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 […]
Click here for reuse options!ASB funds can never be used to loan money to any group or individual” – GHCHS’ ASB Handbook as quoted by the LAUSD Charter School Division Although parents were never notified, the LAUSD’s Charter School Division (CSD) issued a Notice to Cure to Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) on September 21, 2016. This notice […]
Click here for reuse options!Carpetbagger: A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction. If the photo on the front of the latest Monica Garcia flyer to hit your mailbox looks familiar, it is because it was the same one that the California Charter School Association (CCSA) used […]
Click here for reuse options!Please list your top 4 priorities for the elective office you are seeking. “1. Increase graduation Increase 3rd grade reading Reduce suspensions Reduce drop-outs” – Monica Garcia There are many challenges facing the LAUSD. As an example, just last month the District warned state and county officials that it “may not be able to meet […]
Click here for reuse options!Federal agents raided the offices of a network of Los Angeles charter schools Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of fraud and fiscal mismanagement.” – Los Angeles Times, 1/25/17 Exempting charters “from many of the regulations that govern traditional schools” was supposed to be a way to remove barriers to innovation. Unfortunately, […]
Click here for reuse options!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 […]
Click here for reuse options!Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” – George Santayana It has been more than two years since LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy was forced to resign in disgrace. Unfortunately, the legacy that he has left for the District’s students echoes into the present day. After spending at least $189 million on […]
Click here for reuse options!Thanks to all the effective voices that made this possible for our youth!” – Mónica García, 12/14/16 During last week’s LAUSD meeting, the Board suddenly reversed course and abandoned a carefully compromised plan that would have slowly returned the beginning of the school year closer to its traditional Labor Day start. Without a warning to […]
Click here for reuse options!I’m not sure I can be a productive member of this group at this point.” – Mónica García, 12/6/16 In the months leading up to the March 7, 2017, LAUSD election, incumbent Mónica García has made some questionable comments about the children that she is supposed to represent. For example, in March she suggested that […]
Click here for reuse options!On November 16, 2016, the Office of the Independent Monitor held its semi-annual public hearings about the services provided by the LAUSD to students with special education needs. The following is a copy of my testimony before Dr. Rostetter: When I saw your reaction to Adam’s speech, it gave me something that I haven’t had […]
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