tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post3623302369929947267..comments2024-03-28T10:56:38.635-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Corporate Philanthropy In Emeryville: A Great Hill of BeansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-12066132654842152812016-09-25T14:01:34.293-07:002016-09-25T14:01:34.293-07:00If you mean to say the business community views Em...If you mean to say the business community views Emery Unified as a lost cause, you may have a point but that's hard to quantify. I like to think instead the business sector would wish to help out a struggling school district.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-62251123021829479552016-09-25T10:28:25.511-07:002016-09-25T10:28:25.511-07:00Thanks for revealing your political persuasion to ...Thanks for revealing your political persuasion to the readers. The Tattler seems adept at drawing readers from a wide range of the political spectrum, certainly those of your ilk.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-65461940168220225992016-09-25T10:24:11.323-07:002016-09-25T10:24:11.323-07:00You are correct: the Oakland business donations to...You are correct: the Oakland business donations to Emery schools last year amounted to zero.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-87127988271882588582016-09-25T10:21:46.337-07:002016-09-25T10:21:46.337-07:00Thanks for your comments. As to where the Emery E...Thanks for your comments. As to where the Emery Ed Fund (EEF) monies went, the Tattler IS looking into that. One problem with the investigation is Mr Rubio who, to use an expression that is if anything charitable to him, hasn't been helpful. Any solution to get the business community to start donating money to the schools in my opinion should of course not rely on John Gooding who ran EEF into the ground, or John Rubio, or indeed any single individual. The temptation for graft (has been and) would be great (presuming Emeryville businesses actually did start donating). I would really like to talk with you on this subject, please email me.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-21499125700658206792016-09-25T08:57:44.320-07:002016-09-25T08:57:44.320-07:00I read that around 75% of the students in the Emer...I read that around 75% of the students in the Emery School District are actually residents from Oakland. Maybe you should list all of the Oakland businesses that don't contribute? I'm guessing the number that do is a big fat zero as well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-78927456632460278542016-09-25T08:46:42.345-07:002016-09-25T08:46:42.345-07:00Businesses do volunteer to EUSD. Pixar sent employ...Businesses do volunteer to EUSD. Pixar sent employees over to my child's class and they were wonderful. My company, Amyris, also has provided volunteers to schools. Cliff Bar has donated CLiff Bars and employee volunteers. When the teachers go out on their own and solicit help, the businesses respond. Herein lies the problem: The Emery Ed Fund destroyed a lot of the relationships between EUSD and the local businesses. (Where is the Ed Fund monies? How rich did all those administrators, Gooding, Simon, Dice et. al. get off of EEF? There's your story Brian. How nobody has ever looked into this is a mystery to me). I know for fact that the relationship between Amyris and EUSD was destroyed by EEF and has never really been mended since. <br />There certainly is an opportunity here for our Superintendent to step in and be a hero. Currently there is no administration or organization that goes out and solicits the local businesses. Now that the ECCL is done maybe John Rubio can turn his focus onto rebuilding those relationships. He could really do a lot there and it would totally benefit our schools. Now that EEF is gone there needs to be an effective organization to liaison those relationships. I see a lot of positive changes at EUSD. The PTO is rocking again, there is some really cool things going on there. It's time to work hard on soliciting the businesses. It's really an untapped resource and a huge opportunity.<br /> HENRY FAMILYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03559130955849697879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-17359886049290937032016-09-25T01:42:50.398-07:002016-09-25T01:42:50.398-07:00You act as if charity is required. It is not. That...You act as if charity is required. It is not. That's why it's called charity. The whole idea is that it's voluntary. Jeez talk about a tempest in a teapot. You're smearing a lot of fine people who give a lot to Emeryville. Funny thing; if you stop with so much over regulation from a government that can only take more, businesses will step up to the plate and help out. The idea of getting pleasure from giving goes out when the government is breathing down your neck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-28471369938275348162016-09-24T10:54:37.522-07:002016-09-24T10:54:37.522-07:00Maybe the business community reads the Tattler:
S...Maybe the business community reads the Tattler:<br /><br />School District Fights Back: Superintendent They Say, Only Wasted About $79,000<br /><br />Emery School District Pays $1.1 Million Dollars for $481,000 of Services<br /><br />School Board President Defends Himself, Says Board Member Acted With 'Criminal Intent', President Affeldt Calls Colleague Board Member Patz a "Criminal"<br /><br />$5 Million Spent By School District To Inform But Ignorance Prevails: The Worst $5 Million Spent In Emeryville History <br /><br />Emery School District Botches 'Measure K' Parcel Tax Rollout, School District Plays it Fast and Loose With Measure K <br /><br />Secrecy Reigns at Emeryville's Dysfunctional School Board/District<br /><br />Disgraceful One Year Anniversary at School District<br /><br />Emery To Join Ranks Of "Worst Offender" Districts?<br /><br />Schools Superintendent Rubio Unilaterally Hands Over Sensitive Information on District Children<br /><br />Emery School District: 'We're Going to Cut Our Way to Excellence' <br /><br />School Board Member Alleges Possible Malfeasance at ECCL Donn Merriam Cries Foul on Turner Construction<br /><br />Alameda County Grand Jury Finds Emery Unified School District in Violation of Transparency Laws<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-78744817392016782702016-09-24T09:38:21.207-07:002016-09-24T09:38:21.207-07:00It's true that Wareham does give more to the s...It's true that Wareham does give more to the schools than other businesses (we like that) but it's also true that Wareham is also more frequently needing to burnish their image owing to the near constant building of projects they keep needing approval for. The story makes that nexus clear I believe.<br />And Pixar employees? Sounds like Pixar hires some very civically minded people. Good for them! But that's not what the story is about. It's about corporate philanthropy to the schools (or the lack of it rather), not employees that they have no control over. The area they DO have control over reveals a deep parsimoniousness to our schools with an overlay of BS claims to the contrary. Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-28691755447583056782016-09-24T09:13:29.900-07:002016-09-24T09:13:29.900-07:00Wareham has a long history of supporting the schoo...Wareham has a long history of supporting the schools and that should have been more prominent in the story. As for Pixar, they send an equally important resource to Emery Schools, people. Pixar employees have worked in classrooms and as mentors all last year. In August, I worked with about a dozen Pixar employees who volunteered to help set up the garden at the ECCL. <br />I would like to thank Pixar and Wareham for what they do. I appreciate what they have done for Emery students and families. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008657993051067860noreply@blogger.com