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Why we’re suing
Imagine your hard-earned tax dollars being taken away from your kids’ local school district and instead given to an unaccountable online school that was falsifying attendance data and failing to graduate students at staggering rates.
This lawmaker stands to earn at least $11M on his own charter schools. His votes helped lay the groundwork.
Near the end of the 2018 legislative session, lawmakers were poised to pass a budget that would give educators large raises and require greater financial accountability for both district and charter schools. House Speaker J.D. Mesnard and Rep. Eddie Farnsworth had other plans.
New Castle charter school closes suddenly, students scramble to find new school
With the school year already well underway, hundreds of students from the Delaware Academy of Public Safety and Security, commonly referred to as DAPPS, found themselves at this quickly organized school fair Wednesday searching for a new place to attend class.
Audit finds steep salaries, misuse of funds at Clayton Valley charter school
The married top leaders of Clayton Valley Charter High School raked in almost $850,000 in less than two years before leaving the school last spring, a county investigation found.
Parents sue charter school over handling of reported assault
Parents of a former Boise charter school student are suing the school because they say administrators created a hostile school environment by failing to adequately respond after their daughter reported she had been sexually assaulted by another student.
‘Chaos At Kamalani’: Why It’s So Hard To Run A Charter School
Founders of an arts-focused charter school in central Oahu are facing mounting complaints from parents in the midst of rapid teacher turnover and signs of a possible shift away from the school’s original mission.
State auditor confirms embezzlement at Alma D’Arte High School
The New Mexico state auditor confirmed tens of thousands of dollars have been stolen from Alma D’Arte Charter High School. “Any dollar that doesn’t go where it’s supposed to go is a dollar I’m concerned about,” said State Auditor Wayne Johnson.
Parents vent outrage at charter school board
The board of Columbia County’s first and only charter school left a roomful of irate parents with more questions than answers Wednesday night surrounding the departure of the school’s superintendent and the school’s future.
‘This is horrific’: Detroit charter school stuns parents and students with news that it will close next week
Just weeks after starting the school year, parents and students at the Detroit Delta Preparatory Academy for Social Justice got the stunning news Wednesday that their school will close next week.
Ex-charter school president pleads guilty to receiving child porn
The former president of a Saginaw County charter school accused of using the dark web to traffic child pornography has accepted a plea deal.
State College Area School District to seek civil action against Wonderland Charter School
The State College Area school board at its meeting Monday night authorized district solicitor Scott Etter to pursue civil action against the former Wonderland Charter School and its founders and senior administrators, Harold and Marilyn Ohnmeis.
For-Profit Charter School Founder Uses Extortion and Threats in Letter to Parents
Livingston Developmental Academy Co-Founder Chuck Stockwell is considered an institution in the Michigan for-profit charter school industry.
Weeks into the school year Columbus charter school parents have transportation concerns
Some charter school students in Columbus are facing some pretty big transportation issues to start the school year. A major change in the way students sign up to ride the bus has left some kids with no way to get to and from school.
Will Students Drown in a Charter School’s Ocean of Debt?
Imagine if the LAUSD decided that one of their schools was draining resources from the District and decided to shut it down just days into the start of the school year. Of course, this would never happen. Part of the mission of public schools is to serve all students, even if some students cost more to educate than others.
Charleston Mandarin language charter school faces closure 1 month after opening
Low enrollment, financial woes and staffing problems could spell the end for East Light Academy, a Mandarin-language charter school that opened in the Charleston area just one month ago