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    It's too late, Nate.

    PHONE SCRIPT

    Hi, is this _________________?

    My name is _________________ with the Take Back Our Schools Campaign, a coalition of parents, educators & students in

    Northeast Denver and Montbello. Have you heard about our effort to recall school board presidentNate Easley?1. Easley has a conflict of interest

    a. He is President of the DPS Board and Deputy Director of the Denver Scholarship Foundation at the same time.

    b. DPS Superintendent Boasberg and DPS board member, Theresa Pena, also sit on the board of the Foundation.

    c. As President of the DPS board, he is the employerof Superintendent Boasberg.

    d. As Deputy Director of the Denver Scholarship Foundation, he is the employee of Boasberg.

    e. He has influence over Boasbergs employment and salary, and Boasberg has influence over his.

    f. He has used Denver Scholarship Foundation resources to conduct DPS business.g. Easley, Boasberg, and Pena vote/influence actions of both organizations.

    2. Easley holds secret meetings in violation of the states open meetings law.

    a. He didnt publish public notice of meetings where school board policy was discussed or developed.

    b. He misused the law in an attempt to publicly reprimand 3 progressive DPS board members.

    c. He repeatedly violated the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) when he denied parents requests for school

    finance records.

    3. Easley doesnt listen to the concerns of parents.

    a. He voted for DPS to shut down, phase out, and replace public neighborhood schools with private charter schools

    b. He didnt return calls or emails from many concerned parents

    4. Easley misses many community meetings.

    a. Between Oct 2010-Jan 2011 to discuss the future of Northeast schools

    b. At Manual High School during the principal search process

    c. In Montbello to hear parents concerns about school shut-downs

    5. Easley votes 100% of the time with the Superintendent and corporate-backed board members.

    a. He didnt listen to the hundreds of Montbello High School students that opposed the phase-out of their school.

    b. He promised to support public neighborhood schools, but voted to replace them with corporate charter schools.

    c. He promised to support teachers; instead he supported their mass firings without a fair process.

    Will you support our recall effort by:

    ____ Signing the recall petition____Talking to others about the recall

    ____Getting others to sign the recall petition

    ____Passing out flyers

    ____Making phone calls

    For more information email [email protected] or visit www.defensedenver.com.To get involved in DeFENSE, please call our Team Leaders:

    Montbello/Far North East Jackie Skalecke 303-371-3811 | Northeast Mandy Hennessy 720-224-4125

    Spanish speaking parent organizer Mario Ramirez 303-526-8712

    Media Inquiries John McBride 720-270-3527

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