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School Board Rejects Latest Adelanto Parent Trigger Petition; Parent Revolution Promises Lawsuit

by Bob Sikes

From Natasha Lindstrom from Victorville Daily Press:

ADELANTO • The trailblazing effort to force a major overhaul of Desert Trails Elementary by invoking the so-called “Parent Trigger” law failed to advance Wednesday night.
The Desert Trails Parent Union’s petition to reopen Desert Trails as a community charter school fell 20 signatures short of the 321 needed, Superintendent Darin Brawley announced at a special board meeting.
The Adelanto School District Board of Trustees voted 5-0 to reject the petition for failing to include valid parent signatures representing at least 50 percent of students at the school on Bellflower Street.
But the effort looks to be far from over, with a lengthy legal battle looming.
The parent union had already retained the pro-bono services of the Los Angeles law firm Kirkland & 

“Charter School” Suddenly Appears in Adelanto Parent Trigger Petition

by Bob Sikes

Parent Revolution finally got they really wanted in their efforts to flip a public school in California. While the parents who they sold initially just wanted modest changes, a rejection of their signatures gave them the opportunity to get a new petition. This time it suits the folks who pay the salaries of Parent Revolution’s operatives as “charter school” is on the new petition. Writes Teresa Watanabe in theLos Angeles Times:

The petition asks that Desert Trails be transformed into a charter school, but parents reiterated they would prefer that reforms be collectively developed by an independent organization of parents, teachers and district staff.
A key change, parents said, would be the ability to choose their own principal with more flexibility