The October staff recommendations represent a fundamental and drastic departure from the Charter School Division’s expressed values of consistency and transparency, and the District’s historic focus on student outcomes as an authorizer.” -California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) Both El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) and Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) were originally LAUSD […]
Archives for October 2016
The Absurdity of Charter School Oversight in L.A.
This is about the fact that they want to kill our charters and nothing more.” -Magnolia CEO Caprice Young The sky is falling.” -Chicken Little As usual, the LAUSD Board spent a significant portion of their time at Tuesday’s meeting ignoring the needs of students enrolled in District schools so they could focus on charter […]
Don’t be Fooled by Tobacco Companies’ Smoke and Lies: Prop 56 is Good for Children, Schools
Editor’s note: occasionally we feature opinion pieces written in support of issue campaigns by guest bloggers. This piece comes from a PTA supporter working with our friends at the #Yeson56 campaign, which would raise the tax on tobacco products (including vaping items) in order to fund anti-smoking prevention education programs aimed at minors and their […]
Following Monica’s Money
Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres” Tell me with whom you walk, and I’ll tell you who you are. – Mexican Proverb as quoted by Antonio Villaraigosa As headlined in the L.A. School Report, “L.A. Unified school board member Monica Garcia dominates fundraising in re-election bid”. She has raised “nearly 150 times […]
Why Was El Camino’s Charter Renewed?
Since we are on a timeline and it seems that the other issues that would prevent a renewal just don’t exist here, that everything else is very, positive…we are on a timeline and I think that we should vote the renewal up or down.” – Steve Zimmer, LAUSD Board President It is yet to be […]