I've been getting some really interesting feedback on our blog post about the continued frustration at Bell Middle School over the gap between charter school and school district expulsion rules. Cinda Doughty, the principal of Darnall Charter School, offered some thoughts about how the problem can cut both ways: Darnall encountered a student who attempted to enroll in our school last week who had been expelled from a district school. The parent had been told that her son (who allegedly attacked a teacher) could not attend the district school until his expulsion hearing but that in the meantime, she could enroll him in a charter, or Alba, (the
Just a heads up for my faithful Twitter followers: I'll be live tweeting a school board candidates' forum tonight at 6:30pm at La Jolla High. Even if you're not on Twitter, you can follow my tweets here.
