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SC Department Of Revenue published final 2019 fundraising total … $7.5M LOST FOREVER …
This week, SC Department Of Revenue published the final fundraising totals for 2019 … $4,547,101.10 RAISED … that means $7.5 MILLION is LOST FOREVER!!!
On January 20th, 2020, after weeks and weeks of reporting on (not so) Exceptional SC’s failing fundraising like here and here and here, #FireChadConnelly sent email to parents and school officials bragging that “December was the best fundraising month of 2019” … we were skeptical yet very hopeful for that to be true …
Oh well, we should have known by now that we cannot believe anything #FireChadConnelly says … as the numbers speak for themselves. In March, 1,949,959.72 was raised … in December, 1,007,236.27 … again … no one is buying what #FireChadConnelly is selling …
Now, should we believe that 2nd semester scholarships are going to actually come in March??? By looking at all the numbers we can’t help but wonder … where is the 2nd semester scholarship money is going to come from??? In theory, the 2020 fundraising has started … is the plan to use the 2020/2021 funds for 2019/2020 school year to cover up #FireChadConnelly failures? You know the saying “rob Peter to pay Paul” …?
Although the “paid” advocates government run school choice solutions here in South Carolina have been dealt a DEATH BLOW … the topic of “school choice” is alive and well … and we think 2021 will be the YEAR OF SCHOOL CHOICE!!!
IT IS ABOUT TIME …
Our very own Senator Tim Scott on August 25th, 2020 stated as part of his school choice fight that “a quality education is the closest thing to magic in America.”
He is right …. and we love it!!!
👉 https://www.facebook.com/palmettokidsFIRST/posts/1493456947529902
The hot topic even came up this week in the Amy Coney Barrett U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
Senator Ted Cruz (R – Texas) on October 14, 2020 stated as part of his school choice fight that he believes “School Choice is the CIVIL RIGHTS issue of the next century.”
That is pretty powerful!!!
And in really big news … love him or hate him … President Trump promised SCHOOL CHOICE for EVERY child in America on October 13th!!!
That is huge … and huge for kids!!!
We know some parents have been holding out hope that the “paid” advocates SAFE Grants (or better said #SafeGrantsNotSafe) might pull through with some aid … but in a UNANIMOUS 5 to 0 ruling …the SC Supreme Court found them UNCONSTITUTIONAL … It was BRUTAL!!!
Both the liberal left and conservative right members of the Court ALL AGREED that the SAFE Grant / ESA model was UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
15,000 parents … the Governor … and a host of legislators were DUPED again by JIM DEMINT, ELLEN WEAVER, “DR.” ORAN SMITH … all with the failing PALMETTO PROMISE INSTITUTE. Will legislators learn?
And what did we hear from school leaders about SCISA / Dr. Spencer Jordan “push” Safe Grants?. He almost GAURANTEED these #SafeGrantsNotSafe would be coming through.
Will Dr. Spencer Jordan apologize to all the families and schools suffering because of yet AGAIN another failure to lead? Will he / SCISA make up the DIFFERENCE in cash???
#FollowTheMoney!!!
And, don’t forget their “allies” in the Governor’s Office … and how we got here in the first place. Just over a year in the “job” and what Melanie Barton from the SC Education Oversight Committee could not destroy while she was at EOC … she has done from within the Governor’s Office.
Will anybody PAY THE PRICE???
“A QUALITY EDUCATION IS THE CLOSEST THING TO MAGIC IN AMERICA” – Sen. Tim Scott
SAFE Grants Ruled UNCONSTITUTIONAL – 5 to 0!!!
DOR Announces September 2020 Fundraising $58,600 raised for September
PHASE TWO OF THE OPPOSITIONS PLAN – the SC Senate
“Lame” House Amendment – FAILS!!! On Purpose???
BRUTAL day at the Supreme Court – for the opposition!
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