White House Gives Its Position On Centner Academy's Announcement They Won't Employ Vaccinated People

[mia]

The school, the Centner Academy, is run by Leila and David Centner. Leila Centner regularly posts wild conspiracy theories and false information about COVID and the vaccine. Her latest piece of misinformation claims that tens of thousands of women began menstruating because they were near someone who had been vaccinated....

She said she knows she can’t physically stop people from being vaccinated, adding, “I have to draw a line in the sand today and tell you if you want to get it, this is not going to be the right school for you. Especially right now when we don’t know what’s going on. I don’t want our community to be a part of this experiment.”

Psaki seemed somewhat dumbfounded by the school’s policy when she was asked about it at her daily press briefing on Tuesday.

“Obviously, our objective is continuing to convey that it’s important to abide by public health guidelines, that they’re in place for a reason, that they are not done through a political prism,” she said. “They’re done by medical experts, by health experts intended to keep children safe, keep parents safe, keep teachers safe, keep communities safe, which is why we recommend people abide by them.”

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/04/27/white-house-position-centner-academy-covid-vaccine/

[intheflow]

1. Do they receive any public funding?

And if so, can they be cut off from it?

[Tanuki]

4. Yes, per the article, this lunatic's for profit school receives taxpayer dollars

through Florida's school voucher program!

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/04/27/white-house-position-centner-academy-covid-vaccine/

..."The story was also causing waves at the state Capitol, where lawmakers, just expanded the use of vouchers. State officials confirmed the Centner Academy does accept taxpayer dollars through the voucher program – money that would otherwise be used in the public school system.

“It’s absolute lunacy and it goes against everything that’s well understood and well accepted in the scientific community, said State Sen. Jason Pizzo, who represents the district where the Centner Academy has two campuses. “To go ahead and to basically threaten faculty and staff members that if they are vaccinated, or to make up some idea that there are some unnamed disease that’s transmitted that’s affecting people’s menstrual cycles and provoking and invoking miscarriages, is beyond bizarre.”

Pizzo said he is demanding the state’s Surgeon General weigh in and dispel these dangerous conspiracy theories the school is promoting. He said he has also asked the state Department of Education to examine whether the school is violating any laws or policies.

“Their official response is they’re not actually violating any policy because there’s no policy on the books,” he said.

The Centners are major Republican donors, having contributed to candidates at the national and state level, including Gov. Ron DeSantis."...(more)

[niyad]

6. Nice little grift they have there. 24k per year per child tuition. Nearly 300 students. 7 mil a year

[Dream Girl]

11. That's not high for a good private school.

[niyad]

16. Perhaps not. But 24k for kindergarten just seems a bit much.

[Dream Girl]

20. My sons K-5 was $17k 15 years ago. I'm sure they are $30 by now.

Of course that’s in the very expensive Bay Area. The school did offer pretty generous financial aid. Some 6-12 around here at $45 k about 8 years ago. Of this is the School Zuckerbergs kids will like attend, so there is tons of financial aid for normal people. My son was admitted to one of these schools but be decided to go with something less chi-chi at $17k. I made the decision that I wanted my black son to have the same education at the kids of millionaires and billionaires. For me it was an uncomfortable experience as a parent because I couldn’t relate with the rich, pampered moms. We were both working like dogs. I was always hearing about their skiing trips to Park City and Aspen. In retrospect, it wasn’t worth but who’s to say? My son was never a scholar, but he’s in a good place and holding his own. I went to really shitty inner city 99% black schools and vowed that I would do better for my kids.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. And you gotta wonder about the judgment of a school administrator who puts children's

lives at risk.

[ToxMarz]

21. I wonder about the judgment of parents who would send their children there.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. History class or science class must be so...interesting at their school...

[NJCher]

9. tears rolling out of my eyes

Touche'.

So apropos,

Signed,

A Teacher

[moreland01]

17. Where can I buy?

If it just had Santa Clause attempting to hand Jesus a gift Perfect Christmas Card.

[Midnight Writer]

27. I honestly can't tell if this is sincere or satirical.

[FailureToCommunicate]

28. Both...

Sincere for them, satirical from me.

[Jerry2144]

5. The school is in violation

Of the health insurance privacy laws. Any teacher can refuse to answer that question since it illegally probes into the teacher’s medical history. If the teacher is fired or is not hired because of not answering has a legitimate case to sue and to take the school to the labor department.

[jaxexpat]

8. These days, one must always wonder if Florida has a labor department or dept. of education......

or any of the departments we've grown accustomed to presume extant. Department of agriculture? I can't really be certain if the growing zones are even the same. Used to be zone 8a in the north all the way to zone 11a in the keys but not so sure lately. There have been wild bananas growing beside the 8b creek next door at least 17 years and they bore fruit last year for the first time. My 9 year old potted pineapple has its first baby on the way, won't say who the father is, since I moved it permanently outdoors in '19. We've had plenty of rain so far yet the lawn seems to be on strike. Lawn mower's not complaining and that's weird too. Never buy top-of-the-line lawn implements unless you can tolerate their better-than-thou attitude. Not sure if it's global climate change, cell phone towers, regional politics or the covid-19 vaccine, but there has been no below 32 degree temp for the last 3 years. That could be because of the vaccine storage requirements. Things get confusing when one tries to theorize a sensical explanation for all the unbelievable stuff one notices. Gotta' run, it's time for the mower's mid-morning massage.

[NJCher]

12. I don't have any baby bananas but pious attitudes I have aplenty

Never buy top-of-the-line lawn implements unless you can tolerate their better-than-thou attitude.

That goes for home appliances, too.

There have been times when I've needed a youtube video to help me open the freaking dishwasher door.

Very funny post, jax. Enjoyed it.

[jaxexpat]

19. My pleasure, don't miss the next thrilling episode.

[MLAA]

22. You have me in stitches! Keep writing jaxexpat!

I say get a paternity test for the pineapple and end all the gossip once and for all. Hmmm, you didn’t happen to place the high end lawnmower next to the pineapple plant did you? You know how charming and disarming those damn posh mowers can be.

[jaxexpat]

23. Man, I never thought...hmmm... A Publix/Cadet hybrid. I could be rich.

I saw a Painted Bunting in the hedge last Saturday and I thought THAT was a surprise. Apparently they're common but nobody sees them.

[MichMan]

25. Then the same would also be true of employers requiring vaccinations

[Aviation Pro]

7. Конечно (Konechno), Floriduh.

'Of course' in Bloated Tick's adopted language.

[Snackshack]

10. I am so tired

...of the daily idiocy by the right.

[NJCher]

14. when you get tired of it

Just remember there is no logical response for them, so this is the best they can do.

Sad. Yes. Pathetic: that, too.

[Firestorm49]

13. How fricking stupid can one get. Their funding should be removed.

[Lonestarblue]

15. The decline in common sense and basic intelligence in this country is appalling.

I grew up in what is now small-town red America, and I swear I knew no one in the whole town who was this stupid and delusional. Now they’re like an infestation of termites chomping away at the woodwork!

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

18. +1

[NJCher]

26. same situation here

My brother who is trying to flee that town talks to me about this just about every other day.

He recently observed a local jerk barreling down a gravel road in a pickup truck with the windows open. Of course he stirred up a cloud of dust and when he had to screech to a halt at the stop sign, the dust came into his pickup cab and he started coughing. My brother who was observing started laughing. The guy flipped him off, which caused further amusement.

My brother remarked, "These people don't think, even when it's to their own advantage."

[Paladin]

24. Leila Centner's great-grandchildren will still be bearing the shame she caused. (nt)