Parent-trigger efforts in L.A. give parents control of the classroom
LOS ANGELES - As the 2013-14 school year begins this month, Southern California will be ground zero for a new experiment in how schools are run. | Related: Parent-trigger efforts in West Adams force 24th Street Elementary to start over | Parent trigger coup: Parents oust Watts principal
Parent-trigger efforts in West Adams force 24th Street Elementary to start over
LOS ANGELES - Before they tried the parent-trigger route, parents who complained about 24th Street Elementary were told to shut up.
Parent trigger coup: Parents oust Watts principal
LOS ANGELES - Even in the short history of California's parent-trigger law, what Watts parents did was novel: Instead of trying to force sweeping changes at Weigand Avenue Elementary School, they just wanted one change: Principal Irma Cobian gone.
