I am so surprised parents are not directing their anger at the Board of the Middle School. It's not only the Fulton County School Board but the State that saw red flags with the governance actions of the Board that is causing the audit. If I were a parent of a child in that school I would be outraged at the performance of the Board and the mess they have created. Its so very sad...

Excerpt of a letter from a former FSA parent (May 2011)

The Fulton County Department of Education is committed to the success of charter schools. They have done everything possible to make sure that charter schools are following the rules IF the parents and community understand the responsibilities and influence they have over the Board.

The success of the schools are in the hands of the board, parents & community.

I hope that parents will:
• find out who is on the Board
• attend Board Meetings
• understand they share responsibility for hiring

Next, parents need to educate themselves and their kids on the Gulen movement. Find out what the Gulen movement stands for beyond the marketing. Do you believe in Gulen's vision for Turkey, treatment of women and the fact his followers are not direct about their intentions? If not, ask questions
Read the entirety of the letter here:
http://gulencharterschools.weebly.com/fulton-science-academy---letter-from-parent.html

Your school is still DENIED it's charter and will be CLOSED.

I wonder what the audit of the other 2 schools will show?

Learn all about MarkMunoz here

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/mary+addi

Learn all about MarkMunoz here.

Learn about MarkMunoz here

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/mary+addi

AMD,

Parents are livid with FSA MS Board We have little or no power with FSA or the county board. Moving, going to private schools, home schooling, hardening our kids to attend some of the less savory North Fulton schools are our opyions. Every party I see involved is responsible for this.

FSA MS offered agreat product. Involved parents, real diversity , and strong academic challenges for students. Of course the parents are angry, we'd have been happy to oust them (some of us) but the County either isn't in a place to drive that or weren't interested.

Anyway, there may be a hope to keep FSA ES school open. Perhaps we can get the board removed there?

As you read below please note the almost sadistic glee from MarkMonoz. She is a paid anti Gulen writer and appears on any blog regarding Turk run schools in the US warning us stupid Americans about how blind we are. Take a look http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/mary+addi.

It's bad enough that so many kids were pulled from a school they loved and thrived in, but we also get these carpet baggers telling us how very happy they are to see all of this pain.

The one person who seems so gleeful about this whole sad situation is Mark Munoz aka Mary Addi. http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Mark Mary, why do you feel compelled to denigrate ayone who is saddened by the closing of this school?

Go back to Ohio and leave Georgians to manage our won affairs.

An audit commissioned by Fulton County Schools and released Tuesday said the financial viability of the two sister schools -- Fulton Sunshine Academy, an elementary school; and Fulton Science Academy High School -- were put at risk when the school leadership obtained the bond issue without knowing whether the middle school charter would be extended.

Auditors also found that the middle school had issued contracts without bids and to organizations with ties to school officials.

Now that the bonds have been declared in default, the trustee for those who bought them can foreclose on the property or take control of the three schools' revenues to pay back bondholders. Bondholders also could hold off on forclosure if a better alternative is proposed.

The bond issue holds all three schools equally liable.

The bonds have plunged in value and been knocked down to junk bond status. On Tuesday, worried investors sold some of the academy's bonds for as low as 69 cents on the dollar.

The bonds were issued so the elementary, middle and high schools could move out of separate leased facilities and come together on a single 44-acre campus in Alpharetta.

The bulldozers had just started rolling when state officials sent the schools a letter, telling them they were violating state school board policy by failing to obtain prior state approval.

Mark,

The quotation you provided was not a part of the report. In fact there is no mention the financial impact on the other schools. And only on one page were the other schools even named. Sorry this is a quotation from the New York Times.

Even the headline for the article is wrong --- not sure how they did but it makes for sensationalism which is good for selling papers.

Cheers

Well I guess we are now seeing the meltdown of another failed Gulen charter school and we all know that FSA MS and FSA ES Father is a fake poster and is a member of Hizmet. Tom, I hope you are getting your eyes full about the type of people you are rubbing elbows with.
Watch out for them, as they start to show their true face when they are angry and this usually happens when they don't get their way or have lost a charter school( again and again) Tom, do not go down with this group, no amount of money that you are making in Azerbaijan is worth it.
As far as Bob the editor giving two shakes about FSA MS and FSA ES Father
aka Gulenist opinion. What does it really matter? The school is closed.
Tom, you need to make an exit from these people before they destroy your reputation and credibility in the community of Alpharetta, Georgia. It's not looking good so far with you trying to conceal the truth about your connections with this dangerous group. Remember in Azerbaijan, they could have you thrown in jail if they please, they can plant marijuana on you and make a death look like an accident. These are the type of people you want teaching our children?

Georgia has spoken they are not interested in these rejects from Turkey. Even their leader had to flee for a good reason. Now that you have blamed everyone for your school closing next you will start your conspiracy theories that the editor here must be in on it and is a part of some Greek resistance.

hey Tommy boy;
Remember Baybars Bakay who taught at Fulton Science Academy?

Look at this link, scroll down it it shows his domain and address in Alpharetta, GA how he was the one responsible for http://www.gulenschools.org

If that is not enough to convince you of their lying ways, I really fear for you being mingled with the Gulen Movement. They will turn on you like a wild dog when they don't get their way.
Read it and WEEP:
http://gulencharterschools.weebly.com/fulton-science-academy.html

Smartie; Your schools still is DENIED it's charter and will be CLOSED.

FSA will be a distant memory and 1 month from now no one will care (yawn)

Mark / Mary again with your bad attitude. What about the kids, some of who face schools with gang related activities.

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

FSA MS and FSA ES Father;
You are no father.
What difference does it make if they go to a school with gang activitivies, the school they attended FSA was operated by a gang...the Gulen Mafia and organized crime. To the tune of over $25 million stolen from Wells Fargo, and the American tax payers.
FSA is gone, move on with your organized crime, you will need to move quick before the next 2 audits. Real quick.

Fountain publishing / Magazine is just one of the Gulenist operated media outlets, a few others are "Today's Zaman" (mouthpiece of the Gulen Movement and the AKP party) and ERBU TV.. The audit and numbers speak for themselves, this was just a scratch of the surface there is so much more to FSA and their inter relations with the other schools and the multitude of Gulen front groups like Grace Institute that clearly billed the school but never produced any kind of service that was worthy of the money - nor do they have the employees with any kind of experience - as the audit alluded to.
Besides the money and financial mismanagement. the constant denials of affilations is concerning. If exiled Imam Fethullah Mohammed Gulen was about peace, love, tolerance and dialogue.......why would anyone deny affiliation with something so positive?
Hark ye protest way too much.

So Mark,

Lets see so if an article is published in a magazine and you happen to be an American with a Turkish last name. Therefore you must be what ....

So the same holds for any American who is published in lets say products by Murdoch --- they must be in league with a felon because they published in Wall Street Journal or New York Post.

Sorry this dog just don't hunt.

