[Schaben, Allen J. — – COMPTON, CA DEC. 7, 2010: McKinley Elementary School parent Ismania Guzman, right, and daughter Alexandra Guzman, 6, a first grader at the school, hands over a binder containing 61% of parents signatures, to Compton Unified School District acting superintendent Karen Frison, left, after the Parent Revolution group took busses to the Compton Unified School District office. Parents of McKinley Elementary School students activate the Parent Trigger Law — which states that if 51 percent of the parents of a failing California school sign an official Parent Trigger petition, they can force the school district to transform the school under any of the turnaround options laid out by President Barack Obama’s administration, including converting it to a charter school. The parents rallied at the home of a supporter before handing over the petition to the Compton Unified School District — with 61 percent of the parents having signed the petition. ( Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times )] *** []
