#AnotherDayAnotherCharterScandal

Is This What This Charter School Was Hiding?

Did El Camino Real Charter High School refuse to reveal the results of an audit in order to cover up a “potential violation of nepotism policy”?

“This looks like the Board is trying to hide something…again.”

- Anonymous Whistleblower

In August 2016, the LAUSD School Board threatened to revoke the charter of El Camino Real Charter High School alleging “an inability to determine how public funds are being used and identify specific instances of their use for personal expenses”. This followed revelations that over a two year period the school’s Executive Director, David Fehte, had charged more than $100,000 to “his school-issued American Express card, including $15,500 at Monty’s Prime Steaks & Seafood” and “first-class airfare and luxury hotel rooms”. This included an $885.96 payment for an itinerary made out to “Mr. David Patrick Fehte/San Antonio Spurs” so that Fehte could perform scouting activities for the NBA team.

As the school’s governing board prepared its defense, it voted “to approve contracting with Oracle [Investigations Group, Inc.] to investigate…