Cheers

Terry if you believe the audit was somehow unfair or biased why don't you and Cemaat get your attorney to file a lawsuit against the State of Georgia BOE, and the Fulton County BOE? Remember it isn't defamation if it "true" you have to be prepared in discovery to show that it isn't true. It doesn't sound like you Gulencis can do that.
Here is my advice:

Pay back the money
Come clean on your affliations
Open our private school
Move on your days as a public school are over, they don't want you.

Who is Cemaat? I don't know anyone here by that name. I know what's going on "MarkMunoz" - I've encountered people like you on the ESPN message boards. You're what they call a "troll" (look it up if you don't know what it means), and I'm not falling for your petty games. I've seen you on other message boards on the Patch before too and your goal is to try to discredit people by calling them Gulenist or Turkish. Well "MarkMunoz", at least I'm man enough to use my real name instead of hiding behind a fake moniker. It wouldn't take too much intelligence to figure out EXACTLY who I am and come visit me to see that I'm not Turkish or Gulenist. I'd encourage you to stop by and see me for yourself, but I know you don't live anywhere near here - that's evidenced by past comments I've seen you make.
You don't know anything about the school except what you read in the news, and since we all know the media are clearly biased (after all, they only printed one side of the story in this case and didn't bother to do any leg work to find answers to any of the allegations), your views are narrow-minded and come out looking hateful and spiteful towards Turkish people. Take your xenophobic hatred for other cultures elsewhere...

If their names are in your paperwork which was give to the auditors / forensic accountants that is debatable. Unfortunately, you are going tit for tat and not going anywhere with our defenses.
Maybe the best thing to do is start telling the truth. You could save your reputation and possible your school. You make it sound like some big conspiracy against FSA. Why is that?

Isn't truth important for the American tax payer to know, we have the right to know how you have spent our money and what you are doing with our children.

I think it's funny how you accuse me of being Turkish, yet your grammar makes you look like someone from another culture. Maybe you're really a Turkish person who doesn't like Gulen and whose agenda is to malign all Turkish schools by calling them all Gulenist. Hmmm, sounds like you were projecting onto me earlier (if you don't know what the psychological term projecting means, look it up). Ironically, my Turkish boss has used the phrase "tit for tat" a few times I can remember - I don't know of many Americans that do anymore. Again, there has been no evidence of money laundering (like you imply) in either this audit or the Fitch audit the school had done earlier in the year. The money was used to educate the students, just like our test scores would indicate, and your comment above that debases the teachers here again makes you look petty. The teachers were all great as is evidenced by how the students performed.

That is great except this "group" or Cult is known for paying for the trips to Turkey for members of local media, academia and politics. Their front groups pay for this and surely they must be laundering the money out of the schools to pay for it. After all, Cosmos Foundation dba Harmony Science academy had over $6 million in travel expenses reported on their 990 tax returns for 3 years combined.
Conversely, you other sister school in Louisana that was REVOKED Pelican Education System dba Abramson Science and Technology had over $1.6 million for 2009 for travel expenses. That is a lot of trips to Turkish bath houses.
You American Taxpayers can examine 990 Tax returns for free at http://www.guidestar.com
and you can enjoy learning about my Gulenist paid trips to Turkey here
http://www.gulenpoliticians.blogspot.com

YOUR Gulenist paid trips? What are you saying about yourself here exactly? You also said "Open OUR private school" above. Just because a school in another state has Turkish leadership (I'm assuming they did based on your comment), doesn't mean they are connected - your logic is way off...

Ironically, I went to a Southern Baptist school and a Southern Baptist seminary for my Master's and studied cults, so I know precisely what one is. Although I'll admit that some people seem to very devoted to his teachings, that is only a very small part of what a cult is. I suggest reading the book, Another Gospel by Ruth A. Tucker, and reading the classic signs of a cult. Gulen doesn't really fit the definition, and even if he did, there still is no proof of any tie to them (see the other thread on how ridiculous it is to say we're connected simply because they wrote an article about us). There is no financial tie to Gulen, including the trips to Turkey. Again, the school wouldn't keep records of people paying for their own trips, thus the difference in the so-called "audit". Prove there is a money trail - you can't, and neither did the "audit" done by FCSS or the Fitch audit done earlier this year either. Instead of conspiracy theories, maybe you should actually provide actual proof for once...

not significant because you usually hire 1st year teachers with little to no experience so they don't question anything. This was the case with your sister school getting revoked and the TEachers Across America who finally did give statements to how and why your imported teachers were not even showing up for their classes. You know the other Gulen managed charter school that was shut down Abramson Science and Technology School in Louisana.

Expect more of this scrutiny until you can be honest with Americans.

Wow Terry, we have to say nothing to incriminate you and your cult, you are doing a fine job of it. You sound like a crybaby loser, WAaaaaa, WAaaaaaaa, stop the sniffling and move on. It is the Gulen Movement that is prejudice and Turkocentric, they believe that nothing is good, rightous or correct unless Gulenists have their hands on it. Such as why they were indignent and cocky about trying for a laughable 10 year renewal with NO ACCOUNTABILTY. If you could see some of the EEOC lawsuits filed against thise schools regarding prejudice toward American teachers you might understand more.
There is a small sampling here:
http://www.gulencharterschools.weebly.com
or you can google the case of Crouch vs. Harmony Science Academy, a christian spanish teacher treated like dirt not given proper books for her classes, while the Turkish classes got all the books they needed.

Terry give it up, all of your cry baby tactics will not work. Your school is DONE,
Move on, change the name of the school and go private. Hopefully, the community will forgive your loan default and you might get a few kids in your student body.

Otherwise your complaints are pointless, the decision has been made;
YOU ARE NO LONGER A PUBLIC SCHOOL

Terry;
So what you are Baptist? See how you get away from the main argument by creating more stupity? It has nothing to do with the fact your school is now CLOSED.

and these are more than just "conspiracy theories" it is real, factual and substantiated with over 1 million documents and growing daily.

Do yourself a favor. I am truly trying to help you correct yourself so you can move on with a private school.

Make a statement to the public about your key learnings in this business management of the school. That you are sincere with taking these mistakes, learning from them and improving the school to a level where it is acceptable to everyone.

Change the name of the school, re market it. Stay away from the expensive videos, festivals, campaign contributions, trips to turkey and other nonsense. It only lowers your credibility. Start a program to help with literacy in the community and education. Offer tutoring at night for adults to get their GED and show that you have the character it takes to operate a private school that is community based.

If you keep up the arrogance of blaming others for your shortcommings, no one will respect you or believe that you are credible. Already the majority of the parents have educated themselves and looked at the facts. They will not be returning next year.

Come clean, assume responsibility of YOUR actions and behaviors and you might be able to put this behind you.

Glad to help.

Mark / Mary

So bitter, so sad.

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Again it doesn't matter. The audit speaks for itself, you had your chance to be honest and forthright and didn't feel any responsibility or accountability to American people.
It over end of discussion.

