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Will School Board Protect Public School Students?

The LAUSD School Board will finally vote on a policy to protect public school students when charter schools take space on their campuses.

“In allocating space to a charter school, pursuant to applicable law, the District must consider the impacts on other public school students, both those attending District schools and those attending other charter schools requesting space.”

– Proposed Proposition 39

Charter Schools Co-Location Policy

Jackie Goldberg speaks at a Board meeting in September 2022 (from LAUSD video)

Unable to secure a speaking spot at the February 14, 2024, LAUSD School meeting where they would vote on a proposed Proposition 39 Charter Schools Co-Location Policy, I wrote the following letter imploring them to fix flaws in this proposal:

To the LAUSD Governing Board:

I attempted to sign up for public comment for this item but apparently speaker slots went quicker than Taylor Swift concert tickets. Despite logging in exactly as sign-ups became available, my…