(Also, we don't know if families tried to enroll at
the Celerity charter and were rejected, which is certainly possible.)
Two
Celerity Charter Schools will be closed on June 30.
«This afternoon, parents of McKinley Elementary in Compton, CA were joined by Celerity Educational Group and Parent Revolution to announce that they will be opening a new independent
Celerity charter school at the Church of the Redeemer,» announced
On July 1, however, in the very same location as the closed schools two new
Celerity Charter schools will open, led by the same principals of the schools that were shut down.
Inside
Celerity charter school network, questionable spending and potential conflicts of interest abound nzzl.us / ZGNo5CB via @nuzzel
Celerity Education Group, the management company for Los Angeles
Celerity charter schools, had the charter for two of its schools revoked.
Not exact matches
While a new
charter school was not allowed to move into McKinley, the Celerity Educational Group opened Celerity Sirius Charter School near McKinley in Septembe
charter school was not allowed to move into McKinley, the
Celerity Educational Group opened
Celerity Sirius
Charter School near McKinley in Septembe
Charter School near McKinley in September 2011.
Parent Revolution looked around the state for a school to target, chose McKinley and pre-selected a
charter school operator called
Celerity to take it over.
The Times editorial added: «Ultimately, the
charter operator,
Celerity Educational Group, decided to open a school a few blocks away instead, to predictions that this would wipe out McKinley by drawing away most of its students.
Reality: In Compton, the
charter operator,
Celerity, ended up opening a school near McKinley rather than taking it over.
[vii] The Los Angeles Times reported on Nov. 14, 2011, that 1/5 of the families at McKinley Elementary had transferred their children to the new
Celerity Sirius
charter — amounting to 1/3 of the families who had signed the petition.
In December 2010, signatures of more than 60 % of the school's parents were submitted to the school district, calling for turning the school over to the
Celerity Educational Group
charter operator.
Celerity, hedged its bets and applied in December for a separate
charter all while Parent Revolution was orchestrating the McKinley petition with unsuspecting parents
CCSA issued the following statement in response to the federal investigation of
Celerity, a national
charter school network.
As first reported by the School Data Nerd blog,
Celerity Troika and
Celerity Dyad
charter schools ranked 10/10 at serving students with similar demographics.
But their school was denied a
charter petition, as was Celerity Himalia Charter School, because the LAUSD staff recommended agai
charter petition, as was
Celerity Himalia
Charter School, because the LAUSD staff recommended agai
Charter School, because the LAUSD staff recommended against it.
Charter operators that indicated they will submit are Academia Moderna; Crown Preparatory Academy; Frederick Douglass Academy Elementary School & Vista Academy Elementary School; Global Education Academy; Para Los Niños, and
Celerity Global Development.
Renewals of
Celerity Dyad
Charter School, on its own campus south of downtown LA, and
Celerity Troika
Charter School, co-located in Eagle Rock in Northeast LA, have also been recommended for denial.
After student performances from schools throughout Los Angeles, including
Celerity dancers, the Gabriella
Charter School Company Kids and the Granada Hills
Charter High School Marching Band, a fantastic line - up of speakers made heartfelt pleas for public education.
We have been uplifted with the rest of our community,» said Viennie Canelo - Mendoza, Parent at
Celerity Nascent
Charter School.
It seems everyone here has a contradicting theory on what, exactly, the new
Celerity Educational Group
charter school would mean for their children.
Parents are seeking to replace McKinley Elementary with a
charter school run by the
Celerity Educational Group.
Luckily for
Celerity Educational Group, the
charter operator attempting to flip Compton's McKinley Elementary into one of its own campuses under the controversial new Parent Trigger law...
Well, Camino Nuevo runs four K - 8 Schools and they are very inconsistent compared to the
charter network (
Celerity) that runs K - 8 schools.
Compare that to the two
Celerity schools whose
charters were also revoked: they were some of the highest scoring schools in the city on the similar student ranking.
Aside from that,
Celerity Educational Group, the
charter school chosen by Parent Revolution organizers, hosted multiple forums and invited parents to come check out the campus.
«
Celerity's troubles highlight that the real victims of California's runaway
charter school industry are students.
Then, on May 25, the L.A. County Office of Education gave
Celerity permission to open a
charter school at the Church of the Redeemer, two blocks from McKinley.
OAKLAND — In the Public Interest Executive Director Donald Cohen issued the following statement on the California State Board of Education's unanimous decision last week to close two Los Angeles
charter schools managed by the
Celerity Educational Group:
The state government has authorized a number of
charter schools against the wishes of local communities in recent years, some of which have run into financial and legal trouble, like Tri-Valley and
Celerity.
