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The Country’s Largest Charter School Expands into a Construction Zone

July 22, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Was the LAUSD Board aware that Granada Hills Charter High School would raze its satellite campus just prior to its first year of expansion?

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: charter schools, GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Scott Schmerelson

Who is Choosing Who? A Charter School Places Barriers to Entry

July 3, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Granada Hills Charter High School not only requires incoming students to attend a summer program, they also make it as inconvenient as possible for incoming students and their families.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Brian Bauer, Cherry Picking, Creaming, CSD, GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Los Angeles, North Valley Military Institute, NVMI

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

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

Will Students Drown in a Charter School’s Ocean of Debt?

September 18, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Where am I going to leave her today? I have to call in sick.“ – Parent of Student enrolled in a closed charter school Imagine if the LAUSD decided that one of their schools was draining resources from the District and decided to shut it down just days into the start of the school year. […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: City Charter Schools, CSD, GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Nick Melvoin, Partnership to Uplift Communities, PUC, Ref Rodriguez, Rocio Rivas

How Can a Charter School Renew or Expand Without a Legitimate Governing Board?

August 28, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

A material revision of the provisions of a charter petition may be made only with the approval of the authority that granted the charter.“ – FCMAT Having already billed itself as the largest charter school in the country, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) has submitted a charter renewal that would change the school to […]

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

Flushing Your Money Down the Toilet

August 20, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Team Granada: It was nice meeting with you yesterday to discuss possible solutions to the challenges you’ve gotten yourselves into with non-DSA approved improvements to your campus.” – Jim DiCamillo, Architect Private businesses operate under a model that has built-in accountability. If a corporation does not generate profits, then the shareholders will demand a change […]

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

A Charter School Cheats, LAUSD Sleeps

June 28, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Existing law prohibits a pupil enrolled in school from being required to pay a fee, deposit, or other charge not specifically authorized by law.“ – California AB 1575 The North Valley Military Institute (NVMI) is no stranger to the LAUSD’s Charter School Division (CSD). Just last November, the CSD recommended to the District’s Board that […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: CSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Mark Ryan, North Valley Military Institute, NVMI, Pupil Fees

Parents Left In The Dark About Charter Schools

March 7, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Under the current rules of the LAUSD, “a charter school [is] required to notify all parents, guardians and teachers in writing within 72 hours when the District issues a Notice of Violations…and that the notification include the District’s rationale for the action”. However, no such notification was made after a Notice of Violation was issued […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, Jose Cole-Gutierrez, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, The Accelerated Schools

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

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