Sentences with phrase «rocketship petitioned»
Rocketship petitioned the downtown San Jose Franklin - McKinley school district for yet another charter school.
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Franklin McKinley district staff found several major faults with the Rocketship petition.
At the conclusion of public commentary, FMSD's Educational Services Department presented their analysis of the Rocketship petition to the board.
Only 11 out of the 273 signatures on the Rocketship petition could be verified.
The Rocketship petition also failed to mention the district's substantial Asian population and identify outreach means designed to reach or serve this demographic.
Not exact matches
The State Board of Education today approved Rocketship's charter school petition that board members admitted was flawed.
From Rocketship's petition:
We ran additional analysis, using the definition provided in the charter petition to Morgan Hill Unified, and found that at best, Rocketship is in the top 12 %, as compared to all schools in California (including continuation schools, a comparison that strikes us as less than flattering).
Rocketship lost a lawsuit contesting the County's zoning exemption of the Tamien site, and to make matters worse, four local school districts (including Alum Rock) filed suit against Rocketship's petition to open 20 new schools.
You can find an overview of Rocketship's charter petition in one of our prior stories.
Board President Rudy Rodriguez asked why none of the families on Rocketship's waiting list were able to speak to the board during the public commentary, and only 11 were able to sign the petition.
Staff also commented that the steady decline in pupil outcomes for the existing schools in the charter chain demonstrated that Rocketship would be unlikely to meet the achievement goals set forth in their petition.
The board and staff found a number of problems with Rocketship's charter petition.
Rocketship responded by requesting a new petition from Alum Rock, a request that was denied by a vote of 3 - 2 by the Alum Rock School Board.
District staff discovered that many of those who signed the petition were parents whose children already attended a Rocketship school, and who stated they had no meaningful interest in enrolling their child in a new Rocketship school.
The board voted 5 - 2 on most of Rocketship's petitions, with trustees Anna Song and Michael Chang dissenting.