Canec Provides Legal Support to Charter School Under Siege by School District.Business Editors/Education Writers Lawsuit by Silicon Valley School District Seeks to Skirt Prop. 39 Obligations, Could Force Aurora High School Aurora High School may refer to,
The California Network of Educational Charters (CANEC CANEC California Network of Educational Charters ) announced today that it will provide financial assistance to Aurora High School, a Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. charter school, for its legal battle with Sequoia Union High School District The Sequoia Union High School District is a public school district in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily serving the communities of Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, Ladera, San Carlos, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, and Woodside. . "As California's charter school association we believe the lawsuit filed by Sequoia sequoia (sĭkwoi`ə), name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of the bald cypress family, and for extinct related species. to avoid its responsibility to provide Aurora High School a facility is outrageous," said Sue Bragato, executive director of CANEC. It is required by law, under Proposition 39, for charter schools like Aurora, be provided with a school facility. "Since charter school law was enacted in California in 1993, the largest single impediment A disability or obstruction that prevents an individual from entering into a contract. Infancy, for example, is an impediment in making certain contracts. Impediments to marriage include such factors as consanguinity between the parties or an earlier marriage that is still valid. to the creation and growth of quality charter schools has been the lack of adequate facilities," said Bragato. "Prop. 39, passed by California voters in 2000, mandates that charter school students receive equitable treatment with regard to facilities." Aurora High School, which opened in 1999, serves a student population of working class families, two-thirds of whom are minority children and over 40 percent of whom fall below the federal poverty guidelines. Aurora High School is facing eviction The removal of a tenant from possession of premises in which he or she resides or has a property interest done by a landlord either by reentry upon the premises or through a court action. from its present facility in downtown Redwood City next week. "These families, in good faith, were depending on the Sequoia district to work within the law and provide a facility for its students by July," said Bragato. Sequoia, a basic aid school district with four high schools, has an annual budget of over $56,000,000, and an additional $110,000,000 in money for facilities development and modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, . It claims that it is not required to provide facilities for Aurora High School. Sequoia put on the ballot and the voters passed an $88,000,000 bond measure last November, making it one of the first local bond measures passed with a 55 percent vote threshold under Proposition 39. Proposition 39 mandates equitable facilities for charter schools serving in-district students. "The families that attend Aurora High School pay property taxes and many of them voted for the very bond measure that this district is suing to withhold from this school," said Bragato. "Sadly, this district publicly campaigned on providing charter schools with facilities. Now it is spending thousands of taxpayer dollars on a lawsuit against Aurora High School, essentially undermining its promise." About CANEC The California Network of Educational Charters (CANEC) is California's premier charter school networking and service organization and is the public voice of its members for the charter school movement in California. CANEC represents its members through networking, advocacy and public awareness. |
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