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EDUCATION<br />
council members heard from the<br />
public as well as the charter school’s<br />
founder and CEO, Dr. Carlton Lincoln<br />
and principal, Trina Thompson.<br />
J<br />
une's council meeting<br />
focused primarily on the<br />
decision to approve financing<br />
of a new facility for the<br />
Children of Promise<br />
Preparatory Academy. Before voting<br />
to authorize the issuance of taxexempt<br />
revenue bonds by the<br />
California Statewide Communities<br />
Development Authority, Inglewood<br />
About a dozen 5th graders from the<br />
Children of Promise Preparatory<br />
Academy showed up to represent the<br />
school, as the public discussed pros<br />
and cons of charter schools vs. public<br />
schools.<br />
One resident said Inglewood used to<br />
have good public schools and that<br />
charter schools are “nothing more<br />
than businesses.”<br />
Long time resident Willie Agee said, “If<br />
"Children of Promise Schools were founded to help address many of the problems we see in our<br />
urban youth. With a quality education, many children excel and succeed in spite of the difficulties they<br />
face in their community. COP Schools develop the whole child by integrating character based<br />
curriculum with the rigorous academic environment where teachers challenge their students to<br />
surpass the basic standards. I encourage you to partner with us as a parent, a donor or a volunteer to<br />
change the lives of children and develop them into tomorrow’s leaders."<br />
Thank you,<br />
Dr. Carleton Lincoln, Ed.D.<br />
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Inglewood Business Magazine July - September 2015
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