Tone Deaf: A Charter School Misses the Point in Promoting Itself
- Merriam-Webster
More than 19 months have passed since the LAUSD issued a Notice To Cure to Granada Hills Charter High School, demanding that they abide by their charter and give “first preference for enrollment…to students residing in the former attendance area.” As lawyers wallow through the “formal ‘dispute resolution’ procedure,” students are forced to attend classes supervised by uncredentialed advisors in buildings that need to “be razed given [their] age and condition.” In at least one case, their actions violated the education code which mandates that “students with special needs who wish to participate in independent study to have an individualized education program (IEP) that provides for independent study.”
Instead of hiring credentialed teachers and following the law that states “that instruction may be provided to the pupil through independent study only if the pupil is offered the alternative of classroom instruction,” Granada has engaged with a “public affairs consulting firm” in an attempt to change the narrative. The resulting Press Release ignores the complaints of students forced to participate in the program to highlight senior…
