CHARTER MEMBER: It took months of negotiations...
CHARTER MEMBER: It took months of negotiations and months more of waiting, but Vaughn Street School finally got school board permission Thursday to become the district’s second “charter school”. . . . Among other changes, the Pacoima elementary school’s teachers and parents plan to reduce class size, share decision-making powers and take control of most funds. Said fifth-grade teacher Stephanie Moore: “It’s our chance to put our money where our mouth is” (A1). . . . District Supt. Sidney A. Thompson, above, greeted Jose Antonio Almazo.
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