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They Stole The Money
There has long been speculation that there has been severe mismanagement and corruption plaguing the Mount Vernon City School District. Upwards of over $250 million dollars have been squandered away. School officials have remained silent on this issue.
School Board Vice President Len Sarver has said on many occasions that past Board Members were corrupt, and the $100 million Bond that was approved in April 2000, and made available in 2002 was stolen.
When CEPA (Black Ministers) took power in 1997, CEPA and City Officials were determined to provide jobs for their friends and family members. However, their main goal was making themselves rich. Educating children was not going to be a priority of the CEPA administration. A golden opportunity to cash in on this moneymaking scheme came when voters approved a 100 million bond. This bond was to be used to build Longfellow Middle School and Grimes elementary school.
Prior to 2002, Mt Vernon schools were immaculately maintained. They had a very good buildings and grounds department headed by Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Robin Cole, and Maintenance Foreman, Steven Lewis. These two gentlemen performed their jobs effectively, and supervised the employees who cleaned and maintained the schools in the City Of Mt Vernon.
CEPA was not happy with Robin Cole because he demanded production and accountability from the workers. CEPA hired people who had no intentions of working. This caused friction between Robin Cole, CEPA, and the CEPA backed board members.
It is difficult to steal money earmarked for the construction and repair of school buildings with an honest Buildings and Grounds management in place. Sources have informed Mount Vernon Exposed that members of CEPA and City Hall officials asked Robin Cole and Stevin Lewis to be part of the heist, or turn their back on the robbing of children and taxpayer’s monies.
Mr. Cole and Mr. Lewis wanted no part of any illegal activity. CEPA, City Hall and its board members had to get Mr. Cole and Mr. Lewis out of the way. Civil Service law prevented the firing of them, so on June 30, 2002; the last day the current board could vote in that school year, and at the direction of CEPA, the board terminated the entire position of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. The Maintenance Foreman position was also terminated. The resolutions were 02-406, and 02-405. This action opened the way for people to get their hands on the $100,000,000 bond earmarked for the repair of the aging school infrastructure.
After the elimination of the aforementioned positions, no one was watching the spending of the $100 Million bond. Mt Vernon schools began to deteriorate, and some became dangerous, as witnessed by the wall collapse at the high school. The board members who terminated these positions in 2002 were, Rev Darin Moore, Francis Wynn, Carol Ben Rubin, Gerald Coleman, Diane Munro, Marleen Dandridge, Lynn McBride, and Gloria Colman.
With the positions eliminated and their hand picked puppets in place on the school board, the path was now cleared for CEPA to come in and steal the money. Money then went missing. So much money went missing that additional bonds totaling $28 million were obtained at the expense of taxpayers to finish projects. Longfellow Middle School and Grimes Elementary School were poorly planned, and poorly built. Longfellow Middle School doesn’t even have an auditorium, which is unbelievable and inexcusable in this day and age.
With the Buildings and Grounds management gone, the black ministers and City Officials began to hire a slew of unqualified and sometimes dangerous people to maintain school buildings. Some of the hires were alleged to be convicted felons and sex offenders. The district still presently employs some of these CEPA hires. Because management was terminated, there was no oversight of workers in the building. Workers slept on the job, had late night parties in t
They Stole The Money
There has long been speculation that there has been severe mismanagement and corruption plaguing the Mount Vernon City School District. Upwards of over $250 million dollars have been squandered away. School officials have remained silent on this issue.
School Board Vice President Len Sarver has said on many occasions that past Board Members were corrupt, and the $100 million Bond that was approved in April 2000, and made available in 2002 was stolen.
When CEPA (Black Ministers) took power in 1997, CEPA and City Officials were determined to provide jobs for their friends and family members. However, their main goal was making themselves rich. Educating children was not going to be a priority of the CEPA administration. A golden opportunity to cash in on this moneymaking scheme came when voters approved a 100 million bond. This bond was to be used to build Longfellow Middle School and Grimes elementary school.
Prior to 2002, Mt Vernon schools were immaculately maintained. They had a very good buildings and grounds department headed by Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Robin Cole, and Maintenance Foreman, Steven Lewis. These two gentlemen performed their jobs effectively, and supervised the employees who cleaned and maintained the schools in the City Of Mt Vernon.
CEPA was not happy with Robin Cole because he demanded production and accountability from the workers. CEPA hired people who had no intentions of working. This caused friction between Robin Cole, CEPA, and the CEPA backed board members.
It is difficult to steal money earmarked for the construction and repair of school buildings with an honest Buildings and Grounds management in place. Sources have informed Mount Vernon Exposed that members of CEPA and City Hall officials asked Robin Cole and Stevin Lewis to be part of the heist, or turn their back on the robbing of children and taxpayer’s monies.
