VI. Improper Reporting of Use & Disposal of Budgeted Resources Purchased with Public Funds Under
Governor Snyder Harms Minority Students & Taxpayers Statewide
SUMMARY
Information provided to students, and to the public by Governor managed districts inflates or obscures the truth:
1. Student records from EAA seem to have been altered and sometimes grades inflated.
2. Records of use of district assets in three districts is obscure. Lack of records of disposal of public school
assets throughout the state. Sodexo employees driving a Detroit Board of Education School truck with a
Louisiana License plate was seen by neighbors unloading assets from other public school districts to
Longfellow Elementary School, in Saginaw, Michigan. Is this how DPS contracts and assets are used and why?
3. DPS has inflated the number of teachers available for teaching, when those teachers are used for
administrative duties.
DETAILS
1. Elementary students forced into classrooms where they are performing below grade average work and many
high school students are given “easy classes” receiving inflated grades and credit for classes they did not pass.
There are multiple reports and rumors of EAA schools inflating student grades, and also doctoring or altering
grades. Because of the great fear of retaliation, it is difficult to reassure members of the community (teachers,
parents, students) they can talk about the circumstances they have witnessed without being retaliated against.
We hope the Department of Justice does an immediate and thorough investigation ensuring the safety of those
who speak out or are involved with uncovering EAA grade altering practices.
Complainant states:
“I really didn’t mind graduating (late) , and I know I wanted to go to college and do work so
that I could be successful in life. I saw my transcript and I knew I had to make up a lot.
Then one day, (they said) I should come get my diploma, (because) I graduated...I felt
surprised. I was also shocked. I knew that based on what I was told… I was not supposed to be
graduating. However, maybe they were being nice to me because (they) wanted to pass
everyone. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with being nice.
I enrolled myself into (college). I signed up for a full class (load) which was Math, English,
Writing, and Social Studies. When they gave me assignments to do 5-10 page papers, it was
too hard, because I never did it before. So, I just stopped going. I was telling myself everyday
that I will go the next day, but I couldn’t make myself because my confidence and self esteem
was dropping when I was challenged with the work (I had no experience doing).
I now realize I was done a disservice when I was not allowed to take the classes I needed to
acquire the knowledge necessary to succeed in my classes. Now I realize the school was wrong
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