Actually, the school didn't have the chance to respond. Despite FCSS telling us they'd allow us to respond to the report first, they didn't and gave it to the media in order to make us look bad by not having a response to it. As I've already mentioned, there are numerous factual errors in it, ones that if they had bothered to ask while they were doing the audit would have been clearly explained, but they didn't because there was an agenda (just like you have yours).

Terry,
So what? FSA was DENIED it's charter and will be CLOSED.

move on to salvaging your private school. If you did deeper into your audit it will only get worse for your side because it gives the county or state attorney general's office more actionable items to come after FSA for liability.
You still need to answer to Wells Fargo on the default, do you really think any bank will allow you to not be responsible for your actions, behaviors and decisions?

Look in the mirror Terry, I really hope these are not the "character" traits you teach your children.

Mark / Mary,

Yes yes it is denied and the school is close. We thank you for your kind thoughts and wishes during this painful time for our children and ourselves.

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Ok so what are your lame explanations:
You have no organic connections to the audit numbers?
You might be inspired by the audit but you are no way part of the audit?
or the best
This audit is baseless and has no scientific proof.

The above quotes are frequent denials given by Gulencis about their affiliation with the Gulen Movement. You distort the truth all the time and are one-sided and have no tolerance for freedom of speech. Just ask the 100 journalists that Gulen had jailed because they DARED to speak about Imam Ordusu.
Now how do you like it when your feet are held to the fire and you have to be accountable? If you have explanations for all of this with substantiated back up -
then answer the audit's findings. Otherwise move on or out. (preferably both)

Terry and the FSA fan club
Being a Gulenist operated school is not even the issue at this point, those ties have been established in the NY Times article about your school.
The point is unaccountability, not accepting responsibility (like your ranting posts) lack of transparency and accountability.
The loan default is a big red flag. The board released a statement and it was very generic, it sounded as if it was written by another of your expensive PR firms like Harmony Science Academy's http:///www.bm.com they charge them over $500 per hour (more American tax money used to pay for your mistakes)

Get a move on and save your school. Re hashing of your past mistakes and labeling it as unfair or whatever is a lot too late.

Seriously, no one cares if you have private schools in the USA but don't expect tax payers to be paying for your festivals, trips, lobbying and overall agenda while you portray the schools as "award winning" we know, we know. We have heard your dribble over and over at each of these schools.
Same thing different day.
Move on and be grateful you may still have an opportunity for a private school, if the community has not lost faith in you.

Terry;
No but F. Gulen's web site sure mentions your precious FSA, still believe there is no connections?
http://www.fethullahgulen.org/press-room/news/4191-todays-zaman-us-charter-school-dismisses-audits-claims-of-financial-wrongdoing.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL6boeBkwGI&feature=relmfu

Look at the scandal, financial mismanagement paying for immigrant fees, etc., at your sister schools in Ohio (Horizon Science Academy) the "other" blue ribbon school (snicker giggles)

Mark / Mary

"Snickers / giggles".... Really? Some of us now face spending our kids college money to keep our kids away from gangs and violence in FC schools. You seem rather cold hearted, You seem this way on any of the sites across the US where you post.

I have read that you are a paid for your blogging. I hope you are well paid for the pain you are causing.

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Terry:
"Your school's charter"

Sorry but it is no longer a charter and may not even be a private school judging from the crazy reactions from your buddies.

To "Me" ---
Read before you write. Listen before you speak. There's a world of a difference between a "CHARTER SYSTEM" which is the route that Fulton is taking and having "CHARTER SCHOOLS" within that system. They're NOT the same. So, research and understand more about why there're people who fundamentally believes that there should be a place for charter schools regardless of whether its name is FSA or otherwise. What Fulton Board is displaying is its downgrading and thwarting of charter school concept as a whole. That's the impression they're leaving. The argument here is not simply about the survival of FSAs but just the whole notion of charter school's existence that get many people upset. FSA is just a symbolism of what to come - killing of charter school proposals in the future.

The only exceptions may be Riverwood and North Springs. Riverwood may survive while FSA schools may not since the Superintedent installed one of his buddies as a principal at Riverwood last year. Who knows about North Springs. Read the News Articles section of the Fulton School Board's site and look at various intallments he has made since his arrival last summer. Even highly-acclaimed Northview will start look different now that the Super has installed one of his friends there as well.

The direction that the new Super has taken and the manner that the Board has taken in dealing with any 'inadequacies' of FSAs speak volume more than their decisions.

To "Me" ----

Besides, those test scores you refer to are going by the wayside. Did you not know that??? Then, know this! NCLB's force de majeure of these brutal CRCT test practicing going on will be phased out as GA (as a state) has won the waiver. So, get your facts straight... those test scores will become not-so-important in the distant future. Thank goodness! Visit the schools if you think you know all that instead of speaking in theoretical terms. Ask the schools how often they gruesomely practice test these kids to death over the course of very short 180-day school year!!!!! Go visit on those practice days and see if your heart doesn't cry out for a change to all these CRCT testing madness. Why do you think so many even in these so-called top school districts fork out their own money to send kids to private schools that may not even be that great????? Because they know and heard or seen what happens with these kids and all the CRCT-based school curriculum and CRCT-based testing calendar and CRCT-based orientation that's the center of all the Fulton schools' universe --- especially those with top scores. Not everything is what it seems.

To "Me" --- of course, you're NOT smart! There's a HUGE difference between a proposed 'charter system' that the Fulton is marching towards and a 'charter school'. Try to learn, read, and be educated about this before showing your freakin IGNORANCE to the ROW!!!!!!!! Don't embrass how uneducated you are. Just because there's the W-O-R-D CHARTER doesn't mean a charter system and a charter school means the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They AIN'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so, go back to your cave.
Of course, there're stellar schools... but, then there're stellar schools everywhere even in AZ where they're rock bottom as a state. We're talking about some schools that offer distinct programs and/or curriculum with more flexibility for meeting the needs of those students who may benefit from that. The whole charter SCHOOL [not charter system, get it?] is about creating Magnet Programs for students who really do excel in certain areas. There're many magnet schools of many varieties all over the US but not in Fulton except for Riverwood & North Springs that are magnet type varieties. 2 magnet schools in this entire system of 900,000+ student body ain't gonna suffice!!!! GET THAT??????? so, go back to your cave and read before you write. listen before you speak.

