The more I read the article on St. Johns Classical Academy the more disturbing it becomes.
Hutchings got off the board because she knew Janice Kerekes and Tina Bullock would vote against the school. If her daughter had abstained from voting due to a conflict of interest, the vote would have been 2 to 2. The result—no charter school. Instead, it was 3-2. What a joke of a vote.
So, she got off and got back on after the vote. She set her daughter up to ensure the” yea” vote. In my opinion, what they did was dishonest. They both should be ashamed. Cheating is cheating. So, where else might Hutchings be cheating?????
The irony is that these are excerpts from the school’s Mission and Vision. Virtues are discussed everywhere on the site.
Mission - “We are building intelligent, virtuous American citizens”.
Vision – “. . . taught the benefits of virtuous character”.
Good character and virtues must be important and apply to everyone but Hutchings. She is not a good role model to be touting virtues. Maybe she doesn't believe in practicing what you preach.
Ancora Management LLC was designed to be Diane Hutchings's cash cow.
The real question is, how much did consultant Hutchings make personally? Why would the school spend $1.6 million on a consultant to perform tasks such as hiring and developing staff, building maintenance, grounds maintenance, records management and retention, and student recruitment, when these functions could and should have been handled by either paid employees or external contractors directly? This expenditure paid to Ancora is absurd.
Every invoice received from Ancora Management LLC should include an itemized statement of every expenditure—who was paid, the date, how much, and for what service. Anything less than this is bad financial accounting.
Lastly, the state of Florida governs public records management and retention. Why would any public entity give that task to an outsider? The rules are clear in the State of Florida GENERAL RECORDS SCHEDULE GS1-SL FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES EFFECTIVE: August 2020 Rule 1B-24.003(1)(a), Florida Administrative Code Florida Department of State Division of Library and Information Services Tallahassee, Florida 850.245.6750 recmgt@dos.myflorida.cominfo.florida.gov/records-management.
Once your record management system is in place, it doesn’t require much afterward. A competent college student could have set them up.
Have you seen the buildings that are part of the schools parcel on Kingsley Ave? Disgusting. And to think prior to the new school just starting it’s 2nd year here in the town of orange park, the government in control NEVER did anything to make sure our visual life was fed. Our little town that has been allowed to become old and worn by the few that control our towns money. OUR TAX DOLLARS. That school never had a traffic study prior to the first year of opening. It is still a mess. No sidewalks were ready for the kids to walk home. No proper crosswalks…. And the excuse is always placed on others…. Kingsley is a state road, we don’t have control….. All sorts of excuses. Never accountable for anything. It seems to me clay countys government knows just how far they can go to push the rules, and they do. It is not for the people. It is for the few. Perfect example with this story. So so so sad. Thank you Mr Allen for more awareness.
The more I read the article on St. Johns Classical Academy the more disturbing it becomes.
Hutchings got off the board because she knew Janice Kerekes and Tina Bullock would vote against the school. If her daughter had abstained from voting due to a conflict of interest, the vote would have been 2 to 2. The result—no charter school. Instead, it was 3-2. What a joke of a vote.
So, she got off and got back on after the vote. She set her daughter up to ensure the” yea” vote. In my opinion, what they did was dishonest. They both should be ashamed. Cheating is cheating. So, where else might Hutchings be cheating?????
The irony is that these are excerpts from the school’s Mission and Vision. Virtues are discussed everywhere on the site.
Mission - “We are building intelligent, virtuous American citizens”.
Vision – “. . . taught the benefits of virtuous character”.
Good character and virtues must be important and apply to everyone but Hutchings. She is not a good role model to be touting virtues. Maybe she doesn't believe in practicing what you preach.
Ancora Management LLC was designed to be Diane Hutchings's cash cow.
The real question is, how much did consultant Hutchings make personally? Why would the school spend $1.6 million on a consultant to perform tasks such as hiring and developing staff, building maintenance, grounds maintenance, records management and retention, and student recruitment, when these functions could and should have been handled by either paid employees or external contractors directly? This expenditure paid to Ancora is absurd.
Every invoice received from Ancora Management LLC should include an itemized statement of every expenditure—who was paid, the date, how much, and for what service. Anything less than this is bad financial accounting.
Lastly, the state of Florida governs public records management and retention. Why would any public entity give that task to an outsider? The rules are clear in the State of Florida GENERAL RECORDS SCHEDULE GS1-SL FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES EFFECTIVE: August 2020 Rule 1B-24.003(1)(a), Florida Administrative Code Florida Department of State Division of Library and Information Services Tallahassee, Florida 850.245.6750 recmgt@dos.myflorida.com info.florida.gov/records-management.
Once your record management system is in place, it doesn’t require much afterward. A competent college student could have set them up.
Have you seen the buildings that are part of the schools parcel on Kingsley Ave? Disgusting. And to think prior to the new school just starting it’s 2nd year here in the town of orange park, the government in control NEVER did anything to make sure our visual life was fed. Our little town that has been allowed to become old and worn by the few that control our towns money. OUR TAX DOLLARS. That school never had a traffic study prior to the first year of opening. It is still a mess. No sidewalks were ready for the kids to walk home. No proper crosswalks…. And the excuse is always placed on others…. Kingsley is a state road, we don’t have control….. All sorts of excuses. Never accountable for anything. It seems to me clay countys government knows just how far they can go to push the rules, and they do. It is not for the people. It is for the few. Perfect example with this story. So so so sad. Thank you Mr Allen for more awareness.
This is awesome journalism