San Diego High School Granted Special Status
The highest-performing high school in the San Diego district has been granted a charter school's freedom to decide how to teach its students—without converting to charter status.
All five members of the San Diego school board voted this month in favor of an arrangement that gives the 1,550-student La Jolla High School power to determine its own instructional methods and academic programs. In exchange, the high school dropped its bid to become a charter school and break away from the district completely.
"There's been a long-standing desire on the part of teachers at this school to exercise greater control over what is taught and how," said Principal Dana K. Shelburne, adding that parents also lobbied for the special status. "This arrangement will give us complete instructional autonomy. It's like a charter school without the headaches...
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