[BHS etree] SUPT: False Fundraising Alert

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Please do not hit reply, contact: Mark Coplan, BUSD
<mailto:Mark_Coplan at berkeley.k12.ca.us>

False Fundraising Alert

About this time every year people seem to hear from an individual by
the name of Marcus Robinson who claims that he is fundraising for a
tutoring program called BASIC, and is serving the Berkeley schools.
This is not true, in fact Jim Slemp has made it clear that he is not
permitted on the Berkeley High School campus. He has been known to
actually set up meetings in the front corridors of the
administration building, to reinforce the image that he is connected
to BHS. I met him about three years ago, and he looked like he was
just stepping out of a meeting with one of the vice principals. He
has been doing this for years and is very convincing. Mr. Robinson
will probably show you a letter signed by school board director John
Selawsky. The letter is real, but was written for one specific
project that John believed to be true at the time, before we began
to hear stories of questionable fundraising attempts going back 20
years.

Please report any attempts by this man to the Berkeley Police
Department Fraud Division 981-5900. Ask for copies of any material
he shows you.

If you are interested in making a donation to support the work going
on at Berkeley High School or any of the other school sites, there
are funding mechanisms available through the PTA's, and at Berkeley
High, the Berkeley High School Development Group is a great way to
support the parent efforts at BHS: www.bhsdg.org

Mark Coplan, BUSD Public Information Officer 

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Mark A. Coplan Public Information Officer, BUSD 
510-644-6320 
Mark_Coplan at berkeley.k12.ca.us 
Berkeley Unified School District 
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way 
Berkeley, Ca 94704-1180