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Compton School Petition Rejected Again
FOX 11 News video report.
Updated: Thursday, 31 Mar 2011, 11:05 PM PDT
Published : Thursday, 31 Mar 2011, 11:05 PM PDT
Posted by: myFOXla.com Web Staff
Compton - The Compton Unified School District has again rejected a Parent Trigger Law petition to turn McKinley Elementary School into a charter school. The board says it cannot verify the accuracy of the signatures.
Supporters of the effort claim that more than 60-percent of the parents signed, and that's more than enough under the law.
They claim the board is using tricks and technicalities to maintain an unacceptable status quo.
The next round in this fight will most likely be in court. A hearing is set for April 11th.
Gloria Romero, a former state assemblywoman and a state senator who wrote the parent trigger legislation, heads the Democrats for Education Reform organization.
Romero gives her reaction to the Compton parent trigger law fight in the video report.
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