Orange County Grand Jury
• 2007-2008
• Agency Response
Response to:
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified High School District
Are Charter Schools Getting Passing Grades*
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Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F1
Based on the information presented in the report, I assume that the Orange County Grand Jury finding that Orange County charter schools meet the intent of the Education Code by providing parents and pupils choice in educational opportunities, emphasizing specific learning experiences is accurate. I cannot determine by the report the degree to which these charter schools are aiding at-risk or academically low-achieving students.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The respondent agrees. I believe Orange County school districts and the Orange County superintendent of schools have and will continue to offer expanded choices for educational Serving students in the communities of Placential Yorba Linda, Anaheim, Brea and Fullerton opportunities as required in the state Education Code by authorizing quality charter schools as an option to provide additional choices, especially for at-risk and academically low-achieving students.
F2
Based on the information presented in the report, I assume that the Orange County Grand Jury finding that the number of charter schools in Orange County is not growing commensurate with the overall growth of charter schools in California is - - accurate
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
The respondent agrees. The chartering authorities should follow the intent of legislation by allowing the establishment of charter schools provided that they meet state requirements.
F3
Based on the information presented in the report, I assume that the Orange County Grand Jury report that Orange County school districts' oversight costs in some districts exceed the authorized 1 percent reimbursement per this finding is accurate. RECOMMENDATIONS:
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
The respondent agrees. Local school districts must provide adequate oversight of charter schools despite the fact that state law does not allow for full reimbursement of such oversight. Sincerely Dennis M. Smith, Ed.D. Superintendent cjf . . . . . , .................................... . . . , -
* This report's PDF did not contain easily extractable text and required Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for analysis. There may be minor errors in the extracted findings and recommendations due to OCR limitations with scanned documents.