At the start of two inches of legal language in dense small print at the top of the page, it says it would «transform McKinley Elementary School under the RESTART MODEL, to be reopened under
Celerity Educational Group, a
Charter Management Organization (CMO).»
Here we have a situation almost reversed of
Celerity Nascent — where the district school is massively outperforming the
charter school.
But in their place, in the same locations, with their same principals, and most of the same students,
Celerity will open two new
Charter schools on July 1.
Both
Celerity Rolas and
Celerity Himalia say in their
charter petition that they will «provide specific information, in its outreach materials, websites, at community meetings, open forums, and regional center meetings, that notifies parents that Charter School is open to enroll.
charter petition that they will «provide specific information, in its outreach materials, websites, at community meetings, open forums, and regional center meetings, that notifies parents that
Charter School is open to enroll.
Charter School is open to enroll.»
In October, the LAUSD board voted to deny the
charter renewal for two of their schools:
Celerity Dyad and
Celerity Troika.
The
charter schools on two locations are: Ararat Charter School, Celerity Cardinal Charter School, Celerity Octavia Charter School, Celerity Rolas Charter School, Celerity Troika Charter School, Citizens of the World - Mar Vista, Citizens of the World - Hollywood, City Language Immersion Charter, Clemente Charter School, Equitas Academy, Equitas Academy # 2, Equitas Academy # 3, Extera Public School, Extera Public School # 2, ICEF Vista Elementary Charter Academy, New Heights Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
charter schools on two locations are: Ararat
Charter School, Celerity Cardinal Charter School, Celerity Octavia Charter School, Celerity Rolas Charter School, Celerity Troika Charter School, Citizens of the World - Mar Vista, Citizens of the World - Hollywood, City Language Immersion Charter, Clemente Charter School, Equitas Academy, Equitas Academy # 2, Equitas Academy # 3, Extera Public School, Extera Public School # 2, ICEF Vista Elementary Charter Academy, New Heights Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter School,
Celerity Cardinal
Charter School, Celerity Octavia Charter School, Celerity Rolas Charter School, Celerity Troika Charter School, Citizens of the World - Mar Vista, Citizens of the World - Hollywood, City Language Immersion Charter, Clemente Charter School, Equitas Academy, Equitas Academy # 2, Equitas Academy # 3, Extera Public School, Extera Public School # 2, ICEF Vista Elementary Charter Academy, New Heights Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter School,
Celerity Octavia
Charter School, Celerity Rolas Charter School, Celerity Troika Charter School, Citizens of the World - Mar Vista, Citizens of the World - Hollywood, City Language Immersion Charter, Clemente Charter School, Equitas Academy, Equitas Academy # 2, Equitas Academy # 3, Extera Public School, Extera Public School # 2, ICEF Vista Elementary Charter Academy, New Heights Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter School,
Celerity Rolas
Charter School, Celerity Troika Charter School, Citizens of the World - Mar Vista, Citizens of the World - Hollywood, City Language Immersion Charter, Clemente Charter School, Equitas Academy, Equitas Academy # 2, Equitas Academy # 3, Extera Public School, Extera Public School # 2, ICEF Vista Elementary Charter Academy, New Heights Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter School,
Celerity Troika
Charter School, Citizens of the World - Mar Vista, Citizens of the World - Hollywood, City Language Immersion Charter, Clemente Charter School, Equitas Academy, Equitas Academy # 2, Equitas Academy # 3, Extera Public School, Extera Public School # 2, ICEF Vista Elementary Charter Academy, New Heights Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter School, Citizens of the World - Mar Vista, Citizens of the World - Hollywood, City Language Immersion
Charter, Clemente Charter School, Equitas Academy, Equitas Academy # 2, Equitas Academy # 3, Extera Public School, Extera Public School # 2, ICEF Vista Elementary Charter Academy, New Heights Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter, Clemente
Charter School, Equitas Academy, Equitas Academy # 2, Equitas Academy # 3, Extera Public School, Extera Public School # 2, ICEF Vista Elementary Charter Academy, New Heights Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter School, Equitas Academy, Equitas Academy # 2, Equitas Academy # 3, Extera Public School, Extera Public School # 2, ICEF Vista Elementary
Charter Academy, New Heights Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter Academy, New Heights
Charter School, Synergy Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter School, Synergy
Charter Academy and WISH Charter Middle
Charter Academy and WISH
Charter Middle
Charter Middle School.
Many of the event's attendees will be visiting some of the schools whose leaders participated in the forum: Center for Advanced Learning,
Celerity Educational Group, Culture and Language Academy of Success, Crown Prep
Charter, Opportunities Unlimited, Watts Learning Center (which was also featured in the report), MECA
Charter, and The Accelerated School.