West Covina's Great Ed Reform
Steven Greenhut: Per the San Gabriel Valley Tribune:
“WEST COVINA – Board members supportive of a new district policy are confident that West Covina Unified can maintain enrollment despite new guidelines that allow any student to transfer to other districts. The Board of Education last month voted 3-2 to approve a resolution that would grant all transfer requests.”
This is a great freedom-friendly, parent-friendly reform and something that will make an actual difference in the schools. The board has said that it is confident enough in its own schools that it’s not going to fight it if parents want to transfer their kids to another district. I heard about this from school board President Mike Spence, who also works as chief of staff for Republican Assemblyman Curt Hagman.
I laughed heartily at the quotation from board member Jessica Shewmaker, who opposed this reform. Here she is speaking to the Tribune:
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