Some people even went over to the warehouse to see for themselves.
(Just after she resigned), Longfellow residents saw United Van Lines semi truck loads coming
to the school and unloading school furniture. Tables, pianos, desks, chairs, and other furniture
of a style that one would see in a school were being unloaded by men.
Some neighbors went over to the school and asked what was going on. They claim they were
told the workers were moving assets from Buena Vista High School which is about 5 miles
away. This jogged my memory that I was told; Sodexo had also moved assets of Saginaw
Public Schools to open up a Charter school in Ohio also.
It began happening day after day. Now, hearing that goods were being unloaded suddenly after
the resignation of the School Board Treasurer because of her involvement in a Charter, we all
wanted to go and see what was happening with our own eyes.
On March 4, 2015, I (also) went to Longfellow with a friend, when neighbors advised me that
the trucks were at the school again. I saw three United Van Lines Semi Trucks, and I saw three
men unloading tables into the school. I asked the group if they were opening Longfellow back
up. The white man said, “We are just moving stuff from Buena Vista.” I went to the other side
of the school where there was a Saginaw Public School van with a Louisiana license plate!
On March 16, 2015, I was out and about … To my surprise I saw Detroit Board of Education
truck unloading furniture into Longfellow! Additionally, on this day, there was a Saginaw
Schools pick-up truck at the location along with Sodexo workers (in uniform). When Neighbors
spoke about the Detroit Board of Education truck had delivering two pianos to Longfellow.
Questions:
Why is a Detroit Board of Education Truck in Saginaw City School District unloading furniture?
Why did the Board of Education van have a Louisiana License Plate?
How long have DPS trucks been in use in Louisiana?
Did the furniture come from the Charter, or DPS?
Under which district are the Sodexo Employees working?
Are the Buena Vista Schools’, DPS, or Saginaw City assets being given to Charters?
Were Title I funded ordered for Charters in a different community?
Are there records of the disposal of publicly funded assets?
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