Parent's rights group sets its sights on John Muir High School
Pasadena Sun
Pictured: Parent Revolution organizer Alfonso Flores helps a parent sign in before the group's meeing at the Jackie Robinson Center on Friday, July 29, 2011. (Photo: Roger Wilson, Pasadena Sun)
A controversial movement to increase parental authority over public education is quickly gaining traction in Pasadena.
A parent group recently forced a change in the principal’s office at Jefferson Elementary School, and organizers are now setting their sights on John Muir High School.
At Jefferson, where enrollment last year was more than 85% Latino, a group of Spanish-speaking mothers long at odds with school administrators has organized under the banner of Parent Revolution, advocates of California’s “parent trigger” law.
Under the law, if a majority of parents whose children attend an underperforming public school file a petition, they can impose drastic changes ranging from replacing teachers or administrators to converting campuses to charter schools.
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