Parents Organize Charter School With Support Of Teachers Union

Many parents — and teachers — were rightfully upset last year when our Sacramento district closed a number of elementary schools, especially because the district wasn’t transparent with the decision-making process they used.

Now, a very large group of parents, with the support of our teachers union, has gotten approval from the School Board to start a “dependent” (in other words, committing to hire teachers covered under the collective bargaining agreement) charter school in one of the closed schools.

You can read more about their efforts in this Sacramento Bee article.

It’s another example of why Why Parents Should Be Looked At As Allies & Not Targets Of Blame.

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