#AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal
Accountability Delayed (Again)
The LACOE Board still hasn’t revoked the North Valley Military Institute’s (NVMI) charter but tells parents to start looking for new schools.
“This feels like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.”
– LACOE Board Member Theresa Montaño, Ed.D.
While Jerry Brown’s lobbying efforts last week may have delayed the closure of the North Valley Military Institute (NVMI), he does not appear to have changed the rogue charter school’s trajectory. He was able to get the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) Board to cancel its scheduled vote to revoke the charter at its August 15, 2023 meeting. However, this motion was replaced by consideration of yet another Notice of Violation. The postponement will only harm the students as it allows the charter school to leave them in a state of limbo instead of helping them to transition to new schools in an orderly manner.
Digging in against NVMI’s politically connected supporters, the staff at LACOE presented to their board a detailed case of how the charter school continues to be plagued by systematic structural failures. The…
