More ridiculous acts and corruption in Peoria's District 150

Opinion only in this blog entry - everyone is free to believe what they wish about this topic...

The key words in this entry are Grenita Lathan, Kevin Curtin, Peoria, District 150, school board, demotion, corruption, racial discrimination, lawsuit, and Key Royster.
The reason these are listed up front is to assist people doing searches.


Here's more evidence of the corruption and personal sideswiping and career torpedoing that takes place in Grenita Lathan's District 150 system.

And note that I am simply an interested observer, I have no dog in this fight.
I have no children in District 150 - never have, and do not live in the district...but I stand for decency and truth wherever it is lacking and surely Grenita Lathan is currently the epicenter of indecency and lies with what she's doing in Peoria's only public school district.

Last night with the help of a few of her corrupt ilk on the District 150 school board, she engineered the demotion of three of the finest principals and finest people Peoria may have ever known....does she fear these fine, upstanding, well-loved principals?
Does she feel threatened because they know far more than she does about running schools and even school districts?
Their track records are impeccable - Lathan cannot possibly name a single thing that they have done wrong (and of course she hasn't) - except in her eyes they have been a little too good, too successful - and their accomplishments cast a light that exposes Lathan's own failures.

Does she fear they could probably even do her job way better than she does and likely even do it with one hand tied behind their backs?

You have to wonder why 200 people would show up to support Kevin Curtin, Paul Monrad, and Annette Coleman...and waited two hours just to get a chance to voice their strong opposition to those moves by Grenita Lathan.
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1679920525/Crowd-shows-support-for-two-principals-at-District-150-meeting

Lathan's puzzling yet predictable actions show her to be racist as well as biased in other ways -- and it'll become even more obvious when she chooses their replacements...

BUT - mostly you have to wonder - especially in the case of Kevin Curtin - why would she do this???
Curtin is a tremendous principal, loved by everyone, a MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING educator who has improved EVERY school he's ever worked at.

By the way -- just to show how hypocritical Grenita Lathan is - we will use her own words to discredit her...
A year ago - she meddled with Curtin and his position - at that time saying...
"District 150 Superintendent Grenita Lathan says the changes are only to advance-- not penalize-- the principals and their schools.

"None of the changes were to punish anyone," said Dr. Lathan. "These were not reassignments as far as in reference to job performance or lack there of."

"That becomes the bitter part of it-- is to say goodbye to all those families and those children," said Kevin Curtin, principal of Garfield Primary School."
http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/home/Principals-React-to-Dist-150-Changes-118951674.html?m=y&smobile=y

And just a couple weeks ago - Grenita Lathan stated openly and publicly that the parents SHOULD have a voice and should have a say in these kinds of decisions - then she failed to answer anyone's questions last night and basically shoved it in the parents' faces saying in effect "I will make these decisions and damned any parent who thinks otherwise"
It's as if she's saying "to hell with anyone who wants to oppose me"...
http://peoriastory.typepad.com/peoriastory/peoria_school_district_150/

All you need to do is read just a few of the articles detailing how Kevin Curtin has turned around some of the WORST schools and students because he has bright, innovative ideas and an amazing passion for young children.

Just read these stories...
http://peoria.medicine.uic.edu/1234/
http://www.cinewsnow.com/home/Partners-in-Peace-Honorees-118947144.html
http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2012/02/teachers-are-praying-that-board-of.html
http://www.cinewsnow.com/home/Parents--staff-object-to-potential-reassignments-of-principals-140667543.html?m=y&smobile=y
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&gbv=2&q=cache:kNBEdVwRreQJ:http://www.tailoredprinting.net/HOIUW/whatmattersJanuary2009.html+%22kevin+curtin%22+and+%22principal%22+and+%22cancer%22&ct=clnk

Here just a few of Kevin Curtin's outstanding accomplishments are named --
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1664572360/Curtailing-bullying-this-years-goal


So I will do my part to expose the idiocy and corruption inside District 150 - the top dogs feel threatened by anyone who gets things done the right way - and they worry their jobs will be in jeopardy if someone under them is doing a way better job than they are.

So their solution is get them out of there -- kinda reminiscent of the scene when the young Darth Vader (Anakin) wipes out the entire nursery where the "youngling" Jedi children are being nurtured - just to destroy anyone who might be a future threat!




For anyone interested - just more on corruption and Grenita Lathan...
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x88774728/Lathans-appointments-approved

http://www.peoria.com/messages/got_a_good_gig_spread_the_wealth.php?message_board_parent_id=267952&vpage=

http://peoriastory.typepad.com/peoriastory/2011/09/to-peoria-district-150-school-board-youre-wasting-money.html

http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/State-of-the-Schools-121665744.html

http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/State-of-the-Schools-121645634.html


Keep in mind that all this comes on the heels of Peoria's District 150 hiring then firing a very similar Superintendant in Kay Royster - see below....

Not to mention that Grenita's District 150 had to pay off a $450,000 settlement in a racial discrimination case where the administrators racially discriminated against WHITE employees....duh....does anyone see a pattern here??
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x603497261/D150-settlement-was-for-450-000

And this isn't the ONLY such discrimination lawsuit that District 150 is facing or having to pay off...there's actually MANY!!!!
Is this where you want your money going, Peorians??
http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Lawsuit-Filed-Against-District-150-125665113.html
http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/44027162.html
http://centralillinoisproud.com/fulltext?nxd_id=228952


In other words -- if you are white, and if you do good job in Peoria's District 150 then watch out -- your job is in jeopardy -- you are a threat to Grenita Lathan!!

Sadly - in the end it is the very people that District 150 should be helping and serving that get cheated and who end up with a horrible and corrupt school system -- the children and the families suffer. But Grenita doesn't care -- she's doing just fine...making plenty of money ...
http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/85012232.html
http://www.pjstar.com/news/x633532886/District-150-School-Board-OKs-10-000-bonus-for-superintendent


All the while, more and more problems back in the San Diego schools are being discovered that were left behind when she came to Peoria...
http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2012/01/superintendent-grenita-lathan-being.html

Even the past District 150 superintendants all get fired for corruption then sue the district!!
http://www.personalinjurylawnews.com/royster-files-lawsuit-peoria-journal-star/
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-16/news/ct-met-superintendent-severance-20110716_1_severance-package-veteran-superintendent-board-president/3


But Royster just moved on to another school district where she took her corruption and got fired again --amazing...
http://peoriachronicle.com/2008/02/05/kay-royster-fired-from-another-school-district/


Even MORE on District 150 improprieties and corruption...

http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2012/02/over-200-people-in-attendance-at.html

http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2012/02/still-trying-to-understand-it-all.html

http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2012/02/just-trying-to-understand-it-all.html

http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2012/02/when-comments-from-spam-make-blog.html

http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2012/02/teachers-are-praying-that-board-of.html

http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2012/02/saga-of-mary-davis-continues.html

http://peoriastory.typepad.com/peoriastory/2011/09/to-peoria-district-150-school-board-youre-wasting-money.html

http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2011/10/district-150-expected-to-terminate.html

http://emergepeoria.blogspot.com/2011/09/district-150s-excuse-for-not-having.html