Will Smith Invested $1.2 Mil Into School with Scientology Ties

[Free to shine]

Will Smith Invested $1.2 Mil Into School with Scientology Ties in 2010

I’ve reported before about Will Smith‘s donations to Scientology organizations in the past. But in none of the filings for the Will Smith Foundation was there ever listed a donation to the school he started with wife Jada Pinkett Smith in Calabasas, California. That school, New Village Leadership Academy, has been criticized in the past for teaching Scientology courses to its grade school students. For three years, NVLA never filed a Form 990 as a school, so it was hard to track their finances. But now a Form 990 Federal Tax filing has suddenly emerged on Guidestar.org just for the year 2010. It shows a few things of interest. For one, Smith donated $1,235,00 to the school in 2010 from his WSJ Trust, not from his publicly scrutinized foundation. That’s why it never showed up before.

More... http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerfri...-ties-in-2010/

[freethinker]

Another secret revealed.

[degraded being]

Carol Ann McGuire is mentioned on this scientology paylist:

http://www.xenu-directory.net/docume...people.php?n=m

"Carol Anne McGuire

2008

Teacher


?

New Village Leadership Academy..."

[kate8024]

I've heard mixed things about these schools - on one hand I have heard that they exist to indoctrinate children (which I guess could be said about Catholic schools as well, or, well, any religiously associated school) but I have also heard that these schools are often more akin to private tutoring and the students get much more personalized learning and attention than public schools (I slept every day in every class in high school). Has anyone on this board attended one of these schools? I'd be interested in hearing a first-hand account as so far all I can find are second- or third-hand accounts.

[Petey C]

Dang. There goes my respect for Will Smith.