April 4, 2013
President Geeting:
Thank you for catching that error in my letter of April 2 about the Fortune School location. I meant to say that SCOE approved the re-zoning of the location without input from the public in Elk Grove. You are correct in stating that the Aspire case dealt with a statewide benefit charter--I did mention that in my letter. I wrote that the situations with Aspire and the Fortune school charter were analogous.
However, I didn't quote you in my letter. I paraphrased a statement from your report on the Fortune school board meeting made to the SCOE board, which is in the minutes of the March 5, 2013 SCOE board meeting:
Also, the {Fortune} board discussed the inability to access start-up grants for its new schools here in Sacramento. Ultimately, the board decided to accept the recommendation of State Superintendent Tom Torlakson and petition the County Board for individual countywide charters for each school, given that each school draws from multiple districts.
Again, I ask the SCOE board not to approve the material revision of the Fortune charter to locate outside their identified "children's zone", since to do so would go against the charter's stated mission and purpose for existing. I reiterate our position is that the Fortune School should make any future petition for a charter to the Elk Grove USD Board of Education or to the board of the district in which they choose to locate a school.
Thank you,
Kate Lenox, Secretary
Sacramento Coalition to Save Education
Hope some of you can make it out to the Serna Center this afternoon. Thanks, Kate
Correct meeting time is 12:30 pm
Sacramento County Board of Education
Regular Meeting
Friday / April 5, 2013 / 12:30 P.M.
PLEASE NOTE:
Meeting Location
Leo A. Palmiter Jr/Sr High School Cafeteria
2040 Ethan Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
Meeting Time
12:30 p.m.
UPDATE: current results of the survey Rally and Teach In at Serna Center Thursday, April 4th 2013, 4:30 to 5:30 pm
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Help! Action Alert! Kate and Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education Needs Your Help!!
We believe that the Fortune schools should go before the individual districts where the schools are to be located to petition for their charter. Please take a minute to let the *Sacramento County Board of Education *know that you support the Sacramento Coalition to Save Public Education and that Fortune Charters must go before the individual districts where the schools are to be located to petition for their charter. Below you will find some of the issues involved with the fight against the Fortune Charter Schools being granted in district service areas without the approval of... more »
