Sentences with phrase «charter conversion»

In the past, the school district required parents and staff to vote on charter conversions.

-- to other public schools that might be considering charter conversion.

In areas that can support charter schools, or where districts would benefit from charter conversion, many more are needed.

During the process of charter conversion, Gompers Preparatory Academy student Nataly Orozco explains, students went to the San Diego Unified Board of Education and said, «we're just children who want to get an education.»

Under state law, a school can apply for charter conversion if a majority of its tenured teachers petition for the change.

Some national charter - school leaders fear that school districts may view charter conversion as an easy way to remove low - performing schools from their books without taking the responsibility to actually improve them.

Madison School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham told lawmakers in a letter Wednesday that the bill falls short because allowing multiple tests «would not fairly compare public and private schools» and by «requiring charter conversion rather than creating a true path to improvement.»

The so - called Parent Empowerment in Education Act (SB 1718) was framed as allowing parents at a public school to vote to «turn around» their school by employing several options, including charter conversion.

Andrew and I found schools» Catholic - to - charter conversion increased enrollment and the proportion of minority students served.

State laws often bog charter conversions down with excess baggage, such as keeping the school under the district's collective bargaining agreement, or requiring that it have a higher percentage of certified teachers than other charters.

But while high - profile conversions like Green Dot's turnaround of Locke High School have shown promise, the limited research on charter conversion suggests that the process is far from a panacea.

The probability of this threat materializing is decidedly slim, as schools and districts hardly seem eager to choose charter conversion.

CCSA Statement on Mt. Diablo School Board rejecting charter conversion of Clatyon Valley HIgh School.

DeBerry's bill would have lowered the threshold of petition support from 60 to 51 percent, and extended the outcome beyond charter conversions, to include options such as replacing the principal or closing the school and sending its students to a higher - achieving one.

At Inglewood Elementary School, once the Parent - Teacher Organization (PTO) got wind that their school was up for possible charter conversion for the 2015 - 16 school year, they immediately started a letter writing campaign and petition drive to request any changes be «community - driven by each school for its own scalable solution.»

In a statement, MNPS said it appreciates the passion around the issue of East Nashville schools and that no final decisions have been made about charter conversions or other options.

Even in New Orleans, mass charter conversion has been «disastrous,» writes Kristen Buras for The Progressive.

They could issue guarantees; purchase or assume the insured institution's assets or liabilities (but to preclude nationalization, not its common stock); make loans, contributions and deposits in a troubled institution or its acquirer; organize charter conversions; arrange extraordinary mergers or acquisitions; and / or issue net worth certificates to banks and thrifts with substantial residential real estate loans.

So far, no states have taken over schools as part of NCLB restructuring, and the number of charter conversions or privatizations is still quite small.

In Adelanto, parents were asked to sign two different petitions, though only one, calling for charter conversion, was submitted to the authorities (LA Times, 2/19/12).

Other pending bills in the lower house would create new rights and benefits for classified employees that work for charter schools and require charter conversions to be approved by 50 percent of classified staff in addition to half the teachers.

Successful outcomes may range from negotiated improvements to ensure safer school conditions or improved special - education policies, to charter conversion or school leadership changes.

Yet enthusiasm for these charter conversions soon fizzled.

During my nonprofit writing phases, I've written about the history of Catholic schools and how we might save them and a case study examining the charter conversion of seven Catholic schools in the District of Columbia.

The charter conversion option was not applied to any of the schools that the state had in restructuring under NCLB in 2004 — 05 Denver's Cole Middle School reopened as a charter in fall 2005, too recently to judge the results.

In a charter conversion, the reform impetus is internal to the school community.

Charter conversion is not an option in the 11 states that lack charter laws, nor is it a practical possibility for more than a few schools in the several states with caps on the number of charters available (see «The Cure,» what next, Fall 2006).

A majority (or supermajority) of teachers and / or parents, fed up with low achievement and system hassles, files a petition for a charter conversion.

To their credit, those who led the charter conversion process in Washington, D.C., not only foresaw this challenge but were thoughtful in addressing it.

Charter conversion was the equivalent of closure.

As CEO / Principal of Wildcat Academy, Ron led the school through its charter conversion process in 2000.

A parent petition can also result in a charter conversion, although the rules for that process remain in flux.

Parents Unified for Local School Education and the Advancement Project filed a Title VI complaint in 2014 outlining the harmful impact of the school closures and charter conversions that took place under the One Newark school reform plan.

The legal challenge, filed by United Teachers Los Angeles, asserts that the charter conversion violates state law.

California law states that charter conversions can happen when a majority of tenured teachers submit a petition.

Title: «Relative to the teachers» voting requirement for becoming a charter conversion school» Sponsors: Rep. Gregory Hill (R - Northfield), Senator John Reagan (District 17), Rep. Carol McGuire (R - Epsom) Continue reading LSR 2161 relates to the teachers» voting requirement for becoming a charter conversion school

In Adelanto, that meant 53 parents voted in October on the charter conversion of a school that enrolls about 600 students.

But talks with district officials fizzled within a few months, and the parent union submitted the petition calling for a charter conversion.

Charter conversions aren't the only outcomes of parent - trigger campaigns.

Instead, they sought to use the threat of a charter conversion as a negotiating tool to work out a plan that kept the school under district control.

At risk of losing state funding to the charter conversion, the district offered parents more options.

As permitted by law, the vote won't include parents who opposed the charter conversion or declined to be part of the petition process.

State Assemblyman Albert Coutinho (D - Essex), whose list of bills includes the charter conversion proposal passed yesterday, said he has been involved in some of the early discussions about enacting a new law entirely.

Two elementary schools in East Nashville are being considered for charter conversion, including Inglewood where Lily visited today.

Link is a private school located in Newark's Central Ward, and, if approved, would be the second private - to - charter conversion in the state.

For now, passage of the charter conversion bill is the latest development in the escalating debate as to the merits of the alternative schools and how to best oversee them.

At Desert Trails, more than 600 students and 286 parents signed a petition last year seeking a charter conversion.

California's Parent Empowerment Act of 2010, known as the parent trigger law, enables parents representing more than 50 percent of students to sign a petition to force major reforms on a low - performing school, from firing the principal and half the staff to a charter conversion.