2nd Annual Orange County School Choice Fair, January 28
Local charter schools, community leaders and education partners will participate in the National School Choice Week celebration
SANTA ANA, Calif. – In celebration of National School Choice Week, California Policy Center along with local charter schools will host the 2nd Annual Orange County Public Charter School Choice Information and Enrollment Fair on January 28 at NOVA Academy Early College High School.
Representatives from Orange County public charter schools, ranging from K-12 will be available to help families understand the enrollment process to public charter schools for their children.
The fair will be open to the public from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. with a program at 10:30 am to include remarks by Assemblymember Steven Choi, Mexican Consulate Mario Cuevas, Senator Gloria Romero (Ret), Santa Ana Councilmember Juan Villegas, SAUSD School Board member Cecilia Iglesias and actor Noel Gugliemi. There will be student performances and charter school information sessions.
According to state data, local public charter schools have raised student performance the last several years. Charter schools are free public schools that provide quality public education options to families.
Many charter schools offer longer school days, personalized learning programs, project-based learning, and such specialized curriculum as college prep, arts, or Science/Technology/Engineering/Math (or STEM) focused.
Demand for such free, prestigious schools is high. If more students apply than the number of seats available, a public lottery is held at each campus to determine enrollment.
“We look forward to hosting this historic event for Orange County families,” said NOVA Academy Public Schools’ Chief Executive Officer Renee Lancaster. “Our primary goal is to help parents explore public school options and find a great fit for their child. When parents choose, students win.”
What: 2nd annual Orange County School Choice Fair
When: Saturday, January 28, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Where: NOVA Academy Early College High School, 500 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, CA
92701
For more information:
Cecilia Iglesias, Education and Community Relations Director, California Policy Center
(714) 573-2208, cecilia@calpolicycenter.org
School Choice works.
What Santa Ana needs are quality public schools for ALL students, not publicly funded private schools (aka charters) that return us to the segregation era that existed before Mendez v. Westminster.
Santa Ana deserves equitable educational opportunities for all our students, not more charter elitism.
However studies show that public school teachers prefer private and charter schools for their own kids. What a bunch of hypocrites!
No they don’t. Those studies actually show that the vast majority of public school teachers send their children to their local public schools. Don’t lie, Mr. Editor.
Here you go – http://eagnews.org/survey-public-school-teachers-more-likely-to-send-their-kids-to-private-school/
So do the math, Mr. Editor. According to the study you linked to, 80% of public school teachers send their kids to traditional public schools. But you said “studies show that public school teachers prefer private and charter schools for their own kids.”
Your own study clearly shows that the vast majority of public school teachers send their kids to public schools. So what you said was a lie.
Let’s try that math again. Remember that not all the teachers have kids. Some of the teachers never had kids and others might be old enough to be grandparents. The report by the way indicated that the figure was 30%. A third of the half of teachers who do have kids is a significant number.
I by the way know lots of teachers in the city and every single one sends their kids to private or charter schools. That includes quite a few liberal teachers!
Try again, Mr. Editor. The study was asking teachers WHO HAVE CHILDREN about private school use. Still 80% use ONLY public schools.
The study surveyed PARENTS, not all people.
Well when you consider that our taxes pay for the public schools I cannot blame them. All my kids graduated from Santa Ana public schools by the way. Two have completed college and one just joined the US Navy and is at boot camp right now.
We demand choice in everything else we do. We should have school choice too.
So where is the part where you say “you were right, most teachers DO send their own children to traditional public schools?”
Sidestepping your obligation doesn’t become you.
What about you Paul? We know you don’t live in Santa Ana. You live in Fountain Valley. Any kids?
Oops, I need to make a minor correction. Over 80% of public school teachers use public schools for at least some of their children, with over 70% using public schools exclusively.
As professionals, we weigh the needs of our children with what the local public schools provide. Of my two children, one was a poor fit for the outstanding local public schools, so we opted for private school for that one. The other made use of the local public school. Why should the general public pay for my one child who had needs not met by the public school?
The grandson I’m helping raise attends James Cox Elementary School, 4 blocks from my house. The same elementary school both of my daughters attended.