Join the Stop the Madrassa at their conference this morning at city hall where they will discuss the chaotic conditions the Board of Education allows the Khalil Gibran to wallow in. From yesterday’s press release:

January 30, 2008, New York, NY — The Stop the Madrassa Community Coalition will hold a press conference at 11am tomorrow on the steps of City Hall to call for an immediate and thorough investigation into reportedly “chaotic” conditions at the Khalil Gibran International Academy (KGIA) and demand that the school be closed at once and the students be offered a real education at a functioning school as mandated by law.

This week, new and shocking allegations of disorder, confusion and neglect were leveled at the Brooklyn-based Arabic school, which has been under fire since its inception. Stop the Madrassa is calling for a complete investigation into what is being called a “chaotic” learning environment at the school, which now has its third principal in six months.

Stop the Madrassa filed an Article 78 Proceeding in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against Mayor Bloomberg’s Department of Education following an insufficient response to requests under the Freedom of Information Law for complete information concerning textbooks, lesson plans and design documents being used at the Khalil Gibran International Academy.

Stop the Madrassa, since the school opened in September, has expressed concern about the possible intrusion of radical Islamist ideology and influences into the school, as well as separation of religion and state issues. The Department of Education failed to adequately respond to Stop the Madrassa’s FOIL request in a timely fashion before the school opened.

If the Department of Education had responded promptly, the public might have known just how disorganized, unstable and chaotic this public school was going to become.

Check them out if you’re in the area, and tell Pam Hall I said Hi. 11:00am sharp on the steps of City Hall.

Also visit the Stop the Madrassa Coalition website to get some more details on the travesty that is the Khalil Gibran School.