We know that Graystone Academy has a minority population of over 80%. We know the one minority board member is a meeting no-show and lives and works way outside Coatesville. So of course, at the last Board meeting, they added a minority or GA parent to the GACS Board. Wrong. They found a white, male, attorney from the Mainline. The nomination committee of Jerry Calone and Marc Richards (who live in Bill Bush's right and left pockets) endorsed Bill's recommendation and the new guy got voted in for three years. A parent and husband of a Graystone teacher was rejected because, according to Bill Bush, "it would be a conflict of interest". Yea, a conflict to Bill's interest. All minority applicants to the GA board were rejected. There was not a single minority or parent available to serve on the Board? Oh, come on. The new member may be a wonderful man, but that is not the point. A charter school requires parental participation from the community served. This move tells us that they do not give a damn about the community. They don't care about diversity. They don't care about the parents. Just sit down, shut up, better yet...don't bother to come to Board meetings, and let Bill and the good ol' boys run the school.
Parents and the community should be outraged.
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