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August 1, 2010

Palm Springs School board tackles charter schools

Michelle Mitchell:

Charter schools were the main topic at Palm Springs Unified School District's board of education meeting on Tuesday.

A school dedicated to abused, neglected and foster children asked to set up in the district, while union members protested the language in Cielo Vista's charter, which was amended on Tuesday.

The Father's Heart Charter School made its first presentation to the board on Tuesday, asking to open a school for 25 students at Father's Heart Ranch in Desert Hot Springs.

The ranch serves 6- to 15-year-old boys who have been abused, whose parents are in jail or who are in foster care.

Most of the boys attend district schools, but they often are in trouble regularly and fail academically.

"In traditional schools, it's just really hard for teachers to be able to accommodate what these kids need," said Susanne Coie, a consultant with Charter Schools Development Center.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 1, 2010 2:42 AM
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