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Compton parents win a round in bid for charter school

  • 02-04-2011
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By Teresa Watanabe/Los Angeles Times

Parents petitioning to convert their low-performing Compton elementary campus into a charter school won a temporary restraining order Thursday blocking district officials from requiring that they verify their signatures in person with photo identification. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien issued the order in response to a class-action lawsuit filed against the Compton Unified School District by parents at McKinley Elementary School alleging that the verification process violated their constitutional rights to free speech and equal opportunity. A hearing is scheduled for later this month. (more...)

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