Guest Post: Silver Lake parents unite in the face of charter school "colocation"
Parent Lulu Wilson wrote this essay — which she originally intended to be a press release — on behalf of many Micheltorena ES families and community members, several of whom are quoted extensively in the piece. The Silver Lake neighborhood school is bravely resisting the spectre of colocation by the CWC Charter Corporation under the auspices of Proposition 39. For more on Prop 39 check out KPFK's John Cromshow's interview of me which aired on March 31, 2012. Ms. Wilson's exquisitely crafted prose leads me to think we may be seeing more education articles from her in the future; to wit her brilliant construct "non-consensual colocation," which is the most vivid and veracious description I've ever heard in regards to Prop 39. — Robert D. Skeels
SILVER LAKE PARENTS UNITE IN THE FACE OF CHARTER SCHOOL "COLOCATION"
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Photo by Lulu Wilsonby Lulu Wilson
Micheltorena Street Elementary School parents had feared it might come to this. They had hoped their children's school would escape the eye of the charters. But it was not to be.
In January 2012 Micheltorena's Principal Susanna Furfari was notified by LAUSD that Citizens of the World Charter had requested Micheltorena for a colocation. In a few short months, the process by which a charter school takes up residence on a public school's campus would be stamped and finalized. According to
SILVER LAKE PARENTS UNITE IN THE FACE OF CHARTER SCHOOL "COLOCATION"
For Whom the School Bell Tolls, How School Choice is Dividing Public Education Allegiances
Photo by Lulu Wilson
Micheltorena Street Elementary School parents had feared it might come to this. They had hoped their children's school would escape the eye of the charters. But it was not to be.
In January 2012 Micheltorena's Principal Susanna Furfari was notified by LAUSD that Citizens of the World Charter had requested Micheltorena for a colocation. In a few short months, the process by which a charter school takes up residence on a public school's campus would be stamped and finalized. According to