#ANOTHERDAYANOTHERCHARTERSCHOOLSCANDAL
Former employees file lawsuit against now-shuttered Charleston Advancement Academy
The lawsuit claims that although the school closed, the former employees were never technically fired. Therefore, they argue their contracts were not honored and they are seeking a payout.
Whistleblower: The World Bank Helped Cover Up Child Sex Abuse at a Chain of For-Profit Schools It Funded
Just days before the call, in early September, May and Kimmelman had gotten bad news. In 2016, there had been a dozen or more cases of serial sexual assault at a Bridge school in Kenya. Several years later, at another Bridge location, a child on school grounds had been fatally electrocuted by a dangling live wire, while another had been badly injured.
Shakopee accountant charged with ‘theft by swindle’ from Hmong charter school
According to to a report linked below, an accountant Michael Pocrnich, the founder of the Anton Group, swindled $42,500 in 2022 from Noble Academy, a charter school. He also tried to take over $100,000 more. To learn more read https://sahanjournal.com/education/noble-academy-accountant-fraud-charges-theft-by-swindle-minnesota/
Charter CEOs Collecting High Salaries, Benefits and Bonuses
Three of the six most highly paid administrators identified in String Theory’s most recent tax information are members of the Corosanite family: Chief Executive Officer Angela Corosanite, Chief Information Officer Jason Corosanite, and Director of Facilities Thomas Corosanite. Their total salary and compensation, as listed in the charter management organization’s 2021 IRS 990, comes to almost $900,000. String Theory manages only two schools in the city, but the company has six administrators making over $100,000 in salary and compensation. In addition, each school has its own CEO. Why does a network of only two schools need so many highly-paid administrators?
Students at Philadelphia’s longest-running charter school walk out after announcement of final year
Philadelphia’s longest-running charter school will close its doors at the end of this school year. Parents and students were caught by surprise when they received a letter on Tuesday notifying them of the future plans.
Teachers accuse Las Vegas charter school of not paying into their pension
That teacher also shared a screenshot with 8 News Now taken from the Nevada PERS website that showed their account summary. It displayed the date of January 31, 2023, as the last time any update was made to the employee’s account.
Texas Took Over Its Largest School District, but Has Let Underperforming Charter Networks Expand
The state took over Houston ISD after one of its schools continuously failed to meet academic standards. But an analysis of records shows it’s been more generous with underperforming charter schools, waiving expansion requirements at least 17 times.
Thrival Indy Academy Innovation school to close after 2023-24 amid low enrollment
Thrival Indy Academy, designed to offer study abroad opportunities to students as an Indianapolis Public Schools Innovation Network high school, will close at the end of the 2023-24 school year after failing to meet enrollment targets.
Parents angry after being told Las Vegas charter school is closed for 4 days due to internal disrupt
Las Vegas Metropolitan police showed up at a Las Vegas valley charter school Thursday morning when parents became upset after being called back to the school to pick up their children because the classrooms would be closed for nearly a week.
Indianapolis charter school closing permanently on Friday
Just weeks into the school year, Vanguard Collegiate has announced it is closing.
Madera charter school audit reveals misuse of $1million in funds
An audit report has revealed potential misuse of $1.06 million in public funds at Ezequiel Tafoya Alvarado Academy, a charter school in Madera, California.The report alleges various instances of misappropriation, including $38,000 spent to finance thehigher education expenses and the purchase of two Ford F-150 Raptors for the sons of ex-executive director Nicolas Retana, costing $80,000.
John Zitzner, co-founder of Cleveland’s Breakthrough Charter Schools, arrested as part of statewide human trafficking operation
Court records show that Zitzner was arrested on Sept. 28 in Westlake and charged with engaging in prostitution. He had his initial court appearance on Monday and is scheduled to be arraigned on Oct. 10.
16 years later, no trial date set for California Charter Academy case
In 2007, Tad Honeycutt and Charles Steven Cox were charged with misappropriating $5.5 million in charter school funds
Charter school’s closure after Indiana count day could leave others without proper funding
The closure of the Vanguard Collegiate charter school four days after the statewide “count day” used to determine each school’s funding could leave students’ new schools without accurate state funding.
Failing grades
But in Indiana and elsewhere, some of the schools run by Virginia-based Imagine Schools and the Michigan-based Leona Group are not performing as well as the public schools to which they were intended to offer an alternative.