#AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

Petulant Charter School

Having missed the deadline to fix the numerous violations cited by the Los Angeles County Office of Education, NVMI attacks its regulators.

“When you have the facts on your side, pound the facts, when you have the law on your side, pound the law, and when you have neither, pound the table.”

The staff at the Los Angeles Office of Education (LACOE) has been in a position before where they have recommended action against the North Valley Military Institute (NVMI) only to have the unelected representatives on the Board ignore their decisions. They, therefore, know that they have to be meticulous in their findings in making the current recommendation to revoke the school’s charter. The result is a wide-ranging indictment of incompetence and wrongdoing that will be considered at a meeting on Tuesday, August 8. The final vote to revoke is scheduled to be taken a week later.

Instead of admitting their errors and pleading for forgiveness, the school’s “Superintendent,” Mark Ryan is attacking the regulatory actions of both the LACOE staff and the Board as “illegal and immoral.” Ryan has…