CHARTER SCHOOL EXTENSION EYED.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. trustees will consider how many years a charter school operated by a local Islamic congregation CONGREGATION. A society of a number of persons who compose an ecclesiastical body. In the ecclesiastical law this term is used to designate certain bureaux at Rome, where ecclesiastical matters are attended to. should be allowed to operate beyond its first year. District administrators are recommending a two-year extension for the Guidance Charter School and not the five years requested by school officials, citing lower than expected enrollment and other factors. ``I'm not happy about it because it doesn't help me in long-term planning,'' said Kamal Al-Khatib, chief financial officer for the American Islamic Institute of Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . The board will discuss extending the charter of the school at its meeting at 6 p.m. today at the district office, 39129 10th St. East. The school's current charter ends on June 30. A staff report said the charter school has been in operation less than a year and no audited financial data was available. The charter school currently has an enrollment of 75 students. School officials had projected an enrollment of 114. ``With the financial constraints CONSTRAINTS - A language for solving constraints using value inference. ["CONSTRAINTS: A Language for Expressing Almost-Hierarchical Descriptions", G.J. Sussman et al, Artif Intell 14(1):1-39 (Aug 1980)]. on the district budget for 2001-02 and anticipated reductions for the coming year, due to the state budget shortfall Shortfall The amount by which the capital required to fulfill a financial obligation exceeds available capital. Notes: Shortfall risk is often combated with an efficient hedging strategy created by a fund, group, institution, or individual. , the administration does not recommend a five-year extension at this time,'' the report said. A divided board voted 3-2 last October to approve a revised charter school plan, paving the way for the school's opening the following month in the congregation's Palmdale Boulevard mosque mosque (mŏsk), building for worship used by members of the Islamic faith. Muhammad's house in Medina (A.D. 622), with its surrounding courtyard and hall with columns, became the prototype for the mosque where the faithful gathered for prayer. . The charter school was earlier rejected by the board in August by a 4-1 vote. Rather than appeal the decision, the school's organizers revised their proposal, saying they would no longer offer an Islamic studies
Since the charter school started late in the school year, students have been meeting on Saturdays to make up 21 days, Al-Khatib said. The board held a public hearing at its March 19 meeting on the request for a five-year extension. About eight people spoke in support of the charter school, including teachers and parents. Charter school officials presented their request for a five-year extension at the Feb. 19 board meeting. At that meeting, they reported that 36 students were not Muslims, district officials said. |
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