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Desert Sands Unified board denies Altus Schools Coachella Valley charter renewal, 5-0
Summary
The Desert Sands Unified School District Board of Education voted 5-0 to deny a charter petition from Alta Schools Coachella Valley after staff raised concerns about scope, fiscal projections and enrollment. Petitioners disputed the staff findings and urged approval.
The Desert Sands Unified School District Board of Education voted 5-0 on Feb. 18 to deny a charter petition from Alta Schools Coachella Valley, a petition that sought to renew and convert a resource-center program operating in the district.
District counsel Sue Ann Evans presented staff’s recommendation to deny the petition, saying the document lacked key elements and that the petitioner was “demonstrably unlikely to successfully implement the program, and the petition does not contain a reasonably comprehensive description of all the Charter elements.” The board adopted the staff report as its statement of findings and then approved the motion to deny.
The staff report identified several concerns: unclear scope (the petition mixed…
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