Adelanto School Board Decides To Violate Court Ruling on Desert Trails Parent Trigger Petition

Victorville, Calif. – August 18, 2012 – In the wake of Superior Court Judge Steve Malone’s historic July 18 ruling in favor of the Desert Trails Parent Union (DTPU) Parent Trigger Petition the Adelanto school board on Friday night, August 17, voted to flagrantly violate Judge Malone’s order and to continue its never ending attempts to preserve the status quo at any cost.

Media Backgrounder Update on Adelanto School District/Desert Trails Parent Trigger Petition Implementation

Today – Friday, August 17 – is the last day for the Adelanto School District Board to accept the rescinded Parent Trigger petitions pursuant to Superior Court Judge Steve Malone’s order of July 18.

AB 5: A step backwards for teacher effectiveness

AB 5, the once positive bill designed to improve teacher evaluations in California, will move forward, moved out of committee today.
Click here to read John Fensterwald's article about it.

Reed vs. LA Unified Nullified

Students trapped in systemically failing schools suffered a setback on Friday when a California appeals court nullified the landmark settlement adopted in January last year which had protected the schools from the harmful policy of quality-blind layoffs that are common throughout public education.

Read about the landmark decision here.

Desert Trails parents have a choice

John Fensterwald had a great piece on EdSource this week describing the upcoming RFP process at Desert Trails Elementary. The Desert Trails Parent Union in Adelanto County will have the opportunity to choose between three proposals to improve their local elementary school. Four letters of intent were submitted to the Union, and three were requested to write a proposal for the new and improved school. Check out this article for details.

Desert Trails parents take historic next step making use of Parent Trigger to transform failing school

Victorville, Calif. – Tuesday, August 7 – Following their recent historic legal victory with their Parent Trigger petition, the Desert Trails Parent Union today moved to the next stage in transforming the Desert Trails Elementary School. This is the first time anywhere in the United States parents are proactively determining the future for their children by deciding who will transform their children’s failing school.

Dan Walters discusses the Desert Trails Campaign

Dan Walters from the Sacramento Bee discusses the Desert Trails Parent Trigger campaign.

Court Upholds Parents Historic Trigger Petition

History in the making happened last week when the Honorable Steve Malone in the San Bernardino Superior Court made a highly anticipated ruling on the Desert Trails Parent Union’s "Parent Trigger" petition to transform Desert Trails Elementary School. In his ruling, Judge Malone upheld the parent's union petition, while overturning the Adelanto School District’s attempts to throw-out the petition on illegitimate and illegal grounds.

Cleveland Mayor teams up with teachers unions to put kids first

The Cleveland teachers union made it clear yesterday that unions can absolutely be part of the solution, not the problem, in establishing a kids-first agenda in education reform.

Parent Empowerment movement making serious progress in Louisiana

KPLC Channel 7 in Louisiana had a great local news story about their state’s newly passed Parent Trigger law, which passed with strong bipartisan support in April of this year:

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