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Former Superintendent of Cincinnati Technology Academy Sentenced After Guilty Plea to Having an Unlawful Interest in a Public Contract
The former superintendent of a Cincinnati charter school was fined $1,000 and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service after a janitorial business he controlled was improperly contracted to provide services to the school, Auditor of State Keith Faber announced.
Future of Las Vegas charter school uncertain amid finances, low enrollment
The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board voted unanimously on Friday to issue Girls Empowerment Middle School a notice of breach, meaning there’s continued evidence of financial problems.
Another Leon County charter school is accused of breaking compliance rules with the school district
In a letter shared with WCTV, the district alleges a number of issues with Governors Charter Academy, including spotty attendance and immunization records, missing grades from previous quarters, and the “School Threat Assessment Team is missing mental health staff and a law enforcement officer, as required by Florida law.”
New south Tulsa charter school’s sponsor received black eye for Epic oversight
Auditors wrote that Rose State, which collected millions in Oklahoma taxpayer dollars as the sponsor of Epic Blended Learning Centers between 2017 and 2022, provided inadequate oversight and requested no follow-up review or documentation of Epic’s finances.
Charter School Advisory Board is concerned that a Pitt County school is not prepared to open
A Pitt County charter school scheduled to open in July is without a school leader and hasn’t hired any teachers, the Charter School Advisory Board learned Tuesday.
Closure back in play at Warrington Middle School after charter terms cause major concerns
Board members such as Kevin Adams questioned whether
the district may end up bussing the students in the
Warrington neighborhood into surrounding schools
anyway, as they feared when Warrington Middle closed.
The intent of the charter was to give children in that
neighborhood a school that they can take pride in.
Adding charter schools to Ontario would exacerbate student inequities
School choice already abounds in Ontario. No compelling evidence exists that adding choice in the form of charter schools will bolster student achievement. Adding charter schools would likely contribute both to segregating students by race and socio-economic status, and creating elite schools that cherry pick their students.
Providing Special Education Is Not Optional
NVMI’s management announces new plans for next year and says that they may ignore IEPs and may not offer classes for those with severe needs.
Anchorage School Board votes to eliminate Family Partnership homeschool charter
The Anchorage School District recommended the charter school transition into an alternative correspondence school after determining the school’s governing body was dysfunctional and accusing it of “repeated breaches of its charter and unacceptable behavior.”
State-Funded Charter School Says Native 1st-Grader’s Traditional Hair Violates Dress Code
UPDATED (3/31/2023) A North Carolina Native American family is fighting against a state-funded charter school’s demand that their first-grade boy gets his hair cut. The school system recently changed its dress and grooming code to define a boy wearing his hair in a bun or braids as “faddish.”
Michigan College Cuts Ties with Florida Charter School After Principal Resigns Over ‘David’ Sculpture
A Michigan college has ended its relationship with the
Florida charter school whose principal was pressured to
resign after parents complained that her Renaissance
art syllabus, which included a picture of Michelangelo’s
David, was inappropriate for sixth-graders.
OUSD is required to share space with charters, but community members are pushing back
“Making a move like this would basically be prioritizing charter school students over public school students and disenfranchising the very community that supports public schools,” said Heta Dave, the parent of one Claremont graduate and one prospective Claremont student. “To have two schools on the same campus with completely different curriculums, bell schedules is disruptive, and it will be damaging to a school that is one of the few OUSD middle schools that is currently thriving and doing well, and actually having to turn students away.”
Leon Schools super: Tallahassee Classical may be in violation of charter contract
Superintendent Rocky Hanna wrote in a letter last week
that Tallahassee Classical has only four board members
rather than the required five. This violation is grounds for
potential termination of the charter.
Financial concerns at Middleburg charter school could trigger probation, charter revocation
the financial audit from July 1, 2022, to Dec. 31, 2022, showed past mistakes hadn’t been corrected and there were new deficiencies. Among the deficiencies cited: Misstatements regarding the fair market value of rental space and reclassification of revenues.Cash disbursements lacking proper documentation and incomplete cash receipts.Deposits exceeding federally insured limits and inaccurate posting of expenditures.
Parents in Southwest Baltimore make final plea to save small, decaying school
“They are afraid that if Steuart Hill Academy closes, drug addicts and homeless individuals will set up shop at the now empty building. Parents are afraid that their children will have to walk past their former school and make a much more dangerous walk to a building farther away,” argued Concepción.