UPDATE
Although DAVIS OPEN has been inactive for the past six months,
the supporters of the Valley Oak Charter School have been busy writing a proposal for a charter school and have submitted
it to the Davis Joint Unified School District Board for approval, perhaps as early as the next meeting.
Check out
the Valley Oak Charter School at http://vocharter.org. Sign the petition if you agree with its principles. The Charter School will not be that different from the current school,
and adds a focus on technology.
Stay informed. Read the Davis Enterprise or the People's Vanguard of
Davis, http://davisvanguard.blogspot.com/ every day. Write letters to the Editor. Call School Board Members! Show up at School Board Meetings to voice your support
for the Valley Oak Charter School! Keep Valley Oak open for neighborhood kids!
The following is an email from Mike
Egan from October 24, 2007:
Dear Friend of Valley Oak:
The petition to establish a charter school at
Valley Oak is ready and is now being circulated. We are asking for your support and help. This free, public charter
school is open to children of any and all residents of California, including families from Davis and other communities.
You may view the charter petition online at http://vocharter.org/documents/vocs_charter_102207_w_appendices.pdf
The school will be founded on three pillars:
* the maintenance
of a successful neighborhood program
* a system of cooperative school governance
that encourages innovation, effectiveness and efficiency
* the utilization of education
technology for bridging the digital divide for students and their families
We are asking parents who are 'meaningfully
interested' in having their children attend the school described in the charter to sign the petition. If you are
one of those parents, or know a parent who may be interested, petitions will be available to sign at a number of locations.
The following teachers have indicated that they are also 'meaningfully interested' in teaching at the school
and should be able to direct you to a petition to sign.
Lisa Roberts-Arvin
Nancy Byrne
Allen Carlson
Susan
Chan
Jan Coker
Sarita Cooper
Robert Creely
Roxanne Deutsch
Maria Garcia
Steven Kelleher
Karen
Luke
Teri Murphy
Paula Obadasi
Leigh Scott
Medora Sobottka
Cristina Sandoval
Nicole Smith
William
Storm
Petitions can also be found at tables at Valley Oak Elementary near the bike racks and MPR during the week
of Monday, October 29th through Friday, November 2nd (Conference Week) from 8 to 9 a.m. and from 1:30 to 5 p.m.
We
will also have petitions at the Downtown Davis Halloween Celebration on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30
p.m. Look for our table and Dweezil the Valley Oak Dragon at Outdoor Davis (232 E Street) on the E Street Plaza
near Baskin-Robbins.
If you have additional questions or need to find another time and place to sign the petition,
contact Julie Cuetara at (530) 758-8238 home, (530) 400-8152 cell or cuetara@sbcglobal.net.
We are planning to submit the petition to the Davis Joint Unified School District in early November. Stay
tuned! Thanks in advance for your support!
