Friday, April 13, 2012

Another 'parent trigger' mess

Here's the LA Times editorial on the Parent Trigger mess at Adelanto:

If school districts can erect roadblocks like these, the chances of any trigger petition ever succeeding are tiny. The purpose of the law was to empower parents to bring about change, not to invent new ways to frustrate them.

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Editorial

Another 'parent trigger' mess

Parents in Adelanto want school reform, but the law that should empower them instead lets them down.

Doreen Diaz, a mother of a 5th grader at Desert Trails Elementary School, speaks about school reform during a Desert Trails Parent Union press conference. (David Pardo / The Victor Valley Daily Press, AP Photo / January 12, 2012)

March 20, 2012

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-trigger-school-reform-adelanto-20120320,0,5706032.story 

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