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Does anyone have info on any of the new small autonomous or
charter high schools in Oakland? We are trying to find a
place for a kid who receives speech and resource support
in middle school and does better in a small, relatively
quiet environment.
anon
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I'd like to find out more about charter schools in Oakland. Websites? Specific reccomendations? I've heard good things about Lighthouse in downtown Oakland, but that's it. We're interested in finding a school strong in both arts and academics. We're looking for Sept. of 2004. Are the waiting lists horrendous? Our daughter's been in a very relaxed Montessori school. Thanks Kaila I've heard of two others in Oakland, North Oakland Community School, and East Bay Conservation Corps School. They both have websites. I don't know anyone with kids at EBCCS, but do know folks who had kids at NOCCS and they were thrilled with it. It has a visionary parents group, and great parental support.
There was a study recently done by PACE (Policy Analysis for California Education) which showed that Charter Schools frequently had less well prepared teachers and larger class sizes than public schools. Here's a link to the article from the Berkeley home page: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/04/08_charter.shtml
It's certainly worth looking at that, and the article in the New York Times recently about charter schools. Anon
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