found that the couple made millions off charter schools that offered little to their mostly low-income students.After publication of the story, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins wrote Parker on April 2 requesting his “immediate resignation” from the South Coast Air Quality Management District board. Parker replied a week later with his resignation, effective April 30.
Current and former teachers at the schools, which served mostly low-income children of color, described working out of aging, cockroach-infested classrooms where students often didn’t have access to basic supplies or enough textbooks. In a letter sent to the Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday, Clark Parker wrote that “the reason for my resignation is during the next two to three years I have a business opportunity regarding developing a large piece of real estate that I have recently received approval from the local approval agencies to proceed.”
The state Department of Education is suing Clark Parker to recover more than $19 million in public funds it says he misspent while running a collection of day-care centers in South L.A.
Oh, this is only a step in what it looks like the highest mountain to climb. There are no trails and the weather is rough. Success is nearly impossible to average human. I would rather place my bet on a lottery ticket.
The Parkers are suuuuuuper shady. It’s a crazy story...
It’s a good start. Let’s not blame teachers always but rather the entire institution of education needs to be renovated. Let’s hold people accountable for the crisis we face in our schools.
Buhbye