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Monday, September 12, 2011

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Monitoring the enrollment of Gulen charter schools in California

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Monitoring the enrollment of Gulen charter schools in California:

Monitoring the enrollment of Gulen charter schools in California

In 2002, the first school was opened in California, enrolling 188 students. In 2010, 14 schools were operating, enrolling a total of 2804 students.* California is the state with the third highest number of Gulen charter schools (behind Texas with 40 and Ohio with 17). See a list of current, attempted, and pending schools @ http://charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com/2011/06/gulen-charter-schools-in-california.html

Important questions to be answered:

1. How many parents of the nearly 3000 California students enrolled in these schools know anything about the Gulen Movement and/or the controversies which surround its undisclosed agenda and activities, including its steadily growing worldwide project of opening schools?

2. How many of the board members who authorized these schools (Los Angeles USD, Oakland USD, San Diego Unified, Santa Clara County Office of Education, El Dorado County Office of Education, or the California State Board of Education) know anything about the Gulen Movement and/or the controversies which surround its