Kern County Grand Jury delves into local charter schools

The Grade | Friday, Feb 04 2011 11:56 AM

The Kern County Grand Jury has taken up the task of dissecting local charter schools. On Tuesday, they released their findings.

There's nothing really new in the report that hasn't been documented in The Californian already. It did make one recommendation:

"New applications for charter schools in Kern County should be scrutinized with the best interests of all students as a priority."

Charter schools, and petitions for them, have gotten attention in recent months and years. A Grand Jury committee interviewed members of the Grimmway Foundation, the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, the Arvin School District superintendent, the principal of the California Virtual Academy, Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy and Nueva Vista Language Academy, Paramount-Bard Academy in Delano, the Pine Mountain Learning Center, Ridgecrest Charter School and Valley Oaks Charter.

http://www.bakersfield.com/archive/x435841634/Grand-Jury-delves-into-local-charter-schools

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