It has come to my attention that a group of individuals spied on the Newton School information session yesterday and then publicly posted information about attendees on the TGS Watch blog. One of the individuals complicit in perpetrating this act has been identified and is an employee of Panera. There is evidence of who the others were and this evidence will be pursued. I find it very disturbing that the privacy and safety of a group of law abiding citizens, including two young children, would be so severely compromised. As the attendees exited Panera, they were watched and followed. It seems that bullying and intimidation by Bonnie Cerace and Dot Woodfin are techniques that extend beyond the walls of the Galloway School. Blatant disregard of the law may be easy to hide behind the walls of a private school, but when perpetrated in public and enlisting other individuals outside of the school to be complicit in these deplorable acts, it will be exposed and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It is my understanding that an investigation into the matter will be initiated today.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Spying and Stalking at the Panera Information session.
It has come to my attention that a group of individuals spied on the Newton School information session yesterday and then publicly posted information about attendees on the TGS Watch blog. One of the individuals complicit in perpetrating this act has been identified and is an employee of Panera. There is evidence of who the others were and this evidence will be pursued. I find it very disturbing that the privacy and safety of a group of law abiding citizens, including two young children, would be so severely compromised. As the attendees exited Panera, they were watched and followed. It seems that bullying and intimidation by Bonnie Cerace and Dot Woodfin are techniques that extend beyond the walls of the Galloway School. Blatant disregard of the law may be easy to hide behind the walls of a private school, but when perpetrated in public and enlisting other individuals outside of the school to be complicit in these deplorable acts, it will be exposed and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It is my understanding that an investigation into the matter will be initiated today.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Dot Woodfin, President of The Galloway School Board, admits to Ethics Violation
Our friends at TGS Watch have new information from a session Dot Woodfin had with HISD auditors regarding an ethics investigation related to the sale of MindOH! software to HISD schools while Dot Woodfin was both employed by HISD and owned a stake in MindOH! LLC - the company that marketed the software. This is a clear conflict of interest.
Read more at:
http://tgswatch.blogspot.com/2012/06/dot-woodfin-admits-ethical-violation.html
Supporting HISD Memo:
https://www.box.com/s/19e47089527baeaaf3ff
Read more at:
http://tgswatch.blogspot.com/2012/06/dot-woodfin-admits-ethical-violation.html
Supporting HISD Memo:
https://www.box.com/s/19e47089527baeaaf3ff
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
June 9th Information Session for The Newton School at Panera
INFORMATION SESSION JUNE 9th, 2012 at 2PM, Panera in the Baybrook Plaza, at the intersection of Bay Area Blvd. and Gulf Freeway, Webster. This will be a catered event with no cost to all interested parents who would like to attend. Feel free to bring your children. We will have school Administrators as well as teachers available for an open question and answer session. Kindly RSVP by June 4th so that we can appropriately plan for space. You may RSVP by completing the Contact form on the website www.thenewtonschools.com and entering "Confirmed attendance for the information session for (# of persons)." in the comments section, or you can call Farah at 862-262-2149, or email her at info@thenewtonschools.com. We look forward to meeting you all.
UPDATE: There is no enrollment fee and for those who have already paid an enrollment fee at another school, we will discount that full amount from the tuition at The Newton School. In addition, all inaugural families will receive a permanent 20% reduction in tuition that will remain in effect for the entire duration of their children's enrollment at The Newton School.
UPDATE: There is no enrollment fee and for those who have already paid an enrollment fee at another school, we will discount that full amount from the tuition at The Newton School. In addition, all inaugural families will receive a permanent 20% reduction in tuition that will remain in effect for the entire duration of their children's enrollment at The Newton School.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Who are Farah and Ekram Khan?
From the Khan family:
It has come to my attention that rumors are being spread about the character and credentials of my wife and I. I can understand why these rumors have taken on a life of their own. Our children were only enrolled at The Galloway school for 4 months before they were withdrawn. So, many of you don't really know who we are. In addition, we moved here from NJ three years ago. I hope the following does not bore anyone, but it needs to be said.
My wife is definitely the more reserved one in the relationship. ;-) She is originally from Toronto, Canada and left her entire family/friends behind to move to NJ to marry me because I was such a catch! ;-) She has dual degrees in Environmental Science and Business. She worked at a leading hospital in Toronto and then in the banking industry here in the US, quickly rising to the executive levels. Then, she decided to leave the workforce to stay home and give more time to the kids once they started school. She is a stay at home Mom now and works as a consultant for my companies. She has a long history of raising children (she has an older sister with many children) and worked at Montessori schools during her tenure in college. She and I have been discussing the possibility of starting a private school for many years and felt this was as good a time as any to do so. The Newton School is her idea (but I came up with the name - after Isaac Newton) and I am simply lending my expertise in running a business so that an efficient operations infrastructure is implemented. Many of you have met her and know that she is a very warm and caring person and will step up to the task of helping anyone in need.
