Up North Progressive
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HAUNTINGLY ACCURATE: For-Profit Charter School Insider Cites Up North Progressive in Poison Pen Letter
Wednesday , 31, March 2021 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16, Uncategorized 3 CommentsUp North Progressive has been quiet lately due to working on a special project while occasionally coming up for air to tweetstorm anything with the hashtag #DefundBergman. Yesterday, Miss Fortune over at Glistening Quivering Underbelly shared a letter she received anonymously. The writer is a member of MAPSA and knows all of the inside dirt […]
Shell Game The CSA Way: Chuck and Maria’s Partners Properties
Monday , 14, October 2019 Section 16 2 CommentsThe best thing with sharing warm and fuzzy stories about Michigan’s for-profit charter schools and the hi-jinks they get themselves into is when a voice in the crowd is eager to share their experiences. Up North Progressive early this morning received an anonymous comment. Some time in the mid-2000’s Chuck wanted to build a […]
Eviction Notice The CSA Way: And Where’s Mr. Beyer Going?
Wednesday , 9, October 2019 Section 16 1 CommentOctober has been a bizarre month for Charyl Stockwell Academy. An email went out to parents on Monday, October 7, 2019, that Steven Beyer, the principal turned superintendent for the last 60 days abruptly resigned. On October 8, 2019, it was officially announced that CSA would lease the building across the street owned by Michael […]
Keeping Your Children Safe The CSA Way: Pay No Attention to the Threat Behind the Curtain
Tuesday , 1, October 2019 Section 16 Leave a commentOne of the unfortunate realities of attending school in the United States is putting the burden of protecting children from threats of violence while they attend school on everyone but the people responsible. Any instance of any person claiming they want to shoot up a school or bomb a school must be taken as a […]
Extorting Money The CSA Way: New Middle School Bait and Switch
Saturday , 28, September 2019 Section 16 3 CommentsFor-profit Charyl Stockwell Academy likes to call itself a school district even though they don’t have boundaries, an elected school board, nor can they hold elections to approve bonds or millages. Those are methods of funding reserved for real public school districts that have real boundaries and real elected school boards. Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy […]
CSA Founder Chuck Stockwell’s Rant Letter May Have Violated Campaign Finance Laws
Wednesday , 26, September 2018 Section 16 Leave a commentOn September 17, 2018, Charyl Stockwell Academy founder Chuck Stockwell sent out a letter to parents declaring it wasn’t fair that real public school districts could hold elections to raise funds while charter schools which are not districts can’t and ordered the parents of CSA to vote NO on upcoming millage elections. The only problem […]
When Even the For-Profit Charter School You Founded Asks “WTF?”
Tuesday , 25, September 2018 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 Leave a commentThis letter is available as a PDF on the CSA for-profit charter school website. What’s going on, Chuck? Do you need an intervention?
What is Chuck Stockwell Complaining About: Michigan Taxpayers Pay My Mortgage or Else!
Saturday , 22, September 2018 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 1 CommentIn a letter sent out to the parents of students attending Charyl Stockwell Academy for-profit charter school, Chuck Stockwell demanded parents punish the area real public school districts by voting no on their millage elections because it’s not fair they can raise money like any other government entity, and he can’t because he runs charter […]
For-Profit Charter School Founder Chuck Stockwell Resorts to Extortion and Voter Manipulation With CSA Parents
Wednesday , 19, September 2018 Dr. Ingersoll, Elections, Section 16 1 CommentLivingston Developmental Academy Co-Founder Chuck Stockwell is considered an institution in the Michigan for-profit charter school industry. Who knew a loving parent relying on vision therapy to cure his daughter of an inoperable brain tumor would over two decades later be the successful businessman of the charter school campus now known as Charyl Stockwell Academy? […]
Teachers Speak Out About Integrated Visual Learning: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Tuesday , 13, January 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 4 CommentsIt takes courage to speak out about an employer, even a former employer. Teachers especially have to be mindful about what they say about a school administrator they worked for. Long-reaching arms can make it hard for that teacher to find work elsewhere. Now that Michigan is a freedom to freeload state, keeping a position […]