I am sure that many of you have seen “Team Del Pino” all around your newsfeed this week and we would like to inform the community about what’s been going on. Lately, there have been major issues with the violation of teacher’s contracts and student’s first amendment rights. Recently, there was a violation of student's constitutional rights through the confiscation of petition papers in attempts to defend the teacher contract. This teacher, Mrs. Sonia Del Pino, has been teaching at Animo Leadership for several years now and has been told she does not meet Green Dot’s expectation of an effective teacher and is being terminated. Hence, many points presented by the Animo Leadership administration have been proven incorrect through released data, like massive improvements of her test scores over the years.
Now, a stakeholder is a person, group, organization, member or system who affects or can be affected by an organization's actions. In this case, we have been affected by the decisions made by the Animo Leadership Administration. Although many may say this should not concern us, it in fact does because it directly affects our own education. Therefore, WE, as a united front shall not let anyone tell us, this is none of our business, because it is. As students, we are the stakeholders and as stakeholders we are responsible for what happens in our school. All our lives we have been told that school should be like our second home, but lately it has been a nightmare to wake up to another day at school where administration sets us aside and underestimates our knowledge. It is nearly impossible for us to describe our anger towards the actions of Animo Leadership’s administration, hence we, the Animo Leadership Chapter of the Junior State of America propose the idea of a MARCH. We will start on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 2:15 from Animo Leadership Charter High School to Lennox Park, where we will hold a rally in efforts to protest against the unjust termination of Mrs. Sonia Del Pino and violation of student rights. EVERYONE is welcomed, students, parents, alumni, community members, etc. YOU ARE ALL WELCOMED to be part of the movement, whether you are part of the surrounding community or not, we request your attendance for support. Violations of teacher contracts and student rights must be put to an end, just because we are “young” does NOT mean we do not know our right and as supporters, we shall unite and defend what's right, defend our rights and our teachers rights. WE ARE TEAM DEL PINO!!!
FROM ANIMO LEADERSHIP CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (New Site) to LENNOX PARK