Yes "FSA MS and FSA ES Father" or aka Hakan.
it is snicker and giggles because you and your group make complete arses out of yourslef with your dumb comments. If any of you gave your kids college money to Gulen and his band of merry thieves you are not thinking with a clear mind. You probably won't ever see some of these people again, they will migrate out very quickly.
So now your lies and lack of transparency that caused your school to close is Mary's fault? I thought it was Wells Fargo? No wait it is Avossa's fault? No it is the State BOE, then there is the County BOE, no forget that it is that darn NY Times for printing lies. Next it will be Bob Pepalis because he is Greek and everyone knows how much Greeks love you.
Get real, you are melting down. Everyone see the kind of unstable dribble that comes out of these wayward lighthouse boys? If I was getting paid for telling the truth about your group, I would be a millionaire by now.
I do this for free because as an American patriot it is my duty to notify Americans of the dangers of the Gulen Movement and how your brand of education is faulty and fake. You want to talk about dangers or gang activities at schools, why don't you talk about the 11 year old girl that was raped at your Dove Science Academy campus in Tulsa? Or the Pervert you hired in Waco, Texas that was arrested for diddling an underage student, or the kids in Texas that were forced to clean toilets at Harmony Science academy. so many .....

Smartie;
Your problem is you think you are smart and you are not. Just more crazy talk from Hizmet, you are losing your schools because you are stupid.

To "Me" ---

So, we all know now that YOU either WORK at Georgia DOE or have a lot of affiliations GA DOE which also happens to be one of the biggest backers of Georgia Teachers' Union, correct? And, we all know that the Fulton Board/Super is greatly supported by Georgia Teachers' Union. And, as everyone may know already the Georgia Teachers' Union hates the thought of any charter schools' uprising and getting glory. And, we all know that the Georgia Teachers' Union is supported by Georgia PTA which is funded by local chapters of County and each Schools' PTA organizations. OK. You've shown us your cards.

To "Me" ---
People're more interested in the topic debate not grammar attacks but if you insist I'll show you how ignorant you are to start this...and perhaps help you understand your own mistakes. My grammar suggestions are in brackets so that you can learn from this posting as well as prior ones. :)
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@Smartie - Pot/kettle.- As a matter of fact, just yesterday ["I" should have followed immediately after "fact,"] I heard a charter staff member of Georgia DOE say that schools may opt to remain [ 'as'] separate charters within a system charter ['charter system'], [no comma here] but those schools ..... In this forum, they were specifically addressing concerns ... of this Fulton audit, [again, no comma here!] and noting that these ['these' what?] would need to be addressed with the upcoming state charter referendum [should be: 'upcoming state's referendum on charter schools']. So [comma!] you, [no comma here!] from your very informed position, [there should be a dash after "you" and then another dash after "position" but no comma!] think .... Avosssa [apostrophe, hello?] connections is ['will remain in place' as it is predicting future!] in place but [missing 'that'] they will revoke the charters for Ridgeview, Spalding Drive, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody Springs, etc., [no comma!] because they don't have Avossa [apostrophe!] connections."
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To "Me" .... "Know thyself before you judge others"

To "Me" ---

Well, of course, you are an EMPLOYEE of the FCSS. I'm glad I've outed you as there was no doubt you support all the mayhem that's surrounding Fulton Board and behind-the-scene support by the Georgia Teachers Union --- which is fighting for their life to kill the charter school movement in Georgia. Think DC Public Schools' teachers unions!!!

FACT This - nobody ever claimed the nomenclature for the CRCT practice days. Who cares what it's labeled as? The FACT is that there're certain number of days (too many) where the students are taking tests in preparation for the CRCT. This is a known FACT across the board by any well-informed parent population who sends their kids to public, private, homeschooling or otherwise.

FACT This --- Riverwood and N. Springs are magnets... one is IB and the other Science/Performing Arts. You work in the FCSS under our tax revenue as a public servant??? And, you didn't even know this??? WOW yourself.

To "J" ---
If Fulton Board had proper oversights of all the principals and all the schools in their respective districts, then how could a principal of a brand new BIG school with 1,000+ students allowed to embezzle $1+ million only within <4 or 5 years of school's ribbon cutting? Hmm, mm. And, why didn't local media produce constantly blast about this event as they did with the Clayton schools' test scandals? Hmm, mm. Well, this school principal thief was a WHITE, AMERICAN FEMALE. Clayton school officials were mostly AFRICAN AMERICAN while key FSA school officials are of MUSLIM FAITH and TURKISH HERITAGE. That is why!!!

Who could argue with transparency, accountability, open-book accounting and sharing with public? If so, please do share a link where those schedules are posted for each and every Fulton schools from ES to HS level on those school budget review meetings so we can all start attending. If Fulton Board kept a watchful eye on Alpharetta HS and their former principal several years ago the way you describe why was she able to STEAL and RUN AWAY with $1+ MILLION stolen money, huh? Maybe this principal just wore a hood & wig that day, walked into the bulsar's office at Fulton School Admin. building, opened the safe, stuffed all the money into a bag and then sped away. Yep, that's how it must have been done because Fulton Board has a 'careful' oversight of "PUBLIC MONEY" as you say. $1+ MILLION DOLLARS allowed to walk away. LOL. Get facts first.

To "J" ---

Also, the school funds may be publicly-sourced revenue from tax generation but the source of it are from private individuals as well as public & private business entities. It's not 100% public as if there was such a thing. All of its origination comes from tax revenue collected from taxpayers and tax-paying entities. So, at the end of the day, I am funding the schools as do any other taxpayers in the county. Therefore, each taxpayer should have a choice in school selection as this is the trend for many enlightened communities and states across the country.

For those who look beyond the pond [pond = meaning outside of Fulton or GA], they get it. It just appears those who're either payrolled or bank-rolled by certain local PUBLIC entities that feel threatened by the charter school existence seem to be sweating over just a few stellar role model schools seeking to survive... especially because these role models are outside of the FCSB's absolute jurisdiction and/or outside of Georgia Teacher's Union's agenda. It shouldn't be that way since good role model schools can serve as COE for others to emulate and make it easier for every school to improve.

So, why so much anger, stress and downright hatred for these relatively small schools trying to prove that charter schools can be successful for the students? Are they that threatening? You don't think the same Fulton School Board Audit team can dig dirt around your fiscal habits if they wanted to?

J very well articulated.
They need to move on and quit dreaming. The school is DONE and they cannot seem to get it through their head.

FSA move on as a private school. Or file a lawsuit against everyone you feel is to blame for YOUR mess. Otherwise it is pointless you are DONE AS A CHARTER SCHOOL OR HANDLING PUBLIC FUNDS.

To Tom;
and to the FSA fan club posting protests and bellyaching.

If you feel you have been mistreated or it was unfair, biased or whatever else comes out of your puppet mouth, why don't you get together with your attorneys and file charges against the Fulton County BOE and the State of Georgia BOE?

Please WE beg you to sue, what would your side be prepared to give up in discovery? You have to prove that the audit, charges and loan DEFAULT, are all incorrect. Are you prepared to do this in a court of law wit American people as your judge and jury? Heck don't stop there, why don't you file a lawsuit against Bank of America for loaning you the money that you are in default on ---it must be their fault too.
Grace Institute, is one of the many Gulen front groups that create a web around each of their schools in the USA. You are nothing special, Grace is nothing special and FSA is definetely nothing special. Here are a few names of the other Gulen front groups, you all can research (contrast and compare) you will see the identical methods: Cosmos Foundation dba Harmony Science Academy, Turquoise Council, Raindrop Turkish House, Pelican Education System, Iris Foundation, Holy Dove Foundation, Willow Foundation, Magnolia Education Foundation, Niagara Foundation, Rumi Forum of Cleveland and the granddaddy of them all Rumi Forum Washington DC and more. Just pull up their 990 tax returns and some like Pelican Education System had over $1.3 million in Travel Expenses.

