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...
In math, those figures were 67 percent
for Celerity and 28 percent for area district schools.
Not exact matches
Abstract: The current global situation calls
for more
celerity, if at all possible, in the evaluation of media systems throughout the world.
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.
Parents at McKinley submitted a petition in December calling
for the campus to be turned over to
Celerity Educational Group.
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, which was hand - picked by Parent Revolution, now takes a share of the funds meant
for McKinley STILL operating 2 blocks away
Celerity, hedged its bets and applied in December
for a separate charter all while Parent Revolution was orchestrating the McKinley petition with unsuspecting parents
«At no point was there any indication or conversation with
Celerity about being in danger of not being recommended
for renewal.
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.
Celerity Troika, located in Board District 5 and co-located on two campuses, Luther Burbank Middle School and Garvanza Elementary School, enrolled 609 students as of last October, with 68 percent qualifying
for free or reduce - price lunch, 24 percent English language learners, 77 percent Latino and 4 percent African - American.
Celerity Education Group, the management company
for Los Angeles
Celerity charter schools, had the charter
for two of its schools revoked.
Frustrated by the low expectations
for these students, Ms. McFarlane came together with other reform - minded LAUSD teachers and principals and founded
Celerity.
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.
It seems everyone here has a contradicting theory on what, exactly, the new
Celerity Educational Group charter school would mean
for their children.
«I have lived in this community
for a long time and
Celerity is our shining star.
If
Celerity opens a first - rate campus — laptops
for all!
Back when the petition was first filed, a few mothers quoted their kids as saying they hated them
for trying get rid of the school's teachers (who would all have to re-apply under
Celerity management).
Thanks
for the deeper dive into
Celerity Troika data.
For example,
Celerity Troika performs significantly higher than the other schools in the network.
In October, the LAUSD board voted to deny the charter renewal
for two of their schools:
Celerity Dyad and
Celerity Troika.
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.
While April 1 is the official date
for switching over to the new MLS technology, the London and St. Thomas board will continue to operate both the
Celerity system and the VanDat system concurrently
for the first five to six weeks, while the board's Realtors are given hands - on training in the board's new computer lab.