New York Submits to Public School Madrassa: Parents Like Sheep to Slaughter [on Khalil Gibran Academy]

”.....everyone remembers when Dhabah Almontasser read an e-mail from an Iraqi GI praising her and how wonderful this Arabic School is.” (everyone nodded yes and smiled).

Did you know she [Almontasser] recently received an award from the Council on American Islamic Relations and they are an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Hamas terrorism case?”

She continued that just read about a school in San Diego that tried this same experiment with an Arabic Cultural School and now they have Sharia law. Boys and girls are separated, there is Muslim prayer during classes, and Halal food in the cafeteria.

Her concern was that they kept saying that there will be accountability and the school will be monitored, but who in the D.O.E. speaks Arabic and how will they have someone sitting in the classrooms to hear what they are teaching? She could not see how that’s possible. And also, she asked “where are the textbooks? Don’t you all think we should see them?”

She thanked them for begging for new equipment and improvements and asked if anyone knew that after two years KGIA is “moving into brand new state-of the-art building while they were left in here.”

Harries glossed over every point she brought up and never answered a question or concern.

Someone raised their hand (Harries knew she was on his side) and said, “We definitely need police security because there are people who don’t like Arabs”.

Another questioned was asked about lockers and Harries ended the meeting.

A gentleman then asked to make a comment. He said that the whole affair was handled poorly and that he was distressed at Mayor Bloomberg’s comment in the New York Times early on in the discussions. He didn’t appreciate Bloomberg saying that he did not care what the parents wanted and the school would open. He hoped that in the future the parents would be consulted.

I caught an exchange between the female questioner and Harries. He accused her of being confrontational. He was beyond furious that someone would go along with the plan. The parents looked like lambs being led to the slaughter; happy, until right before they realize what’s up.

Another woman asked if the D.O.E. would allow her a variance at this late date so she can place her son in another school.

Another parent was concerned that the school would lose funding because of an enrollment drop. Harries promised they would not do this. Schools are given a certain amount of dollars per student. It is highly irregular to fund students who don’t exist.

Harries said enrollment for KGIA is at 100 students and they had to stop taking applications. I don’t believe this.

There are so many dangers involved. One crucial issue is the indoctrination.

The other issue is that Dhabah Almontasser and associates will be privy to everything that occurs in the Department of Education, especially concerning School Safety. If they know the procedures they have inside knowledge they can use to infiltrate the system. This is a huge issue. Thousands of students could be placed at risk.

The third issue is they will be given enormous amounts of dollars to fund their agenda, which is indoctrination, not education.

There are illegal immigrant students in the educational system already.