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What Is This Charter School Hiding?

October 30, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Three years after their principal resigned in disgrace, El Camino Real Charter High School still refuses to release records that show how public funds were allowed to be used for private benefit.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Public Records Act, David Fehte, ECRCHS, El Camino, El Camino Real Charter High School, fraud, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District

Charters: Public Schools or Private Businesses?

February 5, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to do both of the following: (a) Ensure that charter school governance is transparent. (b) Ensure that monitoring and oversight of charter schools are conducted to protect the public interest.” -California AB 1478 As recipients of public funding, one would expect that organizations running […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: AB 1478, California Charter School Association, California Public Records Act, CCSA, LAUSD, The Brown Act

LAUSD Stakeholders Are Not Reading From An Open Book

January 8, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state” – California Government Code When LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King first disappeared from the halls of the Beaudry Building “some insiders said she injured herself in an accident while on vacation with her family.” […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, vet the Supe Tagged With: California Public Records Act, John Deasy, Michelle King, Open Government, Ref Rodriguez

A Web of Deceit

September 29, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

The public interest in withholding those records clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure.” -Law Offices of Young, Minney & Corr, LLP On behalf of El Camino Real Charter High School   Dear LAUSD Board Members: I have previously shared with the Charter School Division (CSD) the responses that I have received from El Camino […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Brown Act, California Public Records Act, ECRCHS, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD, PRA

What is the Opposite of Transparent?

September 18, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

The records you have requested are exempt from disclosure pursuant to California Government Code §6254(f) as they are the subject of an on-going investigation.” –LAUSD Office of the General Counsel It has been almost two years since David Binkle was removed from his position as LAUSD’s Food Services Director.  A draft audit by the Inspector […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California PRA, California Public Records Act, David Binkle, John Deasy, LAUSD, LAUSD Food Services Director, LAUSD Inspector General, Michelle King

The Cost of Independence

August 10, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

“In  2011, a group of educators at El Camino Real High School,  inspired by a desire for more autonomy and flexibility in instructional practices, curriculum, governance, and finances, led the school’s conversion to an independent charter school.” –El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) Web Site While the bloated bureaucracy of the LAUSD is certainly […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents Tagged With: California Public Records Act, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD Charter School Division, Patrick Fehte

Redacted

February 26, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

Following up to our email exchange of last week, attached for your reference is a redacted UCP complaint. As you can see, most of the information has been redacted due to confidentiality issues.” -LAUSD, Office of the General Counsel After declaring that they had “no further documents to provide”, the LAUSD finally emailed one of […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: California Public Records Act, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD Office of the General Counsel, LAUSD School Board

Obstruction in the “Public Interest”?

February 22, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

At the present time, we have no further documents to provide you and you cannot request over and over that we search and search again and again.  You cannot continue to ask that we provide you with documents that are non-existent, confidential, exempt, or subject to the deliberative process.” -LAUSD, Office of the General Counsel […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Public Records Act, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD Office of the General Counsel

Throwing Bricks at the Wall

January 2, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

Nothing changes on New Year’s Day” -U2 Familiarity is the enemy of a movement that operates under the moniker of Change The LAUSD, but that did not stop 2015 from ending in territory that was too familiar. The Office of the General Counsel had promised that “responsive documents [would] be provided on or before December […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Public Records Act, Change the LAUSD, LAUSD, LAUSD Office of the General Counsel

Controlling Information

December 14, 2015 by Carl J. Petersen

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.” -Atifete Jahjaga During the last Budget, Facilities and Audit Committee meeting […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Uncategorized Tagged With: Accountability, California Public Records Act, Facilities and Audit Committee, LAUSD, LAUSD Budget, LAUSD Charter School Division, parent engagement

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Quick Education Voter’s Guide to the California CD34 Race, April 4, 2017

There are twenty-three candidates running to fill former Congressman Xavier Bacerra’s seat in Congressional District 34 in Southern California. (Bacerra is currently the state’s Attorney General, replacing Kamala Harris, who, after November 8, 2016, became our US Senator.) Election Day is Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can find your polling […]

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