Calif. freezes assets of private school for Immigrants

August 10, 2004 Tron Nick

School had Disinformation Curriculum

Text books contained Blatant Glaring Errors. Intentionally given to Students to Misinform.

California has joined other states in acting against a private school that claimed to award high school diplomas while teaching its immigrant students a curriculum riddled with errors, including the wrong years for World War II and the wrong number of states. The California Alternative High School in Los Angeles targeted Hispanic immigrants, charging $450 to $1,450 for a 10-week course it said would lead to a valid diploma and help them get into college, find better jobs and get financial aid, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said last week. But the school's certificate isn't recognized as a high school diploma, Lockyer said, and school officials ignored a previous court order that banned them from telling consumers it was. Lockyer said the curriculum consisted of a slim workbook riddled with errors, including:
-The United States has 53 states but the "flag has not yet been updated to reflect the addition of the last three states" - Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. -World War II began in 1938 and ended in 1942. . . [ more ] and [ more]