedules for students juggling outside jobs or caring for children.
Some of its students are adults over 18 working toward high school diplomas.
Those students will be allowed to enroll at Manatee Technical Institute, where adults and high school students take classes in job skills like web design, car maintenance and cosmetology.
Milburn employed six teachers and three administrators, according to Donna Eldridge, vice president of Richard Milburn Academy’s high school division in Virginia. Their last day of work will be Monday.
School staff are preparing an inventory of all equipment at the school, located on 17th Avenue West in Bradenton.
More than 3,500 students attend other Richard Milburn Academies in Florida and Texas. The U.S Department of Education awarded the school parent company a $1.5 million grant in September to open six new schools in Texas.
“There were students who otherwise would have not have been in school and would not have received their diplomas,” Eldridge said. “To me, that is the most important piece of what Richard Milburn has done in Bradenton.”
Right, my mum and our next door neighbour T*** are both hairdressers.
My mum owns a hairdressing salon in a small village.
T*** has worked in my mums salon for the past 8 years and as she lives so close to us she is also my mums friend and mum would place her very close.
BUT T*** has just bought a small building in the same village and came and told my mum that she is setting up a salon there! in opposition to my mum..
Now the place where I live is small, with around 20,000 inhabitants over the whole place and the village in question is a tiny part of it in which i would say there are no more than 200 inhabitants. Obviously people further afield than the village get their hair done at my mums salon.
The business was going well, my mother and T*** working hard and mum being generous with a 60% – T*** and a 40% – mum intake of the profits T*** made.. bearing in mind my mum has to pay for the electricty, water, equipment, general maintanance of everything for this property and with a salon with 3 sinks [washing every clients hair], using straightners, hairdryers, curlers etc – as you can imagine this is less than cheap.
Now I told my mum that she has to tell T*** that she has a week to get out of the salon and no more and most of the rest of family and friends agree..
What do you think? What should my mum do?
Your mom should talk to diz T** person and tell her she is a B*** and myb dat will make her feel better cause it always helps mii…
Whatever she wants to
TELL YOUR MUM TO TELL HER TO GET OUTT
Sounds like she just used you mum….give her the boot.
Its not a nice thing to do!
If T*** has her own salon why is she still in your mums? I am so confused!!! Tell T*** TO GET OUT!
Are you trying to say she is a twaat like? LOL I would twaat her about the head with my right hand if i was your mum
exactly what your telling her to do. no offense but thats kinda rude.
Wow, what a thorny affair!
Actually its bad form of T to set up in the same village.
I would do the same. Immediate dismissal and a truthful notice why put up in the shop.
The consideration your mother has shown T has not been returned in any way at all.
Alls fair in love, war and business.
Your mother better start fighting or she could see her own business suffer.
She should also go away on some modern courses to make sure her colouring, cutting and styling is bang up to date because you can be sure tht T will.
Good luck!
Your mom should have had her sign a no compete contract and then she wouldnt have had to worry about this. maybe she needs to be a little more business savy the next time she hires on and trains a person. legally there is nothing that she can do. She may want to be as professional as possible so people dont feel sorry for the other girl and look at your mom as being mean and end up going to the other girl.
This is why you should never bother trusting someone even if they are your "friend". you never know when you'll find out they were just using you.
Your mom learned her lesson. if people like your mom, they'll go to her, if they like the user, they'll go to her. That's life, people are stupid.
I agree the girl needs to get out of your mother's salon, she is not good at all. just tell your mom to make a great salon experience everyone will love and be sure to hire people who are amazing to work with as well as people who are amazing to the customers.
Have a lot of specials (like a child gets their hair cut free if mom gets a cut) and just don't worry about the others. you will always encounter hypocrites and competition. That's what people do in every subject.
There is really nothing you mom can do. if T wants to start her own business, then she is free to do so. a little competition might be good for your village. just because there are not alot of people there doesn't mean that your mother has the monopoly on hair. however, in the end, usually in cases like this, only one business with thrive. if your mom doesn't keep her clientele, and adjust accordingly, it might be her. I wouldn't be nasty to T, as word of mouth is huge in this business, but I would give her a month to get out. one week is too short for someone who has been there 8 years. maybe, to help out your mom, you could fill in for T, if you don't know how to do hair, you can still make appointments, clean up and shampoo.
I wouldn't even give her a week.
I can understand why you feel your mum has been betrayed but
T **has the right to open her own salon, that is the nature of business. Leave it to your mum to decide how she wishes to handle her friendship with this woman. Your mum is a good woman and will remain a lady thru all of this.
Hairdressers have followings so those loyal to your mum will stay.
There is probably enough business to go around for everyone. if your mother doesn't want to kick her friend/employee out abruptly, there probably is no good reason to do it. you should let her make her own decisions and respect what she decides to do. you would want her to treat you with that kind of respect. She has been in business long enough to know what to do without everyone butting in with their opinions.
With regards to T*** setting up a salon, there isn't much your mum can do about this.
I think your mum has to be very careful that this T*** doesn't steal her client list. T*** shouldn't be let near the salon's client list of names and addresses, as she could poach your mum's clients by offering them special offers if they visit her salon.
Your mum should act to protect the livelihood of her salon. at the same time your mum should give T*** a notice period before letting her go to ensure that T*** can't sue her for unfair dismissal. Your mum could put her on "other" duties that keep her away from the clients until she's left.
