Charter school must cure and correct its violations of law
April 27, 2010 — Westwood Charter School must provide all requested documents, take steps to cure and correct alleged violations of California law and make sweeping and significant management changes if it hopes to keep its charter, according to a Notice to Remedy issued on March 19 by the Westwood Unified School District, its chartering agency.
In the Notice to Remedy, the WUSD board demanded WCS remove its superintendent, Henry Bietz, as an employee, officer or director of the charter school; cease doing business with any business entity that employs Bietz or his spouse, Karen Bietz; provide an accounting of all state funds paid by WCS to Bietz or Bietz Consulting; reimburse the state for all funds paid by WCS to WCSS, Bietz or Bietz Consulting that result from transactions tainted by a prohibited conflict of interest; provide an accounting for all state funds paid by WCS to Karen Bietz that result from transactions tainted by a prohibited conflict of interest; and, demonstrate that WCSS, Inc., is an appropriately structured for-profit corporation that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a non-profit public benefit corporation.
According to the Notice to Remedy, the tainted funds received by Bietz amount to at least $267,031.60. The WUSD reserves the right to increase the total amount due upon the receipt of further documents and information.
Last month the California Attorney General’s Office filed a felony complaint in Lassen County Superior Court alleging Bietz, the superintendent of Westwood Charter School and
