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Charter school parents press for details on director’s departure
Two weeks after the sudden departure of the Coastal Montessori Charter School director Nathalie Hunt, parents and staff asked the school’s board this week for details. About 30 people attended the charter board’s meeting.
Charter Schools Are Not Public Schools
Why do charter schools and their boosters insist on using the term “public”? Here’s what Todd Ziebarth, senior vice president at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, told Emma Brown of the Washington Post as he argued that charters are public schools.
Charter reform? Bill to rein in charter operators has big exemptions for major players
Legislation introduced by an influential Republican state senator would require charter schools to disclose more about their finances. But the bill contains a large loophole that would allow the state’s biggest chains like Basis Charter Schools and Great Hearts Academies to avoid revealing how they spend their money.
Taken For a Ride: Charter school bus firms cutting corners to save money
Public records the station collected from 90 New Orleans area charter schools showed the independent charter school operators generally lack control over their school bus vendors, leading to major safety violations and disturbing incidents.
How Do Arizona’s Charter Schools Get Away With Swindling Students and Fleecing Taxpayers?
Do you know how many charter schools have come and gone over the past 25 years? Don’t feel bad; the State of Arizona doesn’t know, either.
Why aren’t Montgomery’s charter schools following the rules?
There is a process in place to approve charter schools in Alabama.
And somehow, Montgomery continues to get charter schools approved without following it.
Utah college has no record it sold modulars to Idaho charter school administrator
Salt Lake Community College has no documentation of modulars sold to Idaho charter school administrator Fred Ball, though Ball’s Blackfoot-based school reimbursed him $16,000 for their purchase.
Nonprofits allege charter school faked their support
The state education department is investigating whether the director of a charter school proposed for a former mill building on Merrimack Street faked letters from several local nonprofit agencies professing their support for the state license needed to open the school.
Pennsylvania’s failure to oversee cyber charter schools has wide consequences
The majority of cyber charter schools in the state are operating with expired charters. This is the latest black mark in a history of “reform” in the state designed to expand educational choices but, despite some bright spots, has been marked by large-scale indifference and neglect from the state.
LA teachers make the case that charter schools are an existential threat to public education
Latona teachers I spoke with described competition from surrounding charter schools as an existential threat to their school and an undermining influence on the public system.
Team Success former bookkeeper accused of stealing $340K
The former bookkeeper of Team Success, a Bradenton charter school, is suspected of stealing more than $300,000. In fact, through her attorney, Melissa Tapia, has admitted to writing 47 fraudulent checks and stealing at least $225,000 from the school. School authorities suspect Tapia stole more than $340,000 from the school and its management firm. Manatee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Randy Warren said Tapia is cooperating with investigators.
Langston Hughes Academy Ordered Closed By State
The State Board of Education voted Thursday to close a troubled Tulsa charter school at the end of this school year. In mid-2018 the State Department of Education received a tip that administrators at Langston Hughes Academy were tampering with students’ grades
Unusual framework leaves Utah charter school in financial trouble
The audit discovered that almost half of AISU’s transactions — $125,000 worth — didn’t have backing receipts, purchase orders or invoices.
St. Louis College Prep Under Investigation For Fraud
St. Louis College Prep has lost tens of thousands of dollars in state funding amidst an investigation into whether the charter school’s founder over-reported attendance records.
State audit closes book on $44,000 theft by DECA charter school worker
The state audit released Tuesday found $44,725 in improper credit card purchases between January 2010 and February 2017 by Cynthia Shoemaker, the former assistant to the schools’ treasurer.