How Parent Trigger Disenfranchises Parents in California
A second Parent Revolution inspired parent trigger is underway in Los Angeles. LA Weekly’s Patrick Range McDonald has the details:
Today, Latino and African American parents at 24th Street Elementary will vote to ratify who will operate their kids’ school next year. They had previously, and successfully, petitioned to take over the chronically failing Los Angeles Unified school through California’s Parent Trigger law.
The 24th Street Elementary School Parents Union steering committee has recommended a “joint operator” in which L.A. Unified and non-profit charter school operator Crown Prep Academy share the duties.
In the recommended proposal, L.A. Unified would handle kindergarten through fourth grade and Crown Prep would teach fifth grade through eighth.
Only the 359 parents who signed the Parent Trigger petition are allowed to vote, but that