Great Tom...you are now saying "sound bites" why don't you take your complaints and file a formal lawsuit against all the parties?
If you really believe in your defenses stop ranting on here about "unfairness" whatevers and put your words into actions.
Seriously, file a lawsuit and see what an American Judge and jury would say. Leave it up to public opinion what has happened here and see what the end result is.

Or..you could use your time, energy and money to re vamp the school into a private one. I would suggest that you change the name of Fulton Science Academy. You have too many mud holes associated with your name.

Wrong, according to the North Fulton Article FSA problems go back to 2003:
"The inaugural school year was only halfway through in 2003 when Fulton County School System officials were drawn into what was described as "serious problems" on the governing board of the FSA. According to a news article published in March 2003 in Appen Newspapers, "a serious rift has developed on the [FSA] board of directors over who is in control, essentially splitting the seven-member board into two factions with each side accusing the other of illegal activities."
Parent members of the school's governing board sought to remove the principal, Selim Ozdemir, but maintained they were stymied by the founding trustees who essentially took over as the majority on the governing board.
The founding board originated the charter for the school and was responsible only for running the nonprofit aspects of the school.
Parent members of the governing board said the trustees were supposed to cease activities related to the management of the school once the governing board was in place. Instead, the trustees appointed themselves into control of the governing board."

Mark,

The quotation provided on the accounting was directly from the report provided by Brock ---- so it is not a justification instead it is quotation from the report.

As I said before and will say again I have no affiliation with any movement end of story. You really should come to Azerbaijan or Turkey. Great people nice place to visit. And there is no Gulen movement in Azerbaijan.

Mark / Mary

Nasty replies to even keeled posting. Not all seems well in Mark-Maryville

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Mark / Mary, now you wish prison on our children. Rather harsh I think

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

FSA MS and FSA ES Father;
Well we all know you are not a father.

So now I know that truth and justice has won, because you just resorted to desperate personal attacks. We won We won, America wins again!
Hizmet loses....and is losers. (sore losers)
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

To you Fulton parents, eating the baklava was good for awhile but now it's time to face the fact that these schools were not about education.

Read FSA MS and FSA ES Father--his posts are sick as he is. They don't like women, they don't care about lying for Fetos and they LOVE the American money they were getting.

Now that they have lost, they throw a temper tantrum and start casting blame to everyone else is wild dramatic and crazy posts. Is this really a group you want near your children?
No wait...
You have already spoken, you don't want them that is why the school is now CLOSED.
Say good night to FSA MS and FSA ES Father it is over in Georgia.

Lets place bets if the private school will make it. If they keep up this type of behavior, there is no way they will be accepted and Wells Fargo still has to decide it they will allow them to operate with a defaulted loan.

Watch shortly how they will be leaving for vacations out of the country on 1 way tickets and not comming back to Georgia. With suitcases full of your money. The school will be left with a few students with no one there to open the doors.

I think it's interesting that in his comment he mentions "comments littered with attacking" and yet in the next paragraph calls our attitude criminal. Talk about a pot calling a kettle black. It is useless to reason with an unreasonable person, so I'm done trying to reason with him. I am looking forward to the statement the Governing Board will make regarding the audit "findings". To those reading the article that are willing to listen to both sides rationally, the other side of things should be forthcoming.

Thanks Mr. Deeb.

A few things I learned today:

1.) Avossa lied to the public on TV - he claimed that the reason for the audit was because we were converting to a private school. The audit began in February, so does he have the ability to see the future and know the school's announcement to turn private in late May? Maybe the INVENTORY was for that purpose, but NOT the "audit"...

2.) The "audit" even states that the accountants/auditors were not following GAAS and were not examining whether we followed GAAP (for those that don't know, GAAS refers to auditing procedures and GAAP to accounting procedures that are generally accepted rules auditors/accountants should go by and in some cases NEED to go by). Is this really a true audit if they weren't following them? I will be asking an accountant that very question soon, but my guess is even if it is, it would be suspect because it did not follow the generally acceptable practices of auditors.

3.) The conflict of interest issue apparently wasn't an issue to the FCSS lawyers. After the procedures changed (I believe that originally charter schools were exempt from the bidding out of contracts process), we asked FCSS about the contracts to GRACE and they/their lawyers said there was not a problem. We did look at other vendors and ultimately went with GRACE because they could best meet the needs of the school. So if we followed their procedure, and they said it was ok then, why is there a sudden change of opinion?

Tom;
You both should be very frusted because you were lied to.

Hopefully, you will be able to turn this around but honestly it isn't looking so good.

Look at the actions and crazy posts of your buddies? They are bat shit crazy guys who have been brainwashed. I was curious if Kenan Sener ever confessed to you that he was a follower of Gulen and admires all of his books, attended a Gulen school himself and cares only about Gulen and not about your family.

Just wondering. Maybe he will have a moment of truth before he skips town. Make sure when he lives for vacation it is a round trip ticket.
Don't get left holding the bag for these jokers.

Terry and Tom;
We got your Statement regarding the audit conclusions. All I can say is "so what" you don't agree with it. Maybe you should take your paid consultation group that is known for restructuring bankrupt and defaulted businesses and file a lawsuit. You will just put more good money after bad and get further into debt. Meanwhile Wells Fargo is demanding the defaulted money.
If you truly have only spent $6 million of this money and the rest is in an escrow account. Why not give Wells Fargo the $12 million remaining, and set up a payment plan for the $6 million you have spent.

That is if you STILL have the $12 million. Tom have you personally seen the total left in the escrow account? Who or who(m) is in charge of this money?

Show us the Money Tom!!!

TO: ALL FULTON COUNTY VOTERS out there reading these posts....

Elections for your respective School Boards are coming up. Some are this year. Some are in following years. Please get involved and learn about your elected officials as they do greatly impact the future of our communities. Our housing value and quality of living rely upon solid schools. East Cobb, as an example, did not continue to gain strength in their housing value even during downturn without the tremendous successes of its neighboring schools. Those schools are still outpacing many in the state and doing very well.

It's also very important to frequent or at least make 1 attempt to attend School Board Meetings that are posted on the Fulton School's website. It will educate on the process and the people behind all this making decisions.

This as well as other forums should be an opportunity for those who are not engaged to get engaged actively. The strength of the stellar school systems in the northeast and in particular NJ school systems comes from the PARENTS. The parent communities there are incredibly active, stay engaged, and extremely well-informed with balanced understanding. When the parents only hear one side, they cannot make an informed decision as it's not balanced.

