What Is This Charter School Hiding?
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| El Camino’s Governing Board meets during the scandal |
It has been three years since El Camino Real Charter High School’s (ECRCHS) former Principal, David Fehte, was forced from his position and given $215,000 in taxpayer funds as a golden parachute. A year earlier, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) Charter School Division (CSD) had issued a “Notice to Cure” to the school noting, in part, that “there were charges on the [school’s] credit card statements where it was indicated as ‘personal use’ which is inappropriate and does not align to the purpose for use of the public credit card.” A followup by the Los Angeles Daily News found that “over the two years, Fehte charged more than $100,000 to the card”, including “$15,500 at Monty’s” Prime Steaks & Seafood and “first-class airfare and luxury hotel rooms”. This included an $885.96 payment for an itinerary made out to “Mr. David Patrick Fehte/San Antonio Spurs” so that Fehte could perform scouting activities for the NBA team.
In the wake of the Daily News reports and a threat by the LAUSD to revoke ECRCHS’ charter, the school’s governing board voted “to approve contracting with Oracle [Investigations Group, Inc.] to investigate issues on LAUSD’s Notice to Cure and the credit card statements.” While the Daily News investigation uncovered a detailed CONTINUE READING: What Is This Charter School Hiding?
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