Rumors (and denials) of a rogue charter school opening next week
By Katy Murphy
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 at 5:25 pm in charter schools, elementary schools,families.
By Katy Murphy
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 at 5:25 pm in charter schools, elementary schools,families.
Sometimes when I write about the American Indian Public Charter School I feel like I’ve entered an alternative reality. This is one of those times.
For that reason, I can’t tell you definitively whether an unauthorized elementary charter school will open on American Indian’s downtown campus on Halloween, as rumored — though it’s looking unlikely. I’ll just share the information I’ve collected so far.
Evidence that suggests a school affiliated with American Indian is (or at least was) slated to open two months into the school year:
- I called the receptionist at the school last week, told her I was a news reporter, and asked if American Indian was opening a new elementary school in October, as I had heard. She said, “Yes it is.”
- An OUSD mother who attended a recent informational meeting at American