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Charters, LAUSD agree to share campuses
- 05-18-2011
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By Connie Llanos/Contra Costa Times
After battling for years over facilities and resources, 43 charter schools will share space this fall with 52 traditional Los Angeles Unified campuses under a plan announced Tuesday. The agreement concludes a months-long process in which LAUSD sought to comply with Proposition 39, which requires charters to be given facilities comparable to those provided at traditional schools. "Charter schools are entitled to these classrooms because they, too, are educating public school students who live within the boundaries of LAUSD," Superintendent John Deasy said. Earlier this year, LAUSD offered some 25,000 classroom seats to 71 charters on 95 traditional campuses. Not all charters accepted the offers of space. Some of the proposals suggested moving schools as far as 50 miles from their current locations, while others would have split a single school into two or three campuses. (more...)
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