A California Superior Court judge has rescued an innovative residential high school for foster children from state-ordered closure, and the school is again ready to accept new students. Judge Robert Dahlquist of the Superior Court of California (County of San Diego) issued a preliminary injunction forbidding officials from terminating the group-home license for San Pasqual Academy in Escondido, California. Dahlquist ruled the government had misapplied the state Continuum of Care Reform Act in its early 2021 decision that the school must close. “We’re just delighted,” attorney Charles LiMandri, who represented stakeholders of the Academy in a lawsuit against the state and county, told The Epoch Times. “It looks like it’s on the right track now to get back up to speed.” LiMandri said juvenile court judges are again free to send foster children to San Pasqual Academy, as they have done since the residential school opened in 2001. “They are …
Innovative Foster-Care High School Saved by California Judge’s Order
December 21, 2021
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