Mr. Cole and Mr. Lewis wanted no part of any illegal activity. CEPA, City Hall and its board members had to get Mr. Cole and Mr. Lewis out of the way. Civil Service law prevented the firing of them, so on June 30, 2002; the last day the current board could vote in that school year, and at the direction of CEPA, the board terminated the entire position of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. The Maintenance Foreman position was also terminated. The resolutions were 02-406, and 02-405. This action opened the way for people to get their hands on the $100,000,000 bond earmarked for the repair of the aging school infrastructure.
After the elimination of the aforementioned positions, no one was watching the spending of the $100 Million bond. Mt Vernon schools began to deteriorate, and some became dangerous, as witnessed by the wall collapse at the high school. The board members who terminated these positions in 2002 were, Rev Darin Moore, Francis Wynn, Carol Ben Rubin, Gerald Coleman, Diane Munro, Marleen Dandridge, Lynn McBride, and Gloria Colman.
With the positions eliminated and their hand picked puppets in place on the school board, the path was now cleared for CEPA to come in and steal the money. Money then went missing. So much money went missing that additional bonds totaling $28 million were obtained at the expense of taxpayers to finish projects. Longfellow Middle School and Grimes Elementary School were poorly planned, and poorly built. Longfellow Middle School doesn’t even have an auditorium, which is unbelievable and inexcusable in this day and age.
With the Buildings and Grounds management gone, the black ministers and City Officials began to hire a slew of unqualified and sometimes dangerous people to maintain school buildings. Some of the hires were alleged to be convicted felons and sex offenders. The district still presently employs some of these CEPA hires. Because management was terminated, there was no oversight of workers in the building. Workers slept on the job, had late night parties in t
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They Stole The Money
There has long been speculation that there has been severe mismanagement and corruption plaguing the Mount Vernon City School District. Upwards of over $250 million dollars have been squandered away. School officials have remained silent on this issue.
School Board Vice President Len Sarver has said on many occasions that past Board Members were corrupt, and the $100 million Bond that was approved in April 2000, and made available in 2002 was stolen.
When CEPA (Black Ministers) took power in 1997, CEPA and City Officials were determined to provide jobs for their friends and family members. However, their main goal was making themselves rich. Educating children was not going to be a priority of the CEPA administration. A golden opportunity to cash in on this moneymaking scheme came when voters approved a 100 million bond. This bond was to be used to build Longfellow Middle School and Grimes elementary school.
Prior to 2002, Mt Vernon schools were immaculately maintained. They had a very good buildings and grounds department headed by Buildings and Grounds Superintendent Robin Cole, and Maintenance Foreman, Steven Lewis. These two gentlemen performed their jobs effectively, and supervised the employees who cleaned and maintained the schools in the City Of Mt Vernon.
CEPA was not happy with Robin Cole because he demanded production and accountability from the workers. CEPA hired people who had no intentions of working. This caused friction between Robin Cole, CEPA, and the CEPA backed board members.
It is difficult to steal money earmarked for the construction and repair of school buildings with an honest Buildings and Grounds management in place. Sources have informed Mount Vernon Exposed that members of CEPA and City Hall officials asked Robin Cole and Stevin Lewis to be part of the heist, or turn their back on the robbing of children and taxpayer’s monies.
Mr. Cole and Mr. Lewis wanted no part of any illegal activity. CEPA, City Hall and its board members had to get Mr. Cole and Mr. Lewis out of the way. Civil Service law prevented the firing of them, so on June 30, 2002; the last day the current board could vote in that school year, and at the direction of CEPA, the board terminated the entire position of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. The Maintenance Foreman position was also terminated. The resolutions were 02-406, and 02-405. This action opened the way for people to get their hands on the $100,000,000 bond earmarked for the repair of the aging school infrastructure.
After the elimination of the aforementioned positions, no one was watching the spending of the $100 Million bond. Mt Vernon schools began to deteriorate, and some became dangerous, as witnessed by the wall collapse at the high school. The board members who terminated these positions in 2002 were, Rev Darin Moore, Francis Wynn, Carol Ben Rubin, Gerald Coleman, Diane Munro, Marleen Dandridge, Lynn McBride, and Gloria Colman.
With the positions eliminated and their hand picked puppets in place on the school board, the path was now cleared for CEPA to come in and steal the money. Money then went missing. So much money went missing that additional bonds totaling $28 million were obtained at the expense of taxpayers to finish projects. Longfellow Middle School and Grimes Elementary School were poorly planned, and poorly built. Longfellow Middle School doesn’t even have an auditorium, which is unbelievable and inexcusable in this day and age.
With the Buildings and Grounds management gone, the black ministers and City Officials began to hire a slew of unqualified and sometimes dangerous people to maintain school buildings. Some of the hires were alleged to be convicted felons and sex offenders. The district still presently employs some of these CEPA hires. Because management was terminated, there was no oversight of workers in the building. Workers slept on the job, had late night parties in t
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