Alma d’arte Charter High School

In leiu of a review, I am placing the open letter I sent to the governing council of Alma. The principal has made the school unbearable for students. This is a shame, because myself, my junior, and my deceased sophomore this year has LOVED the school until this year. This year, my students HATE going.Esteemed Governing Council Members;I am the mother of Malachi DeLanoy, the Sophomore who hanged himself in his closet on August 19 of this year. I told Cecilia Romero about bullying that contributed to Malachi's suicide. A student there named Alex (she has the emotional support dog Wonder) was the ringleader. Ms Romero assured me the student was dealt with and no longer attended the school pursuant to Dr. Amador's new ZERO-tolerance bullying stance. I found out that not only was she not expelled, she had NO disciplinary action taken at all. Additionally, Dr. Amador fired the vast majority of the certified teachers, leaving our core classes, math, science and possibly language arts without a certified teacher at all. Often the students watch movies in the cafeteria. Math has been like this since BEFORE Malachi hanged himself eight weeks ago!I asked for a meeting, and Dr. Amador HID from me, refused to take or return calls or see me face-to-face. I believe this was due to my telling other administrators I was going to report the lack to the State Board of Education. When I raised enough of a scene, he reluctantly saw me BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, with no witnesses for MYSELF, and told me, "You just want to be coddled" when I told him something like "Students come here for a different, gentler environment. It's the main thing Alma d' Arte had to offer. You need to be gentler." Malachi had been dead 54 days. This guy doesn't belong in a school aimed at artists. This is the same individual who told parents that we were not allowed to bring lunch to our children because we were going to "Sneak fentanyl in" for our kids. Seriously? THIS is the man we want watching our children?When I posted the above about being "coddled" on the Facebook page, I was BLOCKED. I am a PARENT of a student there still. I was told by Dr. Amador that he wanted parental involvement, but he obviously does not unless it supports HIS militant line. So much for controlling bullying, school transparency and parental communication.Sincerely,Cindy DeLanoy