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06/27/2023

Court ruling will block state approval of Mayacamas charter school in Napa

Trustees criticized what they called petitioners’ too-rosy financial and enrollment predictions, as well as skimpy arrangements for teaching English learners and special-needs children — and argued the school would offer little that is not already offered at existing schools.

06/26/2023

SCOTUS Lets Stand Decision Ensuring ‘Publicly Funded Charter Schools Are Not Above the Law’

“Girls at public charter schools have the same constitutional rights as their peers at other public schools—including the freedom to wear pants,” said the ACLU Women’s Rights Project director.

06/23/2023

Former central Pa. school principal sentenced in tuition fraud case

Leonard Hart, 50, the former head of Lincoln Charter School
in York, was charged in August of 2022 after federal
prosecutors said he stole funds by faking that he was
enrolled in university courses and then seeking
reimbursement from his federally-funded school.

06/23/2023

2 North Las Vegas charter schools receive notices of concern from state board

The vote comes after the Nevada State Public Charter
School Authority’s board reviewed the annual financial audits
from both schools and found that they failed to meet
standards in some areas by a “significant margin.”

06/19/2023

A Toxic Mess in the Valley: The North Valley Military Institute (NVMI)

With this background, let’s cut to the chase. Under the catchy name of the North Valley Military Institute (NVMI), there is a charter school so toxic that even the LAUSD Board couldn’t take it anymore and declined to give them an OK.

06/19/2023

Math Civics and Sciences bars student who was shot from graduation

Math Civics and Sciences bars student who was
shot from graduation

06/17/2023

More Trouble For Embattled South Carolina Charter School District

The out-of-nowhere shutdown of the Midlands Arts Conservatory in downtown Columbia took parents and students completely by surprise – and the secretive manner in which it unfolded behind closed doors rightfully has both school and district officials facing fresh scrutiny.

06/16/2023

IDEA Public Schools may sell boutique hotel in Los Fresnos

According to a statement released by IDEA, former executives purchased the property without board approval.

06/15/2023

Principal reacts to local charter school’s unexpected closure

Many parents of former students from Midlands Arts Conservatory are scrambling to find new schools for their children to attend this upcoming school year and many staff members are struggling to find new jobs calling the school’s closure unexpected and a shock.

06/14/2023

North Carolina teacher’s civil rights suit alleges he was fired over teaching of novel about racial profiling during Black History Month

A Black North Carolina teacher has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a Charlotte charter school, alleging he was fired after some White parents opposed his teaching of a novel about a Black teen struggling with “racial injustice” during Black History Month.

06/13/2023

As Charter School Prepares To Open Jefferson Park Campus, NW Side Public School Advocates Push Back

Parents, public education advocates and numerous community groups say they don’t want a Northwest Side charter school to expand into the closed Our Lady of Victory Catholic school building in the fall.

06/13/2023

A Midlands charter school is closing. Here’s what the principal and school district are saying.

On Thursday, the free public charter school announced it is closing due to lack of funding. Now, parents are left with unanswered questions.

06/12/2023

Administration staff of closed N. Charleston charter school left unpaid

Former staff members of a North Charleston charter school say they were told at the end of May that the school did not have the money left to pay the administrative staff.

06/12/2023

Charleston Advancement Academy to close

The South Carolina Public Charter School District’s (SCPCSD) board of trustees voted Jan. 19 to revoke CAA’s charter citing deficient academic performance and questionable financial structure based on state law requirements.

06/09/2023

San Jose charter school on the brink of closing permanently

The school faces closure because it did not turn in required documentation of student addresses in time, which principal and executive director Lisamarie Reid blamed on a sudden resignation of the person responsible to do it.