#AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

Is Anyone Watching The Hen House?

Schools receiving public funding in California are required to fill out a school report card. Why does the North Valley Military Institute not have one on file?

“By February 1 of each year, every school in California is required by state law to publish a School Accountability Report Card (SARC).”

- North Valley Military Institute

The North Valley Military Institute College Preparatory Academy (NVMI) is one of the few charter schools that has been denied renewal by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Based on a report that found NVMI presented “an unsound educational program”, had “substandard academic results”, and was not financially sound, the LAUSD board voted unanimously on November 7, 2017, to end the ability of the charter school to operate under the oversight of the district. NVMI then appealed this decision to the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE). While the staff at LACOE agreed with the findings of the LAUSD, the unelected county Board of Education ignored their staff and renewed NVMI’s charter for another…