Apologies and Thanks to the Santa Clara County Board of Education

From: Dave Cortright <davecortright@yahoo.com>
To: Joseph Di Salvo <josephsds1@aol.com>; Michael Chang <michael_chang@sccoe.org>; Anna Song <anna_song@sccoe.org>; Grace Mah <grace_mah@sccoe.org>; Julia Hover-Smoot <julia_hover-smoot@sccoe.org>; Leon Beauchman <leon_beauchman@sccoe.org>; Craig Mann <craig_mann@sccoe.org>; Charles Weis <Charles_Weis@sccoe.org>; Cary Dritz <Cary_Dritz@sccoe.org>; Lucretia Peebles <Lucretia_Peebles@sccoe.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 10:44 PM
Subject: Apologies and Thanks

My apologies for erroneously stating that the BCS illegal applications process was in their charter petition. I got confused in my fatigue. It is only on their web site, not in the petition. And I'm your team is working on fixing their web site with alacrity for next year.

Thank you so much for spending such quality time on this important topic. At the base level, this issue is really all about increasing communications and getting to a shared understanding. You all have made very important strides in this regard tonight and I am so grateful.

FYI, here is the link to the letter that Superintendent Jeffery Baier received that is posted to the LASD site.
http://www.losaltos.k12.ca.us/files/user/1/file/BCS_Response2Final_12-13.pdf

[Ed. note: this is a different version than the one that BCS posted to their web site and sent to SCCOE]

 

Best regards,
·Dave Cortright

PS, if it's not against any law, I'd love to take you all out for a couple of rounds of drinks some time. You all deserve it.

Comments

[bill]

David....what is your opinion on BCS requiring drivers license and immunizations to be eligible for enrollment?
CA ed code says residency is not a requirement for schooling nor is immunization. For the simple matter that there are homeless kids that need an education. Yet this requirement weeds out these kids and leaves them for the neighborhood school to "deal with".
One would think that any person that has been required to produce a license is an offended party to discrimination and violation of Ed Code. Maybe the Office of Civil Rights would be interested? just my humble opinion

[Dave Cortright]

Hey Bill, I think what they are doing is illegal. They have already been publicly pressured to remove the illegal parts of their application process: IEP and driver's license. I think if these sorts of things are raised in a public way to their chartering authority, SCCOE, there is a good chance that BCS will again be forced to change. I highly encourage you to first reach out to SCCOE about this, and if that doesn't work, pursue other avenues such as the Office of Civil Rights or the ACLU.

Thanks for taking the time to engage on this issue. Tell all your friends!