Action is expected on a petition for a charter school within the boundaries of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District when the district’s elected board members meet Aug. 8.
The petition from the California Republic Leadership Academy seeks to establish a school for transitional kindergarten through eighth grade for a five-year period beginning July 1, 2024. A public hearing on the charter proposal, which is the third in district history, was held June 20.
The purpose of the hearing was to allow the board to “consider the level of support for the petition by teachers employed by the district, other employees of the district and parents,” according to a charter document.
Petitioners are not requesting to use district facilities “at this time,” but they have until Nov. 1 to request the use of facilities – “if needed” – for the 2024-25 school year, based on requirements in state law.
The transitional kindergarten through eighth grade enrollment would be implemented in phases, beginning with students through fifth grade in 2024-25 and adding one grade level each year through 2027-28, if the charter is approved.
The charter proposes to meet common core state standards by teaching classical texts and documents to the students, who will be called “scholars.” The 690-page petition is available at https://bit.ly/3CbwVdp.
In 2019, a petition for a South Coast Academy charter school was withdrawn by organizers before trustees could schedule a public hearing, and in 2009, a public hearing was held for a petition from Charter School Development Systems. But organizers failed to appear, and trustees denied the petition as “not…consistent with sound educational practice.”
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