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Trustees postpone vote on St. HOPE proposal
By Kim Minugh - kminugh@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, May 2, 2008
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2
St. HOPE Public Schools administrators have asked Sacramento City Unified trustees to postpone consideration of their request to open a charter middle school in Oak Park.
In March, St. HOPE submitted a charter petition seeking to open the Oak Park Prep Middle School, a fifth- through eighth-grade school on the campus of Sacramento Charter High School.
St. HOPE officials said they brought forward the charter petition at the request of community members concerned that Oak Park has not had a middle school of its own for 45 years.
Staff members were expected to make their recommendation on the proposal during a Sacramento City Unified board meeting Thursday night. Instead, district officials agreed to take up the issue May 15. Board members will vote on the proposal at the same meeting.
Deputy Superintendent Tom Barentson said St. HOPE requested the delay because officials needed more time to clarify their proposal.
On Friday, district Superintendent Maggie Mejia sent a letter to Bernard Bowler, chairman of the St. HOPE Public Schools board of directors, citing her "serious concerns regarding the safety and security of students attending Sacramento Charter High School," as well as students supervised by St. HOPE in other programs.
In the letter, Mejia cited recent articles by The Bee regarding St. HOPE's handling of allegations last year that founder Kevin Johnson acted inappropriately with a student at Sacramento High. Johnson, a former NBA all-star, is running for mayor of Sacramento.
Sacramento police investigated and found no basis for the allegation.
Mejia requested "a detailed response to the allegations raised by these articles in order for the (Sacramento City Unified) board to carry out its oversight responsibilities and to ascertain any need for further steps."
The Bee obtained the letter from the district after submitting a request under the state Public Records Act.
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