Comments on: Safe enough for a charter, but not Life Academy http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/04/11/safe-enough-for-a-charter-school-but-not-for-life-academy/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Wed, 22 May 2013 01:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Katy Murphy http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/04/11/safe-enough-for-a-charter-school-but-not-for-life-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-16463 Katy Murphy Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:43:15 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/04/11/safe-enough-for-a-charter-school-but-not-for-life-academy/#comment-16463 Yes, the Field Act is a state law, and it is mostly a state issue (one that obviously affects local districts, such as Oakland, which is why I raised it). At the same time, OUSD did decide to open Life Academy at its current location in 2001.

I think the board has to decide whether there is anything it can do now to make the school compliant.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/04/11/safe-enough-for-a-charter-school-but-not-for-life-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-16462 Caroline Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:30:21 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/04/11/safe-enough-for-a-charter-school-but-not-for-life-academy/#comment-16462 It seems to me (from the outside) like the issue is with the state laws — the Field Act and the laws governing charter schools — and not OUSD. What am I missing?

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