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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

Parents Against Accountability

November 5, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

As a school of CHOICE, you CHOOSE to be here and are expected to productively and respectfully resolve problems. You have options. Clearly, you are either a very satisfied customer who appreciates the roles you have as an employee, union steward, parent, and committee member, or….” – Johnathan Williams, The Accelerated Schools Like the “America, […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents Tagged With: Brian Bauer, David Fehte, El Camino Real Charter High School, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, Johnathan Williams, The Accelerated Schools

Charter Principal Gets Caught Engaging in Financial Shenanigans and is Punished with a $215K Payout

December 14, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

Ex-charter school chief gets $215K after resigning in wake of spending controversy” – Los Angeles Daily News, 11/30/16 The administration at El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) admits that David Fehte charged “more than $6,000” in personal charges on his school-issued credit card. An investigation by the Los Angeles Daily News found that “over […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter Accountability, David Fehte, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD

Why Was El Camino’s Charter Renewed?

October 13, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

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 […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: David Fehte, Dr. George McKenna, ECRCHS, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD School Board, Mónica García, Monica Ratliff, Ref Rodriguez, Steve Zimmer

El Camino Digs In

September 2, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

Scientific method: “a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is empirically tested.” –Dictionary.com Education “reformers” claim that charters were created “as testing grounds for new and alternative educational models”. However, if these publicly funded private schools were actually […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter Oversight, David Fehte, El Camino Real Charter High School, Jeff Falgien, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Notice of Violations, Special Education, Village Nation

Mónica García on El Camino: Ignorance or Insincerity?

August 27, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

Oversight: “the job of checking that a process or system is working well” –Macmillan Dictionary Before the LAUSD School Board began debate on the Issuance of Notice of Violations for El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) “requesting the charter school remedy violations by September 23, 2016”, the public had an opportunity to speak. Other […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: David Fehte, Dr. George McKenna, El Camino Real Charter High School, Jose Cole-Gutierrez, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD School Board, Marshall Mayotte, Mónica García, Notice of Violations, Scott Schmerelson, Steve Zimmer

A Charter Serves Up More Kool Aid

August 19, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

The Los Angeles Times reported on August 18, 2016, that the LAUSD is considering revoking El Camino Real Charter High School’s [ECRCHS] charter, saying that “fatal flaws in judgment … call into serious question the organization’s ability to successfully implement the charter in accordance with applicable law and district requirements.” The school’s principal, Dave Fehte, […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: David Fehte, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Scott Schmerelson, Tamar Galatzan

Education for Sale: Lack of Oversight

August 1, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

This is the second section of my paper: Education for Sale: LAUSD Throws the Fight in Its  Competition with Charters. The previous section can be found at: The Broad Way Towards Bankruptcy   On the other side of the equation, the CCSA has proven that they are more than willing to compete with the LAUSD […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Bennett Kayser, Broad Foundation, California Charter School Association, CCSA, David Fehte, Diane Ravitch, Dr. George McKenna, El Camino Real Charter High School, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Jose Cole-Gutierrez, Marshall Mayotte, Mónica García, PUC, Ref Rodriguez

Drinking A Charter School’s Kool-Aid

June 27, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

As key partners of our school community, I wanted you to be aware of a pending new story and offer an explanation of the situation.  A reporter for the Los Angeles Daily News has approached El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) on multiple occasions. His focus: a request made by LAUSD last October to […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter Schools Association, CCSA, charter schools, David Fehte, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD Charter School Division

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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 […]

Betsy DeVos, #NOTMYSDOE

Take the pledge to #resist and fight for public schools as a public good TODAY. DeVos had to have the assistance of Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented tie-breaking vote in order to win her confirmation. Two GOP Senators voted against, all Democratic Senators voted against. Yet all the other GOP Senators who received campaign donations […]

Next #DemDebate MUST Include K-12 Education Policy

The next #DemDebate is scheduled for the important primary state of Iowa on November 14, 2015. It’ll be broadcast by CBS in partnership with the Des Moines Register. Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig is leading the call for the families of 50 million students K-12 across the nation and the communities they live in to have […]

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