#ANOTHERDAYANOTHERCHARTERSCHOOLSCANDAL
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11/10/2021
Charter schools force painful public school closings
Critics of the plan to close or merge several St. Paul public schools argue that making the move without significant community engagement risks alienating the families the City is trying to get to stay.
In a bid to combat declining enrollment and competition from charter schools, Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) officials created Envision SPPS, a proposal to close or merge 11 schools by next fall.
New Texas charter schools regularly overpromise on student enrollment, data shows
Of the 19 schools approved since 2017 that have opened, 18 fell short of their enrollment projections, and 14 were at least 20 percent lower than they estimated. In eight cases, actual enrollment was at least 60 percent less than the number projected.