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Article: Charter plan falls short, South San Francisco school district says
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 21, 2009
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO -- The South San Francisco Unified School
District likely will pass on a proposal to establish a Web-based
charter program for kindergarten through 12th-grade students.
The board likely will deny the petition by nonprofit charter
group Free World U because the plan fails to provide a sound
educational program and other details, according to a district staff
report. The board is expected to vote on the petition Thursday.
"I'm surprised," David Hall, Free World U founder, said of the
staff recommendation. "I thought they were enthusiastic about it."
Hall's organization proposed an online charter school to start
this summer. The petition to South San Francisco Unified is one ...