Los Angeles Unified today posted the comments from two review panels examining reform proposals authored by teams applying to run 30 campuses, including San Pedro and Gardena high schools.
Under the district's unusual reform effort -- Public School Choice -- 12 existing "focus schools" and 24 new campuses are up for bid. Superintendent Ramon Cortines asked two teams of education experts to examine the plans.
The reviewers' thoughts, along with Cortines' own (still undisclosed) analyses, will accompany the results of last week's community votes in a messy package to be voted on by the Board of Education Feb. 23.
Well, it doesn't look so good for San Pedro and Gardena high schools, two of the focus schools named by Cortines last fall.
The schools received no outside bids and submitted reform plans authored by current staff. Their plans received less than enthusiastic reviews, which said the proposals lacked detail. One unnamed reviewer said Pedro's plan needed polishing, noting somewhat strangely, "This is party a gut feeling."
Of Gardena, another reviewer wrote: "The current staff has failed to implement District policies with fidelity; therefore, I am not confident that this partner will implement effective structures to support the plan."
I'm having trouble copying any of the comments, but they're worth a read. They're here.
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