Financial records obtained by The Times show that, as Celerity’s CEO, [Vielka McFarlane] paid for many of these expenses with a credit card belonging to her charter schools, which receive the bulk of their funding from the state.” – Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2017 When LAUSD denied two Celerity charter renewals in October LAUSD […]
Click here for reuse options!ASB funds can never be used to loan money to any group or individual” – GHCHS’ ASB Handbook as quoted by the LAUSD Charter School Division Although parents were never notified, the LAUSD’s Charter School Division (CSD) issued a Notice to Cure to Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) on September 21, 2016. This notice […]
Click here for reuse options!Carpetbagger: A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction. If the photo on the front of the latest Monica Garcia flyer to hit your mailbox looks familiar, it is because it was the same one that the California Charter School Association (CCSA) used […]
Click here for reuse options!Republican Donald Trump will be forty-fifth president of the United States, and his election has spurred the Democratic Party to soul-search as it surveys its many state and local losses as well as that at the top of the ticket. Public education activists seek clarity on the Democratic Party’s commitment to publicly-funded and democratically-run neighborhood […]
Click here for reuse options!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 […]
Click here for reuse options!From The California Teachers Association: From the CARE-Ed network of education scholars:
Click here for reuse options!On Saturday, July 30, 2016, I presented at Charters, Privatization and the Defense of Public Education, a California Education/Action Conference at Richmond High School in Richmond, California. My speech asked “If the charter law was passed to improve education through competition, why isn’t the LAUSD School Board playing to win?” and is based on the […]
Click here for reuse options!“It was discussed how and why Granada is running in the red” – El Camino Real Charter High School Board Meeting Minutes, September 18, 2013 Under California law, Associated Student Body (ASB) organizations are “student organizations that are established to raise and spend money on behalf of students”. These funds are supposed to enhance the education […]
Click here for reuse options!No further action is being taken at this time.” -Brian Bauer, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) It is the expectation of the CSD that GHCHS will provide notice to all affected parents of students in the 2014-2015 graduating class regarding options for reimbursement or other remedy.” -LAUSD Charter School Division Reasonable efforts to fully […]
Click here for reuse options!It is the Board’s desire to make the GHCHS Executive Director position one of the top compensated positions in Los Angeles.” -Granada Hills Charter High School Governing Board As a school receiving public funds, the first focus of its leaders is supposed to be the students that they serve. This was certainly the promise when […]
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