From: Bohl, James Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 9:18 AM To: Lee, Chris Subject: Fwd: Right Step pending school building purchase Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Dave Blank - Gmail Date: July 23, 2016 at 9:13:28 AM CDT To: jbohl@milwaukee.gov Cc: mcoggs@milwaukee.gov, nkovac@milwaukee.gov, nkovac@milwaukee.gov, mmurph@milwaukee.gov, Russell.Stamper@milwaukee.gov Subject: Right Step pending school building purchase I am encouraging you to put on hold any action re: this school's request to purchase the building. There is enough serious accusations to bring the school's reputation, and the future of this school into question. -------------------------------------------- Alderwoman Milele Coggs has scheduled a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday to take input on this voucher school that is currently under investigation for abuse of students. Join us in saying NO to another voucher school that drains critical resources from Milwaukee Public Schools and that treats students in a inhumane way. According to a recent JSOnline article: "A group of parents last year alleged that Right Step students were abused and humiliated during a boot camp at Fort McCoy, a U.S. military training center near Sparta, in September 2014. According to the lawsuit, which is still pending, students were punched, kicked and slapped; forced to remain in a smoke-filled room until they passed out; and forced to endure humiliating acts, such as lying in their own vomit or drinking from a cup filled with an instructor's spit." Read more here: http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/military-style-voucher-school-seeks-to-buy-vacant- mps-building-b99766569z1-387980062.html and here: http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/parents-sue-military-style-voucher- school-for-abuse-humiliation-b99526501z1-309848851.html Our students deserve better! We can serve and rehabilitate these students without subjecting them to a "no excuses" model that has been proven to be ineffective and inhumane. --------------------------------------- Dave Blank 3136 S. Indiana Ave Milwaukee, WI 414-335-2844