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Stealing Scarce Education Funds From LAUSD Students

April 9, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The District has not received payments from Community Preparatory Academy for the months of January 2017 through June 2017, which total to $82,240.97 currently owed to the District.” – LAUSD Charter School Division The LAUSD School Board took the rare step of considering the denial of a charter school’s renewal during their April 2, 2019, […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Community Preparatory Academy, Dr. George McKenna, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD, LAUSD School Board, Los Angeles, Nick Melvoin

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

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

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

Sold to the Highest Bidder – The Charters Assume Control of the LAUSD

August 15, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Although comparison of GHCHS’ current demographic data to the data of other schools in the surrounding community does show differences in the numbers and percentages of students in various subgroups, historical demographics data shows that GHCHS has generally increased its diversity over time. For example, in its current approved charter, the school reported that, since its […]

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

Is the LAUSD Charter School Division Providing Any Oversight?

June 28, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

We look at their websites, not only at that time but in their oversight.” Our oversight is “proactive and responsive.” – Jose Cole-Gutiérrez, LAUSD Charter School Division The LAUSD is “the largest district charter school authorizer in the nation, with about 250 independent and affiliated charter schools serving over 130,000 students.” The Charter School Division […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alliance, alliance college ready public schools, El Camino Real Charter High School, Enrollment, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Jose Cole-Gutierrez, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD, Moratorium, NAACP

A Failing Charter Gets a Pass

January 19, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

We cannot truly have the impact charters were intended to have – to reinvent public education – if we do not close those charters that have demonstrated an inability to meet the challenge of excellence and chronically underperform.” – California Charter School Association (CCSA) According to the statistics provided by the CCSA, View Park Middle […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Dr. George McKenna, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD, Mónica García, Ref Rodriguez, Richard Vladovic, View Park Middle School, View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter Middle School

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

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

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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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