Socialist Candidate Malik Supports Private Schooling

Faizah Malik

“Do as I say, not as I do,” might be the campaign slogan of Faizah Malik, who is running for Councilmember in Council District 11.

At the forum at the Lutheran Church on March 1, Candidates were asked about enforcement of 41.18 (homeless cannot camp in a sensitive area, such as a public park, library or school).  Malik said “41.18 is a tool made to manage public spaces, but it does not solve homelessness.”

About 41.18 Councilmember Traci Park said, “There is no planet where kids should be stepping over needles and addicts. You just can’t be that close to schools.”

Parents whose children are in public and charter schools, either by choice or because they cannot afford private schools, pled with officials to do something about the homeless around schools. The violence, the drug use and the mentally ill lying on sidewalks, which parents had to step over while walking their children to school, was causing kids anxiety and PTSD.

Malik is supported by the Democratic Socialists America. The group, socialists, are against charter and private schools. Malik has children and it seems if her children attended public school she would support 41.18. No parent would willingly put their children in that situation.

Not the case, Malik’s two children attend private school. The costs? Annual tuition is $41,500, a family community fee is $450, student activity ($200 per child) and capital fee ($100 per child). One-time fees include $150 for admissions and a new student enrollment fee $1,675.

To send two children to this private school would cost about $89,000 and that’s before the annual fund donations. All parents are expected to give, and to be in the top tier, the Garden Circle, is $50,000 +.  If you want to only give up to $499, you’ll be part of the Blue Gate Circle. One may also gift stocks or use cryptocurrency.

Malik’s husband, who has an MBA from the Hass School of Business, is on the board of directors of this private school.