Tag: Charter Schools

  • Ex-San Diego Charter School Teacher Sentenced Two Years for Sex With Student

    Ex-San Diego Charter School Teacher Sentenced Two Years for Sex With Student

    Robert Ian Famania, 38, pleaded guilty in June to a single felony count of committing a lewd act on a child.

  • San Diego Explained: How to Navigate Open Enrollment

    Charter schools, your neighborhood school, others in the district – you’ve got a lot of options for where to send your child within the San Diego Unified School District. The district participates in the state’s “open enrollment” program, often called “school choice.” It gives you the freedom to pick a different school for your child to attend,…

  • Disadvantaged Students Are Doing Better in Charter Schools

    Arroyo Paseo Charter High Is One of San Diego’s Highest Ranking Charter Schools By Mario Koran Students from disadvantaged backgrounds are doing better in charter schools than in traditional public schools. According to the California Charter Schools Association’s recent report on the status of the state’s charter school movement, more than a quarter of all…

  • Superintendent Forced Into Contradiction on English-Learners

    By Scott Lewis At about the same time that San Diego Unified School District leaders were scrambling to patch together a budget and throwing the future of their English-language learners program into upheaval, they were pleading with the state of California to kill Thrive Public School. Thrive is an elementary charter school trying to get…

  • With Accreditation in Question, Iftin University Prep Elects to Close

    By Kyla Calvert One of San Diego’s 49 charter schools will close its doors at the end of January. The San Diego Unified Board of Education is scheduled to approve that closure Tuesday. It is the second time in less than a year leaders of one of the city’s charter schools has volunteered to close…