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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.
Sex abuse complaints could be underreported at charter schools, watchdog says
The rate of sexual misconduct allegations reported by Chicago charter school students is less than a third of the rate of complaints logged by their district public school counterparts.
Plato Academy charter schools in turmoil over management, family feud
One of the largest charter school operators in the Tampa Bay area cut ties with its management company this month, amid legal action that could affect the future of nine schools.
Charter Schools Have By Far The Highest Rates Of Unvaccinated Kids
Fred Birkett, principal of the Alakai O Kauai Charter School, which has 130 students, knows there is a new list on which his school is ranked No. 1 in the state, but he wishes it wasn’t.
Success Academy forced out a student by suspending him and taking him to a police precinct, lawsuit claims
A Success Academy elementary school pushed out a Brooklyn student with special needs by repeatedly suspending him, calling child services on his mother, and even dropping him off at a police precinct, according to a federal lawsuit.
26 charter schools have the same accountant, but investigators say his work is woefully bad
The auditor of 26 Arizona charter schools faces state sanctions after his work for American Leadership Academy and another school was found to be “woefully below” standards.
State should be wary of this charter operator
Charter schools were conceived as laboratories of educational innovation, but increasingly they are becoming laboratories for financial inventions. Among the creations are for-profit school chains with complex ownership arrangements that make it hard for the public to see where its tax dollars go and how much is going into profits rather than education.