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San Antonio charter school announces closure 5 days before start date
The board voted to close the school on July 31, but waited a week before notifying parents
Leon County Schools weighs legal action over shuttered Renaissance Academy. Charter Schools USA responds.
ABC 27’s Brieanna Smith talked to Superintendent Rocky Hanna who says the district planned to distribute leftover furniture from Renaissance to other schools, but says they were denied access to the building.
Menifee Union Rejects Bridges Of Promise Academies Charter School Application
“We’re not going to harm our schools by bringing in another charter,” Trustee Robert “Bob” O’Donnell said at the July 29 meeting. “We have charters. We do have choice in our community.”
Families raise questions, concerns after Beaver County charter school abruptly closes
“I am appalled by the lack of communication on your end,” student Liliana Alvaradl, 15, a rising sophomore, said. “Not only did you give us 20 days to figure out a school when half of us came here … and we found a place here. You ripped that right from underneath us. You jeopardized all of our futures with your lack of communication.”
The 3 States That Don’t Allow Charter Schools—and Why
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Beaver County charter school closing after 3 years
“The Board of Directors has made the extremely difficult and painful decision to close Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School effective July 30, 2025. “The reason is two-fold: enrollment never reached a level that would have permitted sustainability, and the school lost its chief funding source.
Finding for recovery of $29,437.90 issued against closed Cincinnati charter school that received too much state funding
A finding for recovery of $29,437.90 was issued Thursday against a closed Hamilton County charter school after a review of its final student data showed it received too much in state funding.
Jeb Bush is wrong about charters. They are gutting Florida’s public schools | Opinion
But what he describes as courageous and innovative is, in truth, part of a coordinated, well-funded campaign to defund and depopulate traditional public schools — not to improve them, but to replace them with privately managed institutions operating with public dollars.
Colorado charter school closes just 2 weeks before start of school year
Colorado Skies Academy, a Centennial-based charter school with a focus on aviation and aerospace education, abruptly announced its closure on Friday, just 16 days before the start of the school year. The announcement, which came in an email on Friday at 8:17 p.m., leaves parents scrambling to find alternative schools for their children.
Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools board resigns after audit shows $180M in wrongly received funds, wasteful spending and nepotism
Each member of the board of directors overseeing Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools in Sacramento either resigned or was removed weeks after the release of a report by the California State Auditor that found the school improperly received over $180 million in education funding.
Palm Beach County charter school set to close, leaves parents scrambling
“My reaction to it is devastating. I mean it’s over 300 families that have nowhere for their children to go. And we’re talking about families with multiple children attending the school,” said Tiffany Bassett, a parent from Lake Park.
Charter school run by group Walters partnered OSDE with faces shutdown in Arizona over failing grades
A charter school run by a private online school State Superintendent Ryan Walters claims to have partnered the Oklahoma State Department of Education with—is facing a potential shutdown in Arizona, where state officials say the school’s students are performing so poorly it may no longer be allowed to operate.
Lowcountry school loses its charter, state funding
This decision came after a staff recommendation for revocation based on “poor board leadership.”
Madera charter school director indicted for allegedly embezzling federal funds
Among the alleged misuses of funds were the purchase of two new Ford F-150 trucks for his sons, who were employed by the school. He also allegedly paid a woman $12,000 who was described in court documents as a self-proclaimed sex worker turned relationship coach, with whom he had a personal relationship.
The audit found that this person was paid for conducting life coaching workshops for eight graders despite not having any relevant licensure.
A few weeks out from start of school, parents struggle to enroll kids after IDEA closures
With school right around the corner, some parents whose children attended the now-closed IDEA Bridge and IDEA Innovative charter schools are having trouble transferring their kids to a new school.