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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: GOBUCKS on April 15, 2011, 09:56:48 PM
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Fri Apr-15-11 10:10 PM
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Detroit: OCCUPATION AT CATHERINE FERGUSON HIGH SCHOOL!
OCCUPATION AT CATHERINE FERGUSON HIGH SCHOOL!
STUDENTS AND SUPPORTERS SIT-IN TO DEMAND THAT NO DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSES
Following in the civil rights tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, Catherine Ferguson students — along with their babies and toddlers, teachers and supporters — have begun a peaceful occupation of Catherine Ferguson Academy (CFA). CFA, located at 2750 Selden, is a Detroit Public school that is slated to be closed in June. The students who are sitting down have five demands:
No School Closings
Keep All Detroit Schools Public – No More Charters or Privatization
Reinstate all programs and services that have been eliminated, including art & music as well as counselors & social workers
Student Control of Curriculum and School Character to assure that every Detroit school provides equal, quality education for all
No discipline or retaliation against any of the participants in the occupation
Catherine Ferguson Academy (CFA) is a Detroit public high school for pregnant and parenting teen girls– the only one of its kind in the nation. Providing an excellent education and services for both the teen mothers and their children, CFA has received international attention, numerous awards and is the subject of several documentaries.
more . . . http://dailycensored.com/2011/04/15/detroit-occupation-...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x902393
If they close this special high school, it'll be difficult for Detroit's inner city, single, black, teenaged mothers to continue being the inspiring success story they've been for generations.
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Keep All Detroit Schools Public – No More Charters or Privatization
Yeah, because you sure as hell don't want those poor black kids to learn something.
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If they close this special high school, it'll be difficult for Detroit's inner city, single, black, teenaged mothers to continue being the inspiring success story they've been for generations.
They could bus them to or become sister cities with Jackson Mississippi where that tradition is still going strong. :-)
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michreject (1000+ posts) Sat Apr-16-11 09:29 AM
Response to Original message
14. update
http://www.freep.com/article/20110416/NEWS01/110416001/...
A group of students from the Catherine Ferguson Academy — a school for pregnant teens and teen parents — were arrested Friday at the school while protesting its pending closure.
At the scene, Detroit Public School Police Department Chief Roderick Grimes confirmed the arrests; he said the students “refused to comply†with an order to leave the building.
From the Press Press comments,
As another arm of the "ENTITLEMENT Crowd" squeals, it costs taxpayers even more by way of requiring involvement from the law enforcement community. The officers called to disband the protest have much more urgent tasks to perform, but the babymakers demand their fair share anyway and then some. Stuff like...
housing subsidies
utility payment assistance
foodstamps
WIC
healthcare for themselves and offspring
free education
free cell phones
free or reduced rates for transportation
...and a bleeding heart:
These kids have had a rough break or two and all republicans like bing & bobb want to do is take money away from them to make a few billionaires even richer. How sad for Detroit and for America. I hope President Obama intervenes and reverses this bad decision.
Call Obama!
There's a whooole lotta Name Deleteds posting there.
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Oh, and another thing:
Student Control of Curriculum
That should work out well.
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You buy bananas and buy bananas and show'em how to put condoms on them and they still get pregnant. Fire the teachers.
:whatever:
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I'll agree that it was a waste of law enforcement resources. Just turn off the power and water, then leave. They'd only stick around for a few hours, then go home themselves.
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I hope President Obama intervenes and reverses this bad decision.
He'll do that right after he fires Boehner as speaker and brings Nancy back. Incidentally, doesn't ol' Nance bear a striking resemblance to the Runaway Bride?
(http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac32/gobucksnumbers/DUmmies/runaway.jpg)(http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac32/gobucksnumbers/DUmmies/pelosi-nancy.jpg)
I don't know what it is...her nose, maybe?
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Catherine Ferguson Academy (CFA) is a Detroit public high school for pregnant and parenting teen girls
In words they can understand, these accommodating young ladies need to be taught that they're lookin' like a fool with their pants on the ground.
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Oh, and another thing:
That should work out well.
...Especially considering their proven track record of successful decision-making.
:fuelfire:
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...Especially considering their proven track record of successful decision-making.
:fuelfire:
I bet they all make good grades in....
1-How to milk the welfare system.
2-How to get the most foodstamps.
3-How to get the most for your foodstamps.
4-Getting the biggest house with your section 8 money.
5-Hiding all your menz in the house made easy.
6-Borrowing and loaning kids for extra benefits.
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Yes, because a 25 percent graduation rate isn't ENOUGH of a failure rate yet.
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I bet they all make good grades in....
1-How to milk the welfare system.
2-How to get the most foodstamps.
3-How to get the most for your foodstamps.
4-Getting the biggest house with your section 8 money.
5-Hiding all your menz in the house made easy.
6-Borrowing and loaning kids for extra benefits.
:rotf: :lmao: