06.18.12
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As the World Turns: Pencader Charter School Summer Vacation Edition.

So, I was strolling through DEEDS today and searched for the credentials of the School Leader for Pencader, Ms. Ann Lewis. Here is what the public website, available here(http://bit.ly/KPmhaZ), reveals upon entering her name:

Degree School Major Received By DOE
Doctorate Westfield University Organizational Leadership
Master UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Business 12/04/2008
Bachelor UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE Elementary Education 06/21/1985
Undergraduate-level Coursework MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 10/05/1987
Graduate-level Coursework UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 12/19/2008

People who know me, know I like to read and research things (I have read Dr. Lowery’s dissertation and Dr. Lyles’ dissertation as examples) so I went to ProQuest to search for Ms. Lewis’ doctoral dissertation here: http://dissexpress.umi.com/dxweb#search?. Needless to say, I struck out.

I then went looking for Westfield University to see if the dissertation  was hosted locally there. As you navigate the site, you can find no portal for such a search. I then checked the internet registration of the website:

domain: WESTFIELD-UNIVERSITY.COM created: 01-Jul-2009 last-changed: 01-Jul-2011 registration-expiration: 01-Jul-2012 nserver: ns57.1and1.com 217.160.82.168 nserver: ns58.1and1.com 217.160.83.168 status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED registrant-firstname: Oneandone registrant-lastname: Private Registration registrant-organization: 1&1 Internet, Inc. - http://1and1.com/contact registrant-street1: 701 Lee Road, Suite 300 registrant-street2: ATTN: westfield-university.com registrant-pcode: 19087 registrant-state: PA registrant-city: Chesterbrook registrant-ccode: US registrant-phone: +1.8772064254 registrant-email: proxy2014243@1and1-private-registration.com admin-c-firstname: Oneandone admin-c-lastname: Private Registration admin-c-organization: 1&1 Internet, Inc. - http://1and1.com/contact admin-c-street1: 701 Lee Road, Suite 300 admin-c-street2: ATTN: westfield-university.com admin-c-pcode: 19087 admin-c-state: PA admin-c-city: Chesterbrook admin-c-ccode: US admin-c-phone: +1.8772064254 admin-c-email: proxy2014243@1and1-private-registration.com tech-c-firstname: Oneandone tech-c-lastname: Private Registration tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet, Inc. - http://1and1.com/contact tech-c-street1: 701 Lee Road, Suite 300 tech-c-street2: ATTN: westfield-university.com tech-c-pcode: 19087 tech-c-state: PA tech-c-city: Chesterbrook tech-c-ccode: US tech-c-phone: +1.8772064254 tech-c-email: proxy2014243@1and1-private-registration.com bill-c-firstname: Oneandone bill-c-lastname: Private Registration bill-c-organization: 1&1 Internet, Inc. - http://1and1.com/contact bill-c-street1: 701 Lee Road, Suite 300 bill-c-street2: ATTN: westfield-university.com bill-c-pcode: 19087 bill-c-state: PA bill-c-city: Chesterbrook bill-c-ccode: US bill-c-phone: +1.8772064254 bill-c-email: proxy2014243@1and1-private-registration.com % See http://registrar.1und1.info for information about 1&1 Internet AG

This is strange! So I then proceeded to send an e-mail to the registrar e-mail which was available on the website. Here’s that e-mail exchange:

Dear Westfield,

I am interested in your program. What do I need in order to apply to your programs?

Thanks,

John Young

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10:03 PM (11 minutes ago)

 
    
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So now I am just flummoxed. There appears to be a claim of Doctoral Status by the leader of Pencader Charter school, with no evidence in the public marketplace to support it.  As a taxpaying Delawarean who helps to support Pencader Charter School, I am asking the Delaware DOE and State Board of Education to please determine if the school leader’s credentials are verifiable and accurate. If yes, then please present them to the public for inspection. If no, then she should be removed by the Pencader Board, which may or may not be legally constructed at this time, for material misrepresentation.

In the event the Pencader board is illegally constructed, I call upon the SBOE to appoint board members this week, so the school can function under Delaware Charter code.

All of my conclusions and and research are based on information plainly available in public. I am hopeful that this all has a plausible explanation and will be relieved if it does. My fear, is that it will not, and the main victims will be students and parents who are currently operating under the “everything is OK” mantra coming from the school. This is patently unfair, again if true, and the State DOE owe these families the truth about their school and its future ASAP.

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8 thoughts on “As the World Turns: Pencader Charter School Summer Vacation Edition.”

  1. Wouldn’t it be a good idea if Delaware DOE didn’t list credentials until after verified? How hard is it to acquired sealed transcripts? Markell has the executive power to make this change.

    As far as Pencader, I see no charter school review meeting listed for Pencader and without, I can’t see how the state board can take action. I don’t think they’ll close Pencader but perhaps allow the Delaware Charter Schools Network to be a broker for new organization to takeover under an emergency provision.The only concern with Pencader would be low enrollment = financial viability.Nothing criminal going on!

    • Who said anything criminal was going on? As for fiscal viability, the taxpayers fo this state have a right to have our money shepherded with fidelity, and that included NOT have an unqualified 3rd party selected/brokered by the DE Charter Network??? Are you serious?

    • If the board is determined to be illegally composed,this could create an emergency for the DOE/SBOE to act on filling board seats.

  2. WOW. When I have time later I will come back and digest this incredible post of yours, John. But then, why am I not surprised at the conclusions drawn here…..

  3. If charter schools are corporations under Delaware Corporation Law who is the CEO of Pencader? Just say, if the school leader hand picks replacement board members to be approved by remaining loyal board members who really runs the corporation? If DOE / SBOE of education fills the board seats it will be with Rodel / DE Charter Network clones.

    I find it kind of odd with Pencader still being on probation and new concerns with enrollment and board members leaving DE DOE hasn’t scheduled an emergency “public” charter school review meeting. Whatever DE DOE presents to the state board this month surely was something done in the dark.

  4. Kilroy…to…your…rhetorical…question…in…your…first…comments…the answer is clearly the school leader is in control of everything…………………..

  5. Who taught Mr. Lewis’ math class when he was dismissed? Was the person current on their state credentials for teaching his classes?

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