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Beleaguered charter school board members resign
The State Public Charter School Commission at its general meeting in Honolulu on Tuesday voted to accept the resignation of all of Kona Pacific Public Charter School’s governing board members and establish a new seven-member board.
Easton charter school dodging inquiries on fire drills, background checks and more, official says
The Easton Area School District says it’s received complaints about a charter school concerning a lack of fire drills, a lack of employee background checks, inaccurate student attendance reporting and a lack of teacher and administrator certifications.
SE DC residents upset after small renovation turns into two story charter school
A neighborhood in Southeast Washington D.C. is upset because what started out as a small renovation project on a charter school has turned into a giant project and two story building.
“They have totally disrupted our entire neighborhood,” Crystal Patterson – who lives right next door to the project – said. “It’s a monstrosity!”
A telling story about a charter school controversy in a rural Alabama county
This is a story about a loud and rather unlikely controversy in a sleepy rural Alabama county over the establishment of a charter school.
While the specifics are unique to Washington County, the narrative is being repeated in states throughout the country.
Florida’s charter-school sector is a real mess
Mope is not a newcomer to the for-profit school world. He was the owner and CEO of Acclaim Academy, a military-style charter chain. Acclaim’s “cadets,” who were predominantly minority students from low-income homes, wore army fatigues and engaged in drills. The schools’ education director, Bill Orris, had previously led a charter school that was shut down after its management company abandoned it.
No-excuses charter schools told: No excuse for high suspensions
A few years ago, I attended an education conference in which one of the speakers led one of the most successful urban charter schools in America. In an off-the-record discussion of discipline, he acknowledged his school suspended and “counseled out” more students than its district-run counterparts.
Students and parents concerned over possible closure of AISU charter school
Students and parents are worrying Wednesday as the future of the American International School of Utah (AISU) is unknown.
Word the charter school, serving grades K-12, could be closing its doors for good was getting around, according to students.
Are charter school leaders ignoring DC laws?
In yet another conflict between Bay Area public and charter schools, the Sequoia Union High School District in Redwood City is suing a local charter school operator to recoup $4 million.
Sequoia school district wants charter to return $4 million for allegedly breaking contract
In yet another conflict between Bay Area public and charter schools, the Sequoia Union High School District in Redwood City is suing a local charter school operator to recoup $4 million.
Parents of suspended students are owed a conversation
After Sophie B. Wright Charter School doled out five-day suspensions to approximately 30 students who participated in a senior prank and banned those students from prom and commencement exercises, a roomful of people turned out for the school’s regularly scheduled April 9 board meeting. They were presumably there to express their anger at the severity of the punishment, but those folks didn’t get to officially address the board because the board didn’t muster a quorum.
Investigation of $1M New Orleans bus deal left to law firm after report of falsified meeting minutes
The Orleans Parish School Board has decided not to independently investigate allegations that the CEO of the New Beginnings charter network falsified meeting minutes after entering into a nearly $1 million bus contract without approval from the network’s board.
Flint Board Of Ed Says Charter Schools Allegedly Dump Students After Count Day But Keep Money
Some Flint Community Schools Board of Education members and the district’s superintendent say enrollment for Flint increases after charter schools send students back before required state testing but after student count day.
Parents Left Scrambling as Homestead Charter School Gets Ready to Close
Parents are left scrambling to make alternate plans for their children after school officials announced they are closing a charter school due to low enrollment.
ReNEW McNair campus closing, parents say they received no notice
ReNEW Schools CEO Tanya Bryant said the decision to close the satellite campus was made in early 2019. However, to this day parents have not received any formal notice, instead finding out through social media chatter. One parent speculates it’s because notice would have been bad for business.
Nashville charter school Knowledge Academies under scrutiny for financial, academic issues
The Nashville charter school Knowledge Academies is under scrutiny for financial and academic issues that culminated in the firing of its top official earlier this month.