Something quite extraordinary has been going on in Compton over the last couple of weeks. Parents at McKinley Elementary School have become the first group of parents to take advantage of the 'parent trigger', a law that stipulates that parents can take over an LAUSD school if they deem it to be sub-par and they can convince at least 51% of the parents of the school to sign a petition. This particular school is looking to change their public school, which has some of the worst test scores in the nation, to a charter school with the goal of improving grades and attracting better teachers. The parents, who received 60% of parents signatures, are being met with some opposition from the school board. LA Weekly has been covering the first-ever 'parent trigger' in a series of articles. Click the link below to read more:
http://www.laweekly.com/2011-01-27/news/parent-trigger-gets-gibson-law-firm/
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