Saturday, October 27, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Also, in the "Could This Happen under 1240?" Category

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Also, in the "Could This Happen under 1240?" Category:


Also, in the "Could This Happen under 1240?" Category

Readers pointed out this news story - a charter school in Sacramento, just 6 weeks into the school year, closed its doors to 400 students.  Just like that.

The story comes from CBS Sacramento.  The CEO claims there are "safety" issues in a building that Placer County said can only hold 75 but had 400.  But the County also said that it didn't tell the CEO to shut down "not wanting to interrupt the school year."

And in shades of SPS, here's how the parent meeting with the CEO went:

During a meeting with parents Tuesday night, Heimbichner spent the first 30 minutes of his presentation talking about the history of Horizon Charter Schools before someone finally stood up and yelled for him get to the point.

The angry interruptions became a common theme throughout. Some parents got