PACOIMA : Vote on School Secession From District Postponed

A vote by teachers at Vaughn Street School in Pacoima to remove the campus from Los Angeles school district control was postponed this week as faculty members and parents continued to hammer out--and sometimes spar over--details of the breakaway proposal.

Facing thorny issues of collective bargaining, staffing, finances and governance, campus officials put off until next week a vote on whether Vaughn should become a charter school. Under a charter school law that took effect Jan. 1, public schools can continue to receive state educational funding yet stand exempt from state and district educational guidelines, becoming largely self-regulating bodies.