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Charter Infiltration Ends With Social Filtration – redqueeninla

Charter Infiltration Ends With Social Filtration – redqueeninla

Charter Infiltration Ends With Social Filtration



It’s time to collect some straight-forward demographics on charter schools. How many are aware of just how pervasive they are in the District, and how pernicious in co-locations? A District official recently claimed there were “just” 72 co-located LAUSD schools. Data downloaded from LAUSD’s website on 3/18/19 about LAUSD’s 2018-19 charter schools refutes the claim.

Number of charter schools operating in LAUSD, 2018-19 with their own “location code”, aka budget:  275
Number of charter schools started in LAUSD in 2018:  12            Number of new conversion charters:  2            Number of new start-up charters:  10
Number of charters with “split locations” between one or more school sites:  47            Number of charters split across exactly two locations:  36            Number of charters split across exactly three locations:  7            Number of charters split across exactly four locations:  4
Number of fiscally affiliated charters:  50
Number of fiscally independent charters:  225Number of conversion charters:  61
Number of start-up charters:  214
Percentage of charters that are start-ups or fiscally independent:  82%
Count of LAUSD-chartered schools according to 
start-up status and fiscal affiliation

Total Number of charter school sites:  322 (some schools co-locate with LAUSD  CONTINUE READING: Charter Infiltration Ends With Social Filtration – redqueeninla
SAME STORY IN OAKLAND 
Big Education Ape: How Charter Schools Became Such a Big Player in California's Education System | The California Report | KQED News - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2019/03/how-charter-schools-became-such-big.html


https://docs.google.com/document/d/18der2D2inCn9SpWtnc1MbGB_mLCDjIwbwATf1qtKz8E/edit
Graphic: A steady decrease in public school enrollment is matched by a similar steady increase in charter school enrollment. (Elena Lacey/KQED)