Anaheim Charter School Celebrates First Year After Seeing Improvement in Student Performance

(L to R) Mari Barke, Orange County Board of Education, Area 2; Lucille Kring, Anaheim Mayor Pro Tem, District 4; Dr. Angela L. Miller, Director of Curriculum and Instruction; Cheryl Ball, Board President; Geronimo Gaytan, Board Member and parent; Roy Kim, Interim Chief Operating Officer, in Anaheim, Calif., on June 7, 2019. Ian Henderson/The Epoch Times

On Friday, June 7, 2019, at the Anaheim convention center, 51 sixth graders graduated from Palm Lane Charter School, which last fall transitioned to a charter school following a long and protracted legal fight with teachers’ unions.

The graduation ceremony drew a crowd of over 200 attendees, mostly parents of the graduating students. The graduating students and their families were largely Hispanic and the event had a Spanish translator for those in the audience that didn’t speak English.