Posted by CA Education Code, a resident of another community, on Nov 25, 2008 at 2:31 pm

Mr. Goines should understand or at least read the California Education Code before commenting to the press about his very narrow interpretation of the objectives for charter schools. Even if he personally disagrees with the intent of the law, he should not be misleading the public about it.

Ed Code 47601:

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this part,

to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community

members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently

from the existing school district structure, as a method to

accomplish all of the following:

(a) Improve pupil learning.

(b) Increase learning opportunities for all pupils, with special

emphasis on expanded learning experiences for pupils who are

identified as academically low achieving.

(c) Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching

methods.

(d) Create new professional opportunities for teachers, including

the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the

schoolsite.

(e) Provide parents and pupils with expanded choices in the types

of educational opportunities that are available within the public

school system.

(f) Hold the schools established under this part accountable for

meeting measurable pupil outcomes, and provide the schools with a

method to change from rule-based to performance-based accountability

systems.

(g) Provide vigorous competition within the public school system

to stimulate continual improvements in all public schools.

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Posted by Amy, a resident of another community, on Dec 10, 2008 at 6:11 pm

Bullis charter school seems to me, to be just an excuse for wealthy families to send their kids to a private school without actually sending them to a private school. It's convenient and now that it's been open for a few years, parents (and probably students) are scared to leave the nest, so to speak, and go to a school with "other" children. That's why they want to add upper grades. They'll keep adding grades until it's all the way through high school. I'm ashamed of the way Bullis operates. It caters to the wealthiest families with access to a school district that far outdoes any others and does NOT invite or encourage students from districts such as EPA or Redwood City to come and learn there. BCS is equal to the KKK as far as I'm concerned.