So, the Parents in Fulton should get active with the local school board meetings and stay in touch with the local legislators to make their voices heard. That's where your power comes in.

Reading the chart, it shows the communications director reports to the superintendent, not that the position supervises those chiefs and deputy superintendents. And the following pages of the organization chart support this.

To: "Bob Pepalis" ---
nobody said the Area Supers reported to the Head of Communications but that they are not even peers!!! Per Org Chart, a Video Coordinator and Head of Facilities, Transportation, etc. are all peers to the Area Supers... does this make sense??? Area Supers are very large roles or at least they should be if you're in the biz of serving E-D-U-C-A-T-I-O-N not some kind of political campaign organization or a property management biz. All these people including all the Direct Reports under Communications Head are above the Principals in terms of ranking in the org chart. This is ABSURD, IMO.

Terry;
This is the frequent excuses that Hizmet puts out, they are straw man argumentations. The biggest issue with the Gulenists operated charter schools in the USA is ironically their mistreatment of American teachers. There is a long list of EEOC discrimination lawsuits and the Americans are winning.
Additionally, the curriculum has been very Turkocentric. Until about 6 months ago some of your ridiculous schools were advertising "Let your child be taught by Turkish Scholars" (they are NOT scholars, most are graduates of Gulen's own schools in Turkey) and they even pushed Turkish Character classes (based on Gulen's pearls of wisdom) I guess the Gulenists don't believe American's possess character, honesty, truthfulness and transparency.
Most of the schools have Turkish Club, Turkish Festivals, Turkish Olympiads (there are about 9 throughout the USA) and the finalists are given a free trip to Turkey to compete for the International Turkish Olympiad which is coincidentally going on right now. It includes about 1,000 children from over 100 countries that attend Gulenist operated schools.

Now look in the mirror and tell us who is xenophobic? just more lame excuses, if you fell that way. Bring on the lawsuits and see how far you get. Remember this isn't Turkey and you don't own the Judicary System here or the media.

Thank God, because Bob, Stephanie Saul and the reporters from USA Today, NY Times, CNN, Fox News, etc., would have long beein in Jail.

You know what? Who gives a * & % # whether they're Gulens or Zuuuuulens. At this point, there's an education pothole at stake for some of the brightest Fulton students not your Gulengoobleeikahns. The entire school could be teaching Alienese by the Aliens themselves but the fact remains that they were able to accomplish some miracles in such a short time that it cannot go unnoticed whether that was due to:
a) structural flexibility of a Charter School foundation;
b) astounding leadership of each schools under FSA umbrella;
c) selfless devotion of the faculty;
d) special programs like their After-school Activities & pupil checkpoints;
e) or, whatever flexibility that they were given that none of the Fulton schools are allowed to have.

These factors are most important in helping steward a GOOD role model to survive. Who's to say that Spanish, French or German should be the only languages to be taught in America? Who made those rules up? Maybe 100 years ago when trading between US and Europe were greater. But now, this country is and will continue to trade with many different countries. Heck, learning Turkish might not be too bad as it's one of the TOP Emerging Markets for the 21st century! It's going to be commercially viable language in the future.

Why the complaints by outsiders of the schools when the PARENTS seem to be so happy? The Parents (vis-a-vis their students) should have the LOUDEST voice not the rest of us who have 0 affiliations.

Mary / Mary

Sounds like your funding for this project ran out. Off somewhere else to spread your vitriol?

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

FSA MS and FSA ES Father
The only funding that ran out is that which was going to FSA,
No more funding to you and no more school. It didn't run out it was cut off!

So are you paying back the money to Wells Fargo? Don't think you can slide by with free trips to Turkey for their CEOs, they want cash. Not your lies and temper tantrums.

Oh they are all conspiring against you. You sad little boy.

I will wait till later to hear you bang your head and cry because you have disappointed hocaefendi.

I appreciate the response Tom. I am quite familiar with FSA Connect but didn't know that it was the software being provided by Grace. Still a lot about this I don't understand and I work in the Software Industry. If you access the website, it says that it is powered by imoodle, which is an open source LMS (Learning Management System), here is the website: http://imoodle.ning.com/

imoodle seems to be providing the core of the functionality and its open sourced so there should be no license required. There may be some customizations on top of the core imoodle functionality, and hosting and administration required but I am not sure why there would need to be license paid each year, or continued customization.

To "miltonDude" ---
Who's beating up who? The one who's getting beat is the FSA students by the Super and the Board. For those people who think FSA should be left alone is not comparing but only to say that there should be a CHOICE. As such, if you don't like Sunshine Academy (which is what you're inferring without direct mentioning above), then you have a CHOICE to withdraw and go back to your local school. Nobody forced you to attend Sunshine. On the flip side of this, however, is that there is only 1 Sunshine Academy in the whole county. Then, someone will say, how about other charter schools like Sarah Smith and others? Well, they don't feed into FSA. So, the closure of FSA has a domino's effect on the feeder school (Sunshine) and the high school which the FSA feeds into as it's smack in the middle of it. Now, having said all this, do you think that the Super and the Board didn't realize this Domino's effect already? Your school (if Sunshine is your school) will be affected as well. There'll be less applying to it (no middle school!) and the best teachers will start looking for positions elsewhere.

... and, speaking of CHOICE.... if there aren't more schools like FSA/Sunshine/ etc. sprouting up under the proposed Charter System, then other people won't have any CHOICE like you have now. Even you won't have a choice since your kid is going to be in middle school sooner than later because FSA may not be around.

Superintendent Avossa already declared publicly in a community meeting that they have no intention to create more magnet (theme) schools in the horizon and that they are committing their energy to the charter system conversion as this is going to be a major initiative that will soak up a lot of funds for the next 5 years per their roadmap.

Even TAG program is vulnerable as each school board [under the proposed charter system] will determine how much funding or effort that school will expend. This news is probably an eye opener for many.

Good Tom
Now you are beginning to turn it around.

Except the Math is questionable as the Gulen teachers have been known to teach to the test not the conceptual basics of math.

The best test would be to take your top math students at FSA and put them into a 3rd party testing with other students from Georgia schools.

I am sorry to inform you but ex-teachers of these schools have seen the Gulenist teachers: gather tests and change answers and teach to the test.

Ask the students other questions that are not pre loaded and see how they fair. My background is education, I am just trying to help you parents with keeping a private school.

You are on the path to shared learning, but note that the teachers at Fulton Science are not that great. The Gulenist trained teachers (many have never taught before and have no accrediation) are taught to cheat, and cut corners.

The few kids that have graduated from their high schools in the USA struggle in college and in some cases flunk out 2-3 times or are sent to an American gulenist operated college like North American College in my home state of Texas where they are 100% accepted.

For the record Fulton County should be listening to your input and you should also be listening to their input. Dialog is a two - way street.
Keep up the work on your private school in a positive way, don't make the community your enemy by attacking the school distirct, concerned tax payers and American education system.

