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Sac City Unified to hold space for kids transferring out of failing schools
- 03-03-2010
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By Melody Gutierrez/Sacramento Bee
More than 23,000 Sacramento City Unified students were eligible this year to transfer out of their failing schools to another campus; only 59 did. Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, parents are allowed to move their children if their own school repeatedly falls short academically. The problem in Sacramento City Unified has been that parents don't find out they're eligible until it's too late to transfer and there is no space left at the better schools. Superintendent Jonathan Raymond is expected to announce plans today to hold spots open for students from any of the district's 39 so-called "program improvement" schools. (more...)
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