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Unelected School Board Approves Charter School’s Expansion

LACOE ignores First Amendment concerns and a lack of community impact data when voting to allow Lashon Academy to add a third campus.

“we were shocked with the baseless questions that arose regarding this separation of church and state.”

– Lashon Academy’s Josh Stock

The Los Angeles County Office of Education is one of the five county Boards of Education in the state that is not elected. Unlike the boards of 53 other counties, the LACOE Board is appointed by the County Board of Supervisors and is not accountable to their constituents.

Without having to answer for their actions, the LACOE Board has built the county into a haven for rogue charter schools. In the most infamous example, LACOE overruled the elected LAUSD Board and its staff to renew North Valley Military Institute (NVMI)’s charter. Without providing the oversight required by law, LACOE allowed this school to operate for years despite allegations of fiscal mismanagement, operational deficiencies, bullying, and the sexual assault of its students.