Mark / Mary,

You said you were leaving the blog because they are "liars online debate is pointless....but you're back. More funding turn up from Turkey?

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Actually, the audit even said the bookkeeping was very well organized and that the accountant could easily pull up any information they requested...

Dear FSA MS and FSA ES Father;
No I am back because I just wanted to see you have a melt down and temper tantrum. I also cannot stand to see liars debate with lies and stupidity.

So why would I be funded by Turkey? Who would possible want to fund me in Turkey to expose your lies. You do a great job of exposing your own stupidity and true motives.

Keep it up, Keep it up...you are scoring losses of 93 to date.
Circling the toilet like that last Tur* that needs to be flushed.

Everyone loves your crazy conspiracy posts, they are going to keep their kids away for sure and lock up all the sharp objects.

Still need some help with that private school plans?

ROFLMAO - really? That's the logic you use to show there's a connection between the school and Gulen? That's just as illogical as the so-called "audit" logic that becuase the principal wrote an article for a certain magazine that it proves a connection is there. By your insane logic I guess that means the school has a connection to the Alpharetta Patch or any other Patch that has ever written an article about the school. Heck, that must mean we even have a relationship with the very liberal AJC and the NEW YORK TIMES! There's one thing and only one thing that will ever prove a connection between Gulen and this school, and it's something that neither you, nor the so-called "audit", nor ANY of the 10 audits FCSS has done each year since the school has been open, and not even the Fitch audit (which is comparable to a colonoscopy) has shown - financial connections. There isn't one and nor will there ever be, so give it up.
The default on the loan was because the charter was denied - it has nothing to do with money not being paid or going missing - it's all accounted for. The vast majority of it (2/3 or so) hasn't even been used because construction stopped. The rest is the land itself, which if investors buy for it's actual worth, would more than cover what we paid for it (yes, that's right, our management saved money unlike FCSS which paid $236 million for a high school to look like the biggest plantation I've ever seen).

This should be after the other response comment...

See the so-called audit for what it was, a way for FCSS to cover it's tail for all the heat they've gotten for eliminating parent choice in education. Due to all the inaccuracies in it, why do you think it is that FCSS gave it directly to the media instead of letting us look at it like they said they would? It's because they knew that if it was scrutinized first, everything could be explained and they'd not have their justification.
I think it's extremely sad that you promote your hate and intolerance for other cultures and beliefs, frankly, I'm ashamed there are Americans like you that haven't somehow learned from America's past mistakes. Of course, I'm making a big assumption that you even are American here - your frequent use of terms I've never even heard of before makes me wonder. NOT all Turkish people are terrorists with plots and conspiracies, and NOT all Muslims should be tied with 9/11 - it's ignorant and unexcusable.

Third comment after the other two:

The school DOES perform better and with less money going towards the students than the traditional schools do. We have to spend money on a facility and they do not. Test scores DO show we have outperformed them - just look at THEIR website. 8th graders taking the ITBS have been 1st in the County in ALL 5 subjects for FOUR YEARS IN A ROW. On CRCTs if we're not at the top, we're right there. EVERY LAST ONE of our 7th graders passed EVERY subject on the CRCT this year - no other school can claim that I think. 8th graders were also at either 100% or 99% passing too. Propoganda, media savvy, public relations, awards given out, and free trips (which BTW didn't happen on our field trips to Turkey, like I said before the school isn't going to keep records of people paying for their own trips on Expedia, that's just common sense) - none of these things have ANYTHING to do with the performance of our students - it's the great teachers we employed who did an outstanding job. Quit trying to make excuses for why the other schools didn't perform like ours did - it's just a smoke-screen.

To "MarkMunoz" --- you might want to 'hush' a little bit about pushing people towards privatization of their unsupported schools. wanna know why? 'cause the funding for the pubic schools will dry out... yeah, did you know that? local schools can't exist when there's a decreased enrollment by 'x' amount because the state and the county have a minimum enrollment requirement as any institutions would... even a museum that has 0 visitors wouldn't be around, would it??? so, hush or speak in a low volume before you push everyone towards the private route. maybe you knew this already but just forgot because you act like you know every facets about this issue. but, you know what??? not only that... you're so freakin' concerned about taxpayers' money not being channeled correctly? think this... there're loopholes in the law whereby a student can get funding to attend a private school with 'public' taxpayer money by stating that a public school (public charter like FSA or local school) didn't provide adequate education. do you know what this does to our school tax base? it completely takes the money out of local school board (ie. Fulton School System) and puts it into the hands of the 'x' private school. do you like that better? is that what you like to see? OK. if that's better for you, then your so-called Gulen movement will get even stronger because all that local school money will go right into the 'x' private schools. you really like that??? Yummy for you?

Yes Terry and Hizmet- Really?
Why would F. Gulen put Fulton Science Academy on his blog, the story about FSA challenging the audit? Then they put a photo of their other Gulenist managed school with the article : Harmony Science Academy.

No one that matters believes you. Even Hocaefendi speaks about Fulton Science Academy and the "Fruits of his work"

Leave this stuff behind and move forward on the private school, you cannot salvage the charter /public school designation that you lost. You will make it worse by exposing yourselves to more questions.

Move on with the private school.

Mark / Mary, please pach up and go home. Your only connection to this is the Gulen angel. You do not care about the kids, you do not udenrstand the schools perfromance. You are a hired Yellow Journalist fromi the anti-Gulen movement. Or other have suggested you are the spurned woman who was married to a Turk.

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

To "LD":
In reference to your "my local high school... with more AP classes"... do you think the students residing in all the Fulton school districts have a local school with as many AP classes as yours? The answer is a loud "NO". This is why some parents send their kids to private schools even if it's not that good because the alternative is worse. This is why the existence and modeling after a successful charter school is important not only for the sheer tradition of it but also for symbolic reason that the Fulton School System at large is a progressive one not an institution looking out for their own agenda. So, as voters, constituents, stewards, and parents in general, we --- the adults --- need to think about and look out for not just our own children but also the needs of the others' children in our communities. This will translate into voting the RIGHT KIND of PEOPLE @ the BOARD level. While it's only a part-time job and may not always come with a lot of prestige, a School Board carries a LOT OF WEIGHT in the policy making and setting the future direction of ALL of our schools.

When Fulton converts over to Charter System, each school's going to face similar challenges that the FSAMS governing board is facing with the fiscal and policy management as the responsibility along with the authority will rest upon each school's board. This will be very complex for Fulton to manage and audit each year but that's the proposed route.

To "LD" ---
It doesn't matter that the teachers have collective bargaining or not because the Georgia Teacher's Union is in the league of top 3 most LOBBYISTS at the state capitol. A newly placed Super cannot act with such zeal and unapologetic arrogance towards the FSA parent community and FSA school administrators without having some powerful backups behind the scenes. Who could they be?
Hmm,mmm,mmm... ?????

LD loads and smartie and phat nate take the bait and run with it. Why?

