Board of Directors and concerned Stakeholders,
I am writing to stress the disappointment that many alumni have with Community Harvest Charter School. Students, families, faculty, and staff are leaving more and more as time goes on. As Community Harvest Charter School grows older the culture and esteem that it once held has dimmed. Now it’s like a small, public school. I used to be proud to say that I graduated from Community Harvest. My school had style, meaning, significance, culture, and most of all passion. Teachers, families, students, and staff all came together as one. Now…well the school is not even remotely similar to what used to be.
Faculty, staff, juniors, and seniors helped lead the way for the younger student. I truly feel that we set the bar high; we were proud to mentor the younger students and we are proud of what we accomplished! We started a culture in which we were not willing to settle for to settle for the bare minimum was not an option. Our leaders taught us that unity was key; and in our case lead to the black and brown communities collaborating e in order for a more progressive future. One of our leaders, Mr. Frank Trujillo taught each of us that we should not be willing to settle, to actually question that which seems doubtful, to stand up for what we believed in.
Regardless if we culminated or graduated, or not, Community Harvest impacted each of us, whether we wanted it to happen or not; that is how strong the passion was. It brought students and families from the inner cities and we were lead to believe that we too, deserved a first rate education, opportunity, support, and love. We felt it! We lived it! And we believed it!! What I now see of Community Harvest…I really see it as a shame that these my fellow CHARV students are not experiencing what I experienced. I was a young male from Pico Union, whose goal in life was nothing more than to graduate from high school. It was leaders like Ms. Johnson, Mr. Trujillo, Mr. Pearson, Ms. Hansen, Mr. Ali-El, and Ms. Montoya that taught it me that there is much more in life than simply stopping at High School culmination! (I am now in a master degree program.)
College, careers, and culture, these aspects were instilled in me. When visiting Community Harvest now, whether it is the campus or meetings, this sense of culture respect is lost. The culture is diminishing and the board, why the board does not have much to say, much less even taking action. If the board is not taking action then why are they present? Why do they hold the position? It appears that they are friends with the current administrators. Their willingness to rubber stamp the voice of the administration is destroying our beloved school and negatively impacting the students. It becomes a cycle one individual who could care less passes it down to a student who could care less! Please, we must strive for better outcomes in life; let’s give these students better opportunities, and stop this cycle!
Sincerely,
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