#AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

Is Jerry Brown Twisting Arms For A Law-Breaking Charter School?

Why did the LA County Office Of Education pull an item from its agenda that sought to hold a charter school accountable for its lawlessness?

“Always provocative, Brown…argued against more controls over charter schools.”

– EdSource, 1/6/19

Brown with students of the Oakland Military Institute, the controversial charter school he founded. (from his website)

As the North Valley Military Institute (NVMI) Board of Trustees met two days before the school was scheduled to appear on the agenda of a Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) Board meeting, they seemed surprisingly combative. Paperwork had been released prior to the meeting stating that LACOE Staff had found that the charter school had not complied with the requirements outlined the previous week and that on August 15, 2023, the LACOE Board would vote on revocation. While a conciliatory tone seemed necessary for any chance at survival, NVMI’s “Superintendent” referred to LACOE’s actions to fulfill its obligations as a regulator as “illegal and immoral.”

Perhaps the source of NVMI’s bravado was the knowledge that former Governor Jerry Brown was about to once again ride to their…