Change The LAUSD

Honorable Board Members:

Included in the many charter renewal petitions that you will consider on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, is one for CHIME Institute’s Schwarzenegger Community. While the Superintendent has recommended that this item be placed on consent, I strongly suggest that the board discuss this school’s academic performance before voting.

Prepa Tec Los Angeles High charter school was failing academically and fiscally before the pandemic. Why is the LAUSD giving them a pass?

Read the article on Medium.

The percentage of students with special education needs at El Camino Real Charter is significantly lower than in surrounding high schools. This must be fixed before the LAUSD renews its charter.

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The article that initiated this conversation can be found on Medium.

New Heights Charter School refuses to pay the LAUSD the $1,264,162.44 that it has accumulated in outstanding over-allocation penalties. 

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The reaction to society’s stigmatization of special education services should not be to keep students from getting the help that they need.

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Schools receiving public funding in California are required to fill out a school report card. Why does the North Valley Military Institute not have one on file?

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Finding thankfulness when a global pandemic has turned our world upside down.

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"Parent advocate Carl J. Petersen writes here about a charter school in Los Angeles that figured out to game the system for more money and space.

He writes that “Citizens of the World” collects signatures of parents who are not likely to apply for the school and uses them as expressions of intent to enroll."

Read the article on Diane Ravitch's Blog.