Two weeks ago Chad Connelly claimed in a sworn affidavit that he had raised $1.045 MILLION in donations (over prior 21 days) … beginning of last week #FireChadConnelly told reporters it was $2 MILLION … and then followed up with email to parents stating that “Just this week, we issued our initial second semester CHECKS to schools and will continue to do so as funds are available.”
In our email last Saturday we pointed out that we believed it was another lie … that there was no indication (not so) Exceptional SC raised anything close to $2 MILLION … thus we did not believe that “second semester checks were issued”. Heck, we took an extra step asking parents to let us know whether they received the 2nd semester funding. The POLL RESULTS were pretty predictable: 65.4% of parents / families have not received a 2nd semester scholarship check, 34.6% “have not heard” and we did not have one person/family that confirmed receiving a 2nd semester scholarship check.
Yesterday, March 25, 2020, #FireChadConnelly & Board Chairman Tom Persons sent another email stating: “(…) Our Board Of Directors Voted Unanimously to disburse 10% of the spring checks to each school…”
Yes … you are reading it right – 10% of the spring checks!!! So let’s say, you have been getting a $10,000 scholarship for the last 5 years … this current school year, you received first semester scholarship check for $5,00 in the fall … you will be receiving $500 for the second semester this spring!!!
Well, what happened to the checks that “were sent to schools last week”??? Were they only $500 checks …? Or as we pointed out, there were NO checks sent out …? What happened to the $2 MILLION that (not so) Exceptional SC supposedly raised since January???Or as we pointed out there was no $2 MILLION raised??? If Exceptional SC in fact raised $2 MILLION that should cover 33% of everyone’s spring semester check … not 10% … we believe that the $2 MILLION was ANOTHER lie … and there wasn’t more than few hundred thousands raised so far …
Our hearts are simply heartbroken for you – our families and schools!!! During these extraordinarily difficult times we would want for your to have one less thing to worry about … One less uncertainty to deal with … yet another burden of your school tuition was just added to your plate. Just so you know, we are working 24/7 here to help you! We are working with legislators to fix this mess and still get you help for this current school year … and DEFINITELY moving forward. It is critically important that you let your legislators know (click HERE to look them up) about this complete failure coming with 10% announcement. This is simply UNACCEPTABLE and not how these programs work!!!