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SACRAMENTO – The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) reported that 104 charter schools opened across the state for the 2013-14 school year, bringing the total number of charter schools in California to 1,130.
Charter enrollment grew by an estimated 49,179 increase, or 10 percent, for a total of over 519,000 students in charters.
California maintains its position as the state in the nation with the highest number of charter schools and charter school students.
Momentum in the charter movement continues to grow year after year as parents and communities across the state turn to charter schools in ever greater numbers.
This growth comes in spite of the continuing challenges charters face to secure equitable facilities, reach approval for state start-up grants, and overcome inconsistent authorizing practices.
“It is heartening to see educators, parents, and community leaders coming together to open new schools across the state in order to make school choice an option for more of California’s students every year,” said Jed Wallace, president and chief executive officer of CCSA. “And we anticipate seeing even greater growth in coming years with the passage of Governor Jerry Brown’s new Local Control Funding Formula. While not perfect, the new formula levels the playing field by achieving significant funding equity for new charter schools.”
This school year, the Los Angeles region had the largest charter school growth with 45 new charters opening. The second largest growth area is in the Southern California region of Inland Empire, Orange County and San Diego counties where 27 new charters opened.
Despite this growth, an estimated 50,000 students remain on charter school waiting lists across the state for the 2013-14 school year. Such numbers clearly indicate that many more families would choose the charter public school option if there were sufficient space to serve them.
“Parental school choice is alive and well in California. And I am very excited about the growth that we are seeing. Over the next several years, I think we will continue to see significant additional momentum to what has already been a very robust growth picture for charter schools in California,” added Wallace.
For more information, please visit www.calcharters.org .
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CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Lower Lake Elementary School will host a fundraiser at Jack in the Box in Clearlake on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., teachers will work in the restaurant's kitchen to help raise funds for the school.
Half of the profits made during that three-hour period will go to the school.
Jack in the Box is located at 15945 Dam Road.
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MARYSVILLE, Calif. – After two long years of planning, re-locating, and construction, the new Yuba College Library/Learning Resources Center is scheduled to reopen to students in January 2014, just in time for the start of the spring semester.
Amazing as it may seem, many of Yuba College’s current students have never set foot in what was once the Library.
Although the actual footprint of the building has not changed, what is inside is dramatically different.
Now, when the 24,000 books get re-shelved, current and future students will enjoy the open and airy look and feel of the building with an added level of sophistication and timelessness that the previous design lacked.
When the new Learning Resources Center opens it will house the library, college success center, tutoring center, distance education, ITV studio, and computer, journalism and study labs and faculty offices.
As you enter the foyer, you are immediately struck by the new color pallet and the contemporary lighting design. This area has moveable furniture making it suitable for artist receptions and special events.
The area also has a café-style data bank where students can connect their mobile devices and laptops for on-line research.
Upstairs, where the books are housed, there is also soft, movable seating so that students can sit and review their materials prior to checking them out.
As you move into the College Success Center where the majority of the tutoring takes place there will be numerous computer stations and quiet study and meeting rooms so that tutoring can occur in the most optimal environment.
In consultation with the Japanese American League (JAL), a reinvigorated Japanese Garden area has been identified.
The location of the previous garden was in an area that was not central to the student’s path of travel; the new location, on the east side of the building, is connected to one of the main entrances and will be a popular thoroughfare for students therefore giving more visibility to the beautiful testament to a long-standing community partnership.
The Instructional Television and Distance Education portion of the building will become the central hub for transmitting E-learning classes.
There is a state-of-the-art control room, sound locks which will provide acoustic isolation and a video editing room. There are also computer training rooms where staff and students can work in a collaborative environment to complete specified training and instructional needs.
All of the hard-working individuals that have served on the Learning Resources Center Project Team for the past two years believe that students and staff will agree that the long wait for the new library to open will be well worth it once they set foot in this beautiful, new, modern, facility.
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NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Mendocino County Office of Education/Career Technical Education, in partnership with Cal Fire Mendocino Unit, is offering the Basic Wildland Firefighter Training Program again this year.
This program offers quality instruction for all students, qualifying them to earn up to 18 Cal Fire certifications and eligibility for potential Cal Fire employment starting June 1, 2014.
The last day to apply for this program is Oct. 31.
For enrollment information contact the Mendocino County Office of Education/Career Technical Education office at 707-467-5123.