I am definietly NOT the reserved one in the family - as evidenced by my presence on the blogs and my decision to post comments under my own identity. Part of my personality was formed by being one of eight boisterous children (I am #6) and having to fight for everything I got as a child. Two years after graduating from college, I was injured in an accident and my right leg was paralyzed. I tenaciously pursued treatment and physical therapy for three years and made a 90% recovery. I am no longer the athlete I used to be, but my injury taught me the values of humility, tenacity, and hard work.
I am the founding CEO of a 13 year old diagnostic imaging software technology company, and the co-founding CTO of a dental digital radiography technology company. I hold one patent, 3 software copyrights, and 5 patents pending. I hold a degree in Psychology and Biochemistry, and dropped out of a Master's program in Computer Science for Healthcare Informatics to start my first company. I typically work 7 days per week and average 16 hours per day actively participating in two technology businesses in a highly competitive industry. I have learned much in my tenure in the business world and know that when you need specific expertise to accomplish a defined task, you can find that expertise in very talented people around you. I have formed and managed teams of MIT and Stanford scientists/engineers, as well as entered into partnerships with industry leading companies. Therefore, I am confident I bring relevant business accumen to the task of forming a new private school successfully. It is obvious that neither my wife nor I have formal training as educators. However, that does not mean that we are not qualified to start a private school. If you do a Google search of the leading private schools, you will find that most of them were not founded by educators. My wife and I have identifed highly qualifed educators in the local community who will work with us in establishing a school with a world class curriculum that focuses on preparing children for the highly competitive, technology based future.
Farah and I are simply parents who adore our two children and want the best for them. Just like most of you reading these blogs and trying to make a decision about your children's future. I openly invite any of you to come meet with us at our home and really find out who we are. I think that would be an enjoyable experience and would go far towards dispelling the rumors about us. We have most everything in place for The Newton School, except for the real estate. We are currently in negotiations for two different locations. Frankly, we are waiting to see how many parents would commit to being founding families for The Newton School and enroll their children before I invest a significant amount of money towards the establishment. This is a ground floor opportunity for progressive minded parents to take control of the education of their children and actively participate in running the school. Farah and I hope to have the honor of meeting some of you soon. Thank you for listening...
Best Regards,
Farah and Ekram
It has come to my attention that rumors are being spread about the character and credentials of my wife and I. I can understand why these rumors have taken on a life of their own. Our children were only enrolled at The Galloway school for 4 months before they were withdrawn. So, many of you don't really know who we are. In addition, we moved here from NJ three years ago. I hope the following does not bore anyone, but it needs to be said.
My wife is definitely the more reserved one in the relationship. ;-) She is originally from Toronto, Canada and left her entire family/friends behind to move to NJ to marry me because I was such a catch! ;-) She has dual degrees in Environmental Science and Business. She worked at a leading hospital in Toronto and then in the banking industry here in the US, quickly rising to the executive levels. Then, she decided to leave the workforce to stay home and give more time to the kids once they started school. She is a stay at home Mom now and works as a consultant for my companies. She has a long history of raising children (she has an older sister with many children) and worked at Montessori schools during her tenure in college. She and I have been discussing the possibility of starting a private school for many years and felt this was as good a time as any to do so. The Newton School is her idea (but I came up with the name - after Isaac Newton) and I am simply lending my expertise in running a business so that an efficient operations infrastructure is implemented. Many of you have met her and know that she is a very warm and caring person and will step up to the task of helping anyone in need.
I am definietly NOT the reserved one in the family - as evidenced by my presence on the blogs and my decision to post comments under my own identity. Part of my personality was formed by being one of eight boisterous children (I am #6) and having to fight for everything I got as a child. Two years after graduating from college, I was injured in an accident and my right leg was paralyzed. I tenaciously pursued treatment and physical therapy for three years and made a 90% recovery. I am no longer the athlete I used to be, but my injury taught me the values of humility, tenacity, and hard work.
I am the founding CEO of a 13 year old diagnostic imaging software technology company, and the co-founding CTO of a dental digital radiography technology company. I hold one patent, 3 software copyrights, and 5 patents pending. I hold a degree in Psychology and Biochemistry, and dropped out of a Master's program in Computer Science for Healthcare Informatics to start my first company. I typically work 7 days per week and average 16 hours per day actively participating in two technology businesses in a highly competitive industry. I have learned much in my tenure in the business world and know that when you need specific expertise to accomplish a defined task, you can find that expertise in very talented people around you. I have formed and managed teams of MIT and Stanford scientists/engineers, as well as entered into partnerships with industry leading companies. Therefore, I am confident I bring relevant business accumen to the task of forming a new private school successfully. It is obvious that neither my wife nor I have formal training as educators. However, that does not mean that we are not qualified to start a private school. If you do a Google search of the leading private schools, you will find that most of them were not founded by educators. My wife and I have identifed highly qualifed educators in the local community who will work with us in establishing a school with a world class curriculum that focuses on preparing children for the highly competitive, technology based future.
