MJ Good News Thread

[CherubimII]

The Hollywood Elementary School That Michael Jackson Attended Still Bears His Name

Gardner Street Elementary is home to Michael Jackson Auditorium




By Pamela Avila
-March 14, 2019

Following the release of the documentary Leaving Neverland, in which Wade Robson and James Safechuck detail the sexual abuse they say they suffered throughout their childhoods at the hands of Michael Jackson, the late King of Pop’s legacy has been eroding fast. But in Los Angeles, an elementary school’s auditorium still proudly bears his name.

Nestled between Sunset and Hollywood boulevards, Gardner Street Elementary School was the last public school that Michael Jackson attended before becoming one of the most powerful and influential artists of our time. In 1989, Jackson returned to his old stomping grounds for the dedication of the Michael Jackson Auditorium.
“I am deeply touched and honored that the PTA, principal, faculty members and students have been so kind as to dedicate the auditorium, where I sat as a child, in my honor,” Jackson said in 1989, according to the Los Angeles Times. “We must all never forget that the children are our future and without them humankind will become extinct.”

That only lasted a little over a decade. In late 2003, when Jackson was arrested and charged with nine counts associated with child molestation (“seven of child molestation and two of administering an intoxicating agent for the purpose of a committing felony,” according to CNN), the school decided to do away with Jackson’s name, painting over the letters and covering them with a plywood box.

According to the Los Angeles Times, then principal of the school and Los Angeles Unified School District officials had come to the decision after receiving multiple complaints and requests from parents.

Following the King of Pop’s death in 2010, fans rallied for the reinstatement of the Michael Jackson Auditorium, which LAUSD’s then-district superintendent Ramon C. Cortinez subsequently ordered.

In the wake of Leaving Neverland, the school and LAUSD haven’t acted as quickly as they did in 2003. One neighborhood local, who lives across the elementary school and has watched Leaving Neverland, told L.A. radio station 790KABC, “I was expecting to come around the corner the next day and see that the Michael Jackson Auditorium name was taken down. It’s not been taken down yet. I’m surprised.”

In a statement to Los Angeles, LAUSD public information officer Samuel Gilstrap said, “We are not aware of any proposals to rename a school facility that currently bears the name of the late pop artist.”

https://www.lamag.co...son-auditorium/

[MJInnocent]

Seen this on Twitter and thought it was great.
From when MJ and Lisa Marie visited the zoo.

[CherubimII]

Seen this on Twitter and thought it was great.
From when MJ and Lisa Marie visited the zoo.

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I LOVE this; but I can't read the writing in the section that says what animals were seen.
Is that Lisa Marie's signature?
Can someone clarify what is written in that section?

[MJInnocent]

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I LOVE this; but I can't read the writing in the section that says what animals were seen.
Is that Lisa Marie's signature?
Can someone clarify what is written in that section?

Michael wrote it.....he's joking calling Lisa Marie an animal.

[Mike P.]

Noticed the last time I was at Walmart that they replenished their stock of MJ shirts. They didn't have that many when I bought mine and that was right when the LN crap started.

[Dani]

I checked the BBC2 radio playlist and they played DSTYGE yesterday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/f...019/03/22/11AM

[MJInnocent]

I checked the BBC2 radio playlist and they played DSTYGE yesterday.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/f...019/03/22/11AM

It was indeed plus Fleur East was on praising MJ.

[mj_brainiac]

Noticed the last time I was at Walmart that they replenished their stock of MJ shirts. They didn't have that many when I bought mine and that was right when the LN crap started.

I gotta check my local Walmart

[TheChosenOne]

I was travelling with some of my students and feeling a bit stressed. I started singing HTW and they all joined in, singing in harmony. Beautiful!!! They range in age from 17 to 21. One student said that where ever she comments about LN, most of them were pro-Michael and that people had no time for the lies and the fraud.

[Laurendaccio]

I am sad that this thread is not going on .
It's important to score every single positive thing to keep our mood high .

Listening to Michael right now on a big radio .TWYMMF .

[ManBehindTheMirrOr - Dona]

All right ...
They paid a beautiful tribute to Michael AND Neverland at the carnival in Nantes.

When you click on the picture with the Neverland Gates from this Instergram Account, you can watch a short video.

https://www.instagram.com/jackson.passion/

[Zeus7]

Michael's official YouTube channel is gaining an average of 12000 new followers per week

[Cinnamon234]

All right ...
They paid a beautiful tribute to Michael AND Neverland at the carnival in Nantes.

When you click on the picture with the Neverland Gates from this Instergram Account, you can watch a short video.

https://www.instagram.com/jackson.passion/

Love this!

[Laurendaccio]

Instagram followers has risen by 1 million .
https://twitter.com/offthewall1979/s...63432606449667

[Laurendaccio]

https://twitter.com/justiceforMJnow/...74188309270532