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How Have Charter Schools Affected Students with Special Education Needs

February 23, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

On February 20, 2018, the LAUSD School Board agendized the proposed Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter as part of their Committee of the Whole meeting. The following is the written statement that I provided to the Board: Honorable LAUSD Board Members: This is Chanda Smith. She was an LAUSD student with special education needs […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Special Education, Students

Tone Deaf: Granada Misses the Point in Promoting its iGranada Program

January 31, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

choice noun  \ ˈchȯis \ 2 : power of choosing” – Merriam-Webster More than 19 months have passed since the LAUSD issued a Notice To Cure to Granada Hills Charter High School, demanding that they abide by their charter and give “first preference for enrollment…to students residing in the former attendance area.” As lawyers wallow […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Blended Learning, GHCHS, Granada, Granada Hills Charter High School, iGranada, Independent Study

LAUSD Board Set to Consider “Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter” Resolution

January 28, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead” – Nightwish In order to prevent charter schools from discouraging parents from enrolling children with special education needs, the Office of the Independent Monitor required that the District prohibit them from asking for any special education paperwork prior to enrollment. As originally pointed […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, Independent Monitor, LAUSD, Los Angeles Unified School District, Special Education

Whack-A-Mole: The Los Angeles Approach to Charter School Oversight

January 15, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Our oversight is “proactive and responsive” – José Cole-Gutiérrez, LAUSD Charter School Division Last June, I informed the LAUSD School Board that a charter school under their jurisdiction was violating the privacy of their students by publishing “Parent Volunteer Hours” reports on their website that included student names. The charter’s Chief Development Officer defended the […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Alliance, alliance college ready public [sic] schools, Better 4 You Fundraising, El Camino Real Charter High School, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Jose Cole-Gutierrez, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD, LAUSD School Board, NAACP, NAACP Charter School Moratorium, Partnership to Uplift Communities, Partnerships for Developing Futures, PUC, Ref Rodriguez

A Very Different Definition of Choice

December 3, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Further, as the CSD is aware, iGranada is a well-designed independent study option, wherein most students are on campus daily, actively engaged in 1-on-1 and group learning.” – Brian Bauer, GHCHS The inclusion of a statement in each independent study agreement that independent study is an optional educational alternative in which no pupil may be […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charter Accountability, GHC, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, iGranda, LAUSD, NAACP

Depriving the LAUSD Board of Ignorance

November 18, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

At the Los Angeles Unified School District, our goals are…5. School safety” – LAUSD Given the vastness of the LAUSD bureaucracy, there is no guarantee that the members of the School Board knew that Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) had been cited for making unauthorized modifications to their District owned campus that threatened student […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter School Accountability, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, 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

The LAUSD’s Failure to Follow Through

October 30, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Lunch Shelter Area that is structurally unstable. It is an immediate safety hazard and must be fenced off until removed or constructed to the District’s standards and applicable laws.” – LAUSD Facilities Services Division Within a period of one year, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) was issued two Notices to Cure (NTC) and one […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD, Notice of Violation, Notice to Cure, School Building Safety

Did GHCHS Endanger “the Health and Safety of Students, Staff and Other Individuals”?

October 22, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

The following alterations are considered to be unsafe and use must stop immediately until corrections are made” – LAUSD Facilities Services Division The information within the unsigned letter sent to the “Granada Hills Charter Community” seemed innocuous. Framing the situation as a tenant/landlord dispute, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) said that during a routine […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD Facilities Services Division, School Building Safety

The Standoff Continues: GHCHS Doubles Down on Non-Compliance

October 16, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Well I know what’s right, I got just one life In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around But I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down” – Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty In the ten months since I first filed a complaint about Granada Hills Charter High School’s enrollment practices, there have […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, IEP, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD School Board, Special Education

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Federal Policy

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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