Sacramento charter's a hot issue in school board race
Published: Sunday, Apr. 29, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 1B

Shayla Bownman overheard a man talking about the Fortune School while riding the bus. Now, she says, both her kindergartner and first-grader are flourishing at the south Sacramento charter.
"They have a chance at being somebody, even though they are on welfare and are low-income," she said. "I'm very blessed to have this opportunity."
But not everyone is so enamored with Fortune School. The nondescript little charter in a shopping center on Stockton Boulevard has become the hot-button issue in a crowded race for four seats on the Sacramento County Board of