#AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

Still Fighting For Their Public School

Having been abandoned by the LAUSD, the Shirley Avenue Elementary School community confronts their invaders directly.

“You can’t send your child to CWC without directly hurting Shirley students”

- Sign directed at Citizens of the World charter school parents

The father that held the megaphone has a son who requires the services of a speech therapist. In prior school years, these services were provided in a dedicated space where there were no outside distractions. However, after Citizens of the World (COTW) charter schools used PROP-39 to take space on the Shirley Avenue Elementary School campus, this specialized space has now become one of their classrooms. Because a teacher without a roster was not using the room, it was considered “empty” by this deeply flawed law.

Using his turn to speak up, the father pleaded with the administrators of COTW to answer for their actions. Was the damage done to his son an acceptable cost so that they could expand their network of publicly financed private schools? Now that the charter school had taken over the speech…