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Crete Can’t Run From Its Failures

Ranked as one of the worst schools in California, this “low-performing” charter school fights to renew its charter by using faulty data.

“Charter schools are free from the red tape that gets between students, teachers, and learning. In exchange, our schools are held to high performance standards.”

– California Charter School Association (CCSA)

As Brett Mitchell Jr., co-founder of the Crete Academy Charter School, walked up to the podium in the LAUSD Board Room it was clear that the public hearing about renewing the school’s charter was going to be a contentious one. Fifteen days before the meeting, the Charter School Division had presented its recommendation to deny the request and, unless Mitchell could change the board’s mind, Crete would be on the path to its shutdown. Flanked by the school’s staff members and students in a show of intimidation, Mitchell took to the mike to make his case.