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Board deadlocks on KIPP Stockton high school petition after hours of testimony; action deferred
Summary
After staff recommended denial and KIPP representatives defended the petition, the board voted 3-3 with one recusal on a resolution to deny KIPP's petition to establish KIPP Stockton High School, resulting in inaction and leaving the matter open for possible county appeal within 30 days.
The Stockton Unified School District Board of Trustees failed to adopt a resolution denying KIPP Stockton's petition to establish a separate high school, producing inaction after a 3-3 roll-call vote with one trustee recused.
District staff, represented by Ty Pafford, recommended denial of the petition and presented a staff report finding the petition "does not meet the minimum requirements to be eligible for approval for a 5-year term." Staff cited three central concerns: (1) the proposed high school program is not substantively distinct from KIPP's recently renewed KIPP Stockton K–12 charter; (2) the petition proposed facilities and a location (University Park) that the district said were not approved in recent renewal…
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