The stage has been set for an apparent showdown between charter school operators and the Los Angeles Unified School District office charged with charter school oversight, when the LAUSD school board votes on an unprecedented 14 recommendations for
charter petition denials at Tuesday's special board meeting.
Not exact matches
Among the schools seeking new
charter petitions are two from LA's Promise that are recommended for denial: LA's Promise Charter High School and LA's Promise Charter Middle
charter petitions are two from LA's Promise that are recommended for
denial: LA's Promise
Charter High School and LA's Promise Charter Middle
Charter High School and LA's Promise
Charter Middle
Charter Middle School.
The California
Charter Schools Association is deeply disappointed with the actions of both the Carlsbad Unified Board of Education and the County Board of Education regarding the denial of a new petition and appeal of the Oxford Preparatory Academy's (OPA) new charter
Charter Schools Association is deeply disappointed with the actions of both the Carlsbad Unified Board of Education and the County Board of Education regarding the
denial of a new
petition and appeal of the Oxford Preparatory Academy's (OPA) new
charter charter school.
SB 808 removes
charter schools» right to appeal a
denial of their
petition or renewal to the County and the State Board of Education, removing any chance at due process.
From the ridiculous
denials of quality
charter petitions happening at the local level to a slew of bad policy ideas being surfaced at the state level, a wide array of needless challenges continue to be thrown at our movement, and we will have to be as on top of our advocacy game as ever in order to keep our movement on stride.
Most are outperforming nearby district schools, but the majority of the
denials stem from
charters» rejection of specific language required by the district in their
petitions.
[Update 1/21/18]: The
charter schools described below were approved by the California State Board of Education on January 19th, 2018 despite community opposition and district / county
denials documenting serious red flags in their
petitions.
In the case of New Designs, the district had recommended a
denial of the renewal
charter petition claiming it, too, is performing worse than surrounding schools.
She has helped make the county board one of the state's friendliest to
charter schools, in part by overturning local school districts»
denial of
charter petitions.
«The
charter is working on a more comprehensive and detailed response to the board's
denial of the
petition and will provide this to the district and public in the interests of full disclosure.
* UPDATED A record number of
charter schools, all outperforming nearby district schools, have been recommended for
denial by LA Unified staff when their
petitions come before Tuesday's school board meeting.
Late last week, however, 12 of the 14
denials that were posted on the school board's website were revealed to have been triggered after four defiant
charter operators had refused to include mandated regulatory language in their
petitions.
School board member Nick Melvoin has been working closely with the
charter school leaders whose
petitions are recommended for
denial and who are looking for reforms to the district - required language.
• All eight of the schools in Los Angeles» largest
charter organization, Alliance College - Ready Public Schools, that are being recommended for
denial meet the district's minimum academic requirements for renewal
petitions.