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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

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

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

Rules? Where we’re going we don’t need rules.

September 23, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

CCSA's Ref Rodriguez

This is much ado about nothing” – Attorney Mark Werksman According to the Felony Complaint against Refugio (Ref) Rodriguez, he and his cousin allegedly conspired in a scheme that hid the source of almost $25,000 in campaign donations from the public. While a lawyer involved in the case maintains that this is “a small amount […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: CCSA, Celerity, El Camino Real Charter High School, Election Fraud, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD School Board, Ref Rodriguez

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

The LAUSD Turns A Blind Eye as Charters Cherry-Pick Their Students

June 16, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

It is time to answer his question.” – Scott Schmerelson, LAUSD Board Member As I have reported previously, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) has items on the enrollment page of their website that appear to violate the law and clearly violate their charter. During the past six months, I have been unable to get […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cherry Picking, Dr. George McKenna, El Camino Real Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter High School, IEP, Jose Cole-Gutierrez, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD School Board, Northridge Academy, Scott Schmerelson

Stacking the Deck?

April 19, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

“Moreover, ‘lower achieving students’ is not a protected class.” -Brian Bauer, GHCHS This week, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) will attempt to win its sixth national Academic Decathlon championship in seven years. If this were a high school sports team instead of an academic one, the improbability of this accomplishment would probably be more […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Academic Decathlon, Cherry Picking, Creaming, El Camino Real Charter High School, English Learners, GHCHS, Gifted and Talented, Granada Hills Charter High School, Palisades Charter High School, Special Education

LAUSD Schools Face Bankruptcy While Charters Cheat on Admissions

January 9, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Through admissions policies that exclude vulnerable students by erecting various barriers to entry, charter schools have the potential to create a two-tiered system of public education.” – ACLU and Public Advocates The LAUSD Charter School Division (CSD) says that “a review of charter school pre- and post-enrollment forms is part of our oversight process”.  It […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter School Accountability, Charter School Admissions, ECRCHS, El Camino Real Charter High School, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division

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

The Absurdity of Charter School Oversight in L.A.

October 23, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

This is about the fact that they want to kill our charters and nothing more.” -Magnolia CEO Caprice Young The sky is falling.” -Chicken Little As usual, the LAUSD Board spent a significant portion of their time at Tuesday’s meeting ignoring the needs of students enrolled in District schools so they could focus on charter […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, Caprice Young, CCSA, Celerity, ECRCHS, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Magnolia, Ref Rodriguez, Scott Schmerelson

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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 […]

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