Your school is still CLOSED. your lame excuses are too late and pointless. Finger pointing and not assuming responsibility for your actions is what got you into this web of lie that you now have to address with more lies and dishonesty?

No wonder your charter was revoked.

To Smartie: to reiterate, there is no "Georgia Teachers' Union." Also, which "...league of top 3 most LOBBYISTS (sic)" are you referring to? And as far as "powerful backups," irrc, the entire North Fulton legislative delegation signed a letter to the superintendent and school board chastising them for denying the charter in December. So, it obviously is NOT our local representatives. Who do you think is behind the scenes?

Mark / Mary,

Again with th enasty attitude. You are a Midwestern woman. I know your mother taught you "if you don't have anything nice to say, then dont say anything at all".

Listen to you Momma Mary

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Mark / Mary

Where do we go to be listened to? Is there a forum?

THe WAAaaaa WAAAaaaaa is unbecoming a lady, please Mary, be a bit more polite

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Hey FSA and FSA ES Fatherl
I will listen to my "momma" if you stop listening to Babacan Gulen. He is giving you bad advice. You do know he is returning to Turkey soon? Yep, he is packing up and running away and you will soon follow him to avoid paying back the loan and serving any federal time.
I just have one suggestion on that note. You should live quickly before your passports are frozen and you have to stay and face the charges.

Mark / Mary,

I haven't seen a positive suggestion from you yet. Everything is crowded out by your snipes and I am smarter than you diatribe.

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Mark / Mary,

You and Prof have tied Turks to HAMAS and the PLO. How do you think the typical Americian will see this. In other posts, you are said to have a Turkish husband. If you are blessed with children I hope they aren;t tarred with the same broad brush you use to smear these Turkish led schools.

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FSA MS and FSA ES Father;
I am smart, I am not the one with the failed school that is closing down.

I was trying to help these American parents because i think in some ways they might be a bit naive about Hizmet. Shortly, you will see how the American parents are questioning your behavior and the enrollment will drop to less than 100 kids.

Wells Fargo is calling back the loan and / or will own the property. They will not keep you there because you cannot be trusted. Wells Fargo will open their own school operated by financial experts and you will be out looking for a location for your private school and no one will lease to you.

Sounds like what happened to Knoxville Charter Academy..in America we call it "the deep freeze"

Bob;
How is the redacted version different from the original version?
In legal practice, "redacted" simply means an overview that omits fine points, but still gives the same outcomes.

These poolr parents are really grasping at straws if they think the outcome will change the status of the closed school.

Most names of participants in school trips--particularly those of students--are blocked out.

To all:

Fulton County has not removed the names of all the children in the report. What is worse prior to the newer version that is out links to the board docs was published in anti-gulan hate web sites and still is.

I would ask that all newspapers remove the redacted version until such time as all of the children's names have been removed.

You are exposing the names of children to individuals that have been convicted of cyber harassment and in one case a person from the anti-gulan blogs physically attacked an individual that had been the focus of the cyber harassment.

For the safety of our children please remove document unless you are 100% sure that all children's names have been removed.

FSA MS and FSA ES FAther;
Wow, tell us how you really feel wishing bad on other people's children?
I never smeared your Turkish led Schools, you have done a good job of smearing yourself with your behaviors.
Did you really think you were going to get away with not paying back the loan to Wells Fargo? Wait till they call back the loan and you are no where to be found.
Can all of the American tax money fit in your suit case when you flee the country?

Hamas and PLO --yes Turkey does have those ties but it is not important or relevant to the closure of this school.
It is simple, you cannot be trusted with American money and do not possess the proper skills, education and even grammar to be teaching children.

If dancing the Kolbasti is your idea of success, these kids are in big trouble when they move on to other schools. I just hope they are not too far behind the other kids coming from non-Gulenist schools.

To "the best defense is a good offense"

Your comments and others have given some very sincere suggestions to these ranting parents to turn this bad predicament around.

I fear, they will continue down the same path and not accept blame or responsibility. They cannot hope to continue with this attitude.

Any tax payer can view the 990 IRS tax returns of Grace Institute and Fulton Educational Services for free at http://www.guidestar.com. THey can draw their own conclusions that the numbers and expenses don't jive. There is even a travel expense of $21,000, and Mr. Sener accepted money from one of these groups for "services" so does that mean Mr. Sener was double dipping salaries..1 for principal the other for ??
There are too many red flags on these 990 IRS tax returns, and the forensics audit dug deeper. Soon the other schools will be audited too, there may be enough red flags that the county BOE turns this over to the County District Attorney or to the State Attorney General's office.
If I was you parents I would stop trying to fight and become united with the county and state BOE. This "them vs. "Us" attitude will get you no where real fast, it already has gotten you a closed school.

Sincerely hope you can salvage your private school, please take our suggestions and start with looking into the mirror.

Mark / Mary,

You are trying to help people salvage the school? Really? You seem to be everywhere I look that denigrates Turks in education. How could you, such a hater of Turkish led schools actually believe this? Seems rather disingenuous. So does your posing as a man and not admitting your a paid anti-Gulenist.

Where did your crew come up with the Goose Network name. I must admit I like the Brand.

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Editor,

Please contact me, you have my email. I can provide the links to MarkMunoz. A simple Goolge and some cross linking will sort this out.

Mark / Mary,

You mentioned Tom associations with Raytheo and Gulen. Raytheon is the 5th largest US Defense Contractor in the US.

If you have knowledge that implicates then in supporting illegal activities you are legally bound to contact the authorities. The FBI is the place to start. http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field/jurisdictions?

It is your legal obligation as a citizen.

http://goosenetwork.tumblr.com/post/10570103524/marys-story-a-former-gulen-charter-school

Bill,

Sorry to burst your bubble. I am a parent with a child at FSA ES. I had a child at FSA MS, but when the FCBOE made their decision in December I moved quickly to ensure my eldest had a place in a private school.

I haven't made chasing Gulen an avocation or a vocation. I just want my kids to get a decent / great education and not be afraid to go to school. That is something the FSA MS offered.

What I have seen in your postings, and the ones that also look like they were written by you, is just a very denigrating attitude towards parents who feel that the FSA schools offer a better place for their children.

I have actually learned a lot from these postings and I can see why so many people in Dunwoody, Alpharetta, Roswell and Sandy Springs are angry, flummoxed or just surprised about FSA MS and their Board. Having said that the FSA parent community absolutely feels that the County gave us short shrift before FSA MS was shut down.

The vast amount of Gulen related information makes for interesting and enlightening reading. When wrapped in snarky, pedantic, and insulting rhetoric, it makes one pause and consider the sources of this information.

MarkMunoz actually started off with a measured tone in this blog / thread and then reverted back to type. If you and your crew could stay with a fact based approach I think you can advance your agenda. Without a more assuaging tone, you will turn off most Americans. Think Honey versus Vinegar.

I am not sure what you mean by saying "ergenekon" but it seems you don't agree with these claims. Thanks for the clarification.