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Does #MeToo Apply to Students in Charter Schools?

December 4, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen Leave a Comment

Students at North Valley Military Institute claimed they were victims of “abhorrent child sex abuse”. Was anyone listening?

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Kelly Gonez, LACOE, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Office of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District, MeToo, North Valley Military Institute, NVMI

The Voters Have Spoken (Again). Is the LAUSD Listening?

May 16, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

With an overwhelming victory in the general election, Jackie Goldberg has earned the right to be seated immediately on the Board of Education.

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Heather Repenning, Jackie Goldberg, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Ref Rodriguez, Richard Vladovic, Scott Schmerelson

LAUSD Board Delays Vote on Cutting Public Speaking Time

May 8, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

LAUSD Board member Nick Melvoin’s plan to change the Board rules was pulled from the agenda at the last minute. It will now be heard at a Board meeting in June.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, Uncategorized Tagged With: Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Public Comment

LAUSD School Board Member Scott Schmerelson Steps Up

March 29, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

It appears that the “Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public” resolution has found the sponsor that it needed to move on toward Board approval.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Austin Beutner, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, Open Government, Scott Schmerelson

The Largest Charter School in the Country Will Get Even Larger

October 8, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

A perfect example of what is wrong with the California law regarding charter authorizing.” – Scott Schmerelson The average school in the United States has 507 students. Through the 2018-2019 school year, Granada Hills Charter High School is authorized for an enrollment capacity of 5,500 students.  This is more than the total number of students […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter School Accountability, GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter School, iGranada, Jose Cole-Gutierrez, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Scott Schmerelson

Is This What Democracy Looks Like in the LAUSD?

August 4, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

This is a very surreptitious way of doing business whereby you’re trying to hide…something perhaps you don’t want us to know.“ – Roberto Fonseca, LAUSD Parent LAUSD Board members elected with the support of the charter industry held a majority for a little over a year before Ref Rodriguez was forced to resign after committing […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Kelly Gonez, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Ref Rodriguez, SENI 2.0, Student Equity Needs Index 2.0

Broad’s Latest Attack on Democracy

October 25, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

We serve the people of Greater Los Angeles because we believe there is a better path for the children of our great district. Unfortunately, the serious allegations against Dr. Ref Rodriguez distract from that critical mission.” – Monica Garcia, Nick Melvoin and Kelly Gonez While the LAUSD School Board was evaluating the performance of the […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Election Fraud, Eli Broad, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, LAUSD School Board, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Ref Rodriguez

Broken Promises: Another Failing Charter Gets A Pass

October 9, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

It’s not about the kids” – Monica Garcia When the LAUSD School Board handed control of Locke High School to  Green Dot Public [sic] Schools in 2007, the school ranked “among the lowest-performing schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District and in the state.” At that time, Green Dot’s Steve Barr said that if […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Dr. George McKenna, Green Dot, Green Dot Charter School Corporation, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD, Locke High School, Mónica García

Paying the Price for Monica Garcia’s Win

March 16, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

If parents are not happy with the school program, it is a school of choice. They are free (and indeed encouraged) to remove their kids from the school. There are plenty of other public school options for their children.” – Mr. Tschang, former KIPP Principal As I walked off stage at the only debate in […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Arminta Street Elementary School, Charter, co-location, Imelda Padilla, Kelly Gonez, KIPP, LAUSD, Marianna Avenue Elementary School, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Steve Zimmer

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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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