Farah and I are simply parents who adore our two children and want the best for them. Just like most of you reading these blogs and trying to make a decision about your children's future. I openly invite any of you to come meet with us at our home and really find out who we are. I think that would be an enjoyable experience and would go far towards dispelling the rumors about us. We have most everything in place for The Newton School, except for the real estate. We are currently in negotiations for two different locations. Frankly, we are waiting to see how many parents would commit to being founding families for The Newton School and enroll their children before I invest a significant amount of money towards the establishment. This is a ground floor opportunity for progressive minded parents to take control of the education of their children and actively participate in running the school. Farah and I hope to have the honor of meeting some of you soon. Thank you for listening...
Best Regards,
Farah and Ekram
Monday, May 21, 2012
Letter from The Galloway School attorneys to Ekram Khan
From Ekram Khan:
Mr. Jay Aldis from Bracewell & Guiliani sent me a letter to cease using the school directory to communicate with current and former parents. Aside from the lack of attention to detail by Mr. Aldis since my name was spelled incorrectly (it is Khan, not Kahn) and my home address being incorrect, the content of the letter is baseless. Perhaps Mr. Aldis does not realize that I and my wife have been friends with many parents at the school and already have their email addresses and phone numbers. It seems Mr. Aldis needs to be reminded that the email addresses belong to the parents and not the Galloway School since these are personal email addresses and not ending in @thegallowayschool.org. It would be advisable that if The Galloway School wants to restirct future communication amongst parents, then they should issue email addresses on The Galloway School domain ending in @thegallowayschool.org, and only publish those email addresses in the school directory. Then Bonnie Cerace and the Galloway School would have a right to limit the use of the directory since they would own the email addresses. This letter is just another desperate attempt by Bonnie and TGS to trample on our First Ammendment right to assembly and free speech.
I think all parents and teachers should ask themselves why Bonnie Cerace and The Galloway School feel so compelled to stifle communication between parents? I think most of us know how to differentiate between the truth and the lies. In the interest of transparency, the letter can be found at the following link:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/382228/Aldis%20Cease%20and%20Desist%20Letter.pdf
Mr. Jay Aldis from Bracewell & Guiliani sent me a letter to cease using the school directory to communicate with current and former parents. Aside from the lack of attention to detail by Mr. Aldis since my name was spelled incorrectly (it is Khan, not Kahn) and my home address being incorrect, the content of the letter is baseless. Perhaps Mr. Aldis does not realize that I and my wife have been friends with many parents at the school and already have their email addresses and phone numbers. It seems Mr. Aldis needs to be reminded that the email addresses belong to the parents and not the Galloway School since these are personal email addresses and not ending in @thegallowayschool.org. It would be advisable that if The Galloway School wants to restirct future communication amongst parents, then they should issue email addresses on The Galloway School domain ending in @thegallowayschool.org, and only publish those email addresses in the school directory. Then Bonnie Cerace and the Galloway School would have a right to limit the use of the directory since they would own the email addresses. This letter is just another desperate attempt by Bonnie and TGS to trample on our First Ammendment right to assembly and free speech.
I think all parents and teachers should ask themselves why Bonnie Cerace and The Galloway School feel so compelled to stifle communication between parents? I think most of us know how to differentiate between the truth and the lies. In the interest of transparency, the letter can be found at the following link:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/382228/Aldis%20Cease%20and%20Desist%20Letter.pdf
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Financial Discrepencies at the Galloway School...
It has come to my attention that the financial records at the Galloway School are not what they should be. Anyone interested in finding out the truth should know that as a non-profit, The Galloway School is required to provide their financial records upon request. I think all parents paying tuition should request a copy and review the financial records of the school. As always, your comments here are appreciated or you can email them to:
concerned.galloway.parents@gmail.com
Teachers, it is time to speak up.
concerned.galloway.parents@gmail.com
Teachers, it is time to speak up.
Bullying of Parents and Students by Galloway School School teachers and administrators...
This one ought to be interesting. It has come to my attention that many current and former parents and students have been bullied in various forms by Bonnie Cerace and her cohorts at the Galloway School. For those of you who want to share their stories here, please post your comments. If you feel more comfortable emailing me directly, then send your stories to:
concerned.galloway.parents@gmail.com
concerned.galloway.parents@gmail.com
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Offer to buy the Galloway School
From Ekram Khan:
Ekram Khan
To Bonnie Cerace and the Galloway Board, I am openly
offering to buy the Galloway School. My terms are:
1. Immediate
resignation of Bonnie Cerace and all members of the current board.
2. Settlement
of ALL pending lawsuits prior to the sale.
3. No
personal indemnification of Bonnie Cerace or any of the current TGS staff.
4. The
name of the school will not be changed in order to preserve the original intent
and legacy of James and Marie Galloway.
5. I
will pay market real estate value for the school and continue to build and
improve the facility and the curriculum. Parents will vote on all decisions
involving the school and elect board members annually.
Bonnie, or any board member, should take this generous offer
to Mrs. Galloway since the future of the school is now seriously in question.
Best Regards,
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