"Hundreds of thousands of dollars in checks haven't been deposited." ...Umm...Where's the money???
Interestingly, we’ll let the Bee’s editorial state what this site and its many contributors have been writing about for several months.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/14230399p-15053204c.html
Of course there is so much to say, so much that’s already been said, and so much more to be discussed, but the heart of this matter uncovers the ambiguities of charter school law and administration, the districts failure to adequately weigh the consequences of closing Sacramento High School, and a severe lack of educational leadership at the district level. Amongst other things.
Check out the VAPAC Charter revisions or Private School/Public Money
http://myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1872,1618-210300-1-125812,00.html
We still haven’t talked about the Kit Carson/ NEW Sacramento High plan…
http://www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/14230399p-15053204c.html
Of course there is so much to say, so much that’s already been said, and so much more to be discussed, but the heart of this matter uncovers the ambiguities of charter school law and administration, the districts failure to adequately weigh the consequences of closing Sacramento High School, and a severe lack of educational leadership at the district level. Amongst other things.
Check out the VAPAC Charter revisions or Private School/Public Money
http://myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1872,1618-210300-1-125812,00.html
We still haven’t talked about the Kit Carson/ NEW Sacramento High plan…
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The high (or low) point of the March 16 SCUSD Board Meeting came when Karen Young suggested that when Health Professions High School was built it fulfilled the terms of the Consent Decree. She brought that up because she didn't want the board to vote on allocating any bond money towards the Consent Decree High School. The contracted attorney that SCUSD now uses instead of Martin Fine said he would have to look into Member Young's proposal.
The low point of the meeting was listening to Elmhurst parents advocate for the closure of Marian Anderson elementary school. Their children don't attend Marian Anderson. Their goal is to make sure that when the attendance boundary lines are redrawn that their neighborhood is assigned to David Lubin.
There was no vote on the VAPAC charter revisions and renewal because this was the public hearing. The board will vote on this issue at a future board meeting.
I was really disappointed last night that the people who spend so much time commenting on line on the VAPAC situation and charter renewal didn't show up in person. That left it to Heidi and me to actually speak about the negative consequences of the charter since none of the proponents (Arbatel et. al)actually discussed the details of the revision. It's time to walk the walk, people.
why does not someone take this to the national media? It has to do with school reform
Take it to Fox News Bill O'Reily, he will be intrested, see if he can get the DLC's to come on the air.
oh come on, bill o'reilly? i really don't think this is that big of an issue, and that guy's an idiot.
Well, an idiot interviewing idiots....what a concept!
Maybe Dr. Phil is a better choice. Maybe he could tuck the dlc nutcases away.
The court hearing regarding VAPAC and SCUSD that was scheduled for Thursday, March 30 at 9:00 am in Superior Court has been postponed. No new date has been set.
Sacramento High School
“Why Sac Hi is a Lie”
You have a few weeks to enroll in another high school. Here are some of the reasons why you should:
• Sac High has gone from 6 to 4 small schools and that enrollment is at less then half capacity. 979 as of June 15, 2006.
• The entire East wing will be in portables as the school will be under construction for the entire year for SCUSD’s modernization efforts
• The turn over also applies to staff. Teachers have left and in one case, a whole school including its sponsor has high tailed out from under St. HOPE’s umbrella.
• Currently teachers are now “at will” employees. This means they may be released without cause.
• The original admin team is gone, two superintendents, and a short-lived president are gone. A team of proven and experienced educators has left. In most cases they have been replaced and/or re-orged by well meaning but inexperienced personnel with little or no practical knowledge of how a successful school works. Not a single administrator that opened the school remains working for St. Hope. The entire business office staff has turned over in 3 years, including 3 CFO’s, 3 in house Legal Counsels and 3 HR Directors. Two founding school board members have left their positions and the newly created Chief Academic Officer, which was designed to replace the superintendent position, has changed twice in 6 months. Why all the change? Smart business acumen or is St. HOPE doing the equivalent of rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic?
• The sports teams do well provided they’re Men’s or Women’s Basketball. The Athletic program has withstood 4 AD’s in 3 years despite the fact that one AD earned $108,000 a year. Eligibility rules have been abused and there have been 3 football coaches in 3 years.
• The arts program has also taken a serious hit. Currently there are no band or choir classes being offered. This year, because of construction, the visual arts programs will be greatly limited.
• All English Language (Learners ELL) have been moved to one small school. What happened to choice?
• St. HOPE once served approx 85% of the original Sac High students. That number is now far lower. Many students have been dis-enrolled from the school rather than facing expulsion. Suspensions are not recorded and students are not held accountable for serious violations.
• It’s all about kids right? At Sac High Charter, the CAHSEE scores are declining after 2 years of positive growth and Sac High Charter is now predicted to be a program improvement school, moral is low, and the uniform rule has been bent beyond recognition.
What could have been something so positive is failing. While many still believe the original plan for Sacramento High School as a Charter School housing 6 small schools was an innovative plan the experiment has failed because of the mismanagement and micro-management of CEO and Board President Kevin Johnson. Students in the Sacramento area are feeling the negative effects due to Sac High Charter’s low enrollment. Let St. HOPE continue their experiment elsewhere and return Sac High to SCUSD. Ask questions, review the real results and make a truly informed choice. Sac High Charter may look okay on paper but it is no place to send your child.
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