Questionable Signatures End California Parent Trigger Effort
Is this what Ricks Scott wants in Florida communities to leverage in his charter school cronies? From Sean Cavanagh in State Ed Watch:
A high-profile attempt to use a “parent-trigger” law to convert a traditional public California school to a charter was rejected by the local school board, after divisions over the plans surfaced in the community.
The superintendent of the Adelanto School District, northeast of Los Angeles, recommended that the board reject a parent petition to make the changeover, saying only 235 of 460 signatures submitted could be verified, short of the threshold necessary for the changeover, according to theLos Angeles Times. The board agreed, by a 5-0 vote.
A group of parents in the community had pushed to convert Desert Trails Elementary to a charter