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American Indian Academy will close at the end of the school year
The American Indian Academy of Denver will close at the end of the school year. The charter school could not draw enough students to sustain its programming.Denver Public Schools is now focused on helping students transition to new schools.
As D-51 School Board’s conservative majority rushes to close East Middle School, it fast-tracks the opening of a religiously-affiliated charter school
As the conservative District 51 School Board majority headed by Board President Andrea Haitz hurries to shut down East Middle School, it is fast-tracking the opening of yet another charter school, the Ascent Classical Academy, a project of Hillsdale College, a private Christian religious school located in south-central Michigan.
Capital Prep Wins Approval, But Matt Lesser Says Charter School Still has ‘Work to Do’
Lesser shared with CT Examiner a recent analysis from the legislature’s non-partisan budgetary office estimating that the recently approved Capital Preparatory Charter School could result in an annual loss of $4 million in state funding to the city’s regular public schools by the year 2028.
Voters decline to buy back Harpswell Coastal Academy property
Harpswell Coastal Academy officials said the decade-old charter school needs $800,000 to cover its obligations as it prepares to close at the end of the academic year. The state did not renew the school’s charter, forcing the institution to close.
A principal may be out at a top Florida charter school. Some blame it on a tiara
The tumult has some fearful for the future of the Winter Springs school, and many are angry they have little recourse because the school’s governing board is not elected.
Jacksonville charter school denied renewal, final decision to come by state board in April
According to information provided during the North Carolina Charter Schools Advisory Board meeting in February, Z.E.C.A. School of Arts & Technology, located at 1249 Hargett Street in Jacksonville, currently has 102 students and did not meet growth in 2022.
$70,000 fine hits former Columbus charter school treasurer over tax issue
The former treasurer of a Columbus K-8 charter school racked up more than $70,000 in fines after failing to disclose tax withholdings to the IRS.
Denver board votes to close three small schools one day after recommendation made public
The Denver school board voted Thursday to close two elementary schools — Fairview Elementary and Math and Science Leadership Academy — and a middle school, Denver Discovery School, at the end of this school year due to declining enrollment.
Two charter commission leaders quit following controversial decision
“The commission decided to allow an essentially for-profit school to operate using a financial framework that is in conflict with state statute and tax payer interests,” Scigliano wrote in an email to commission chairman Alan Reed.
Summit Public Schools must be held accountable for school closure, Sunnyvale officials say
Summit Denali community members, city government officials and school board trustees joined together Wednesday to denounce the decision to close the Sunnyvale charter school
Former Accountant Providing Financial Services to Utah Charter Schools Indicted for $2.5M Fraud Scheme
The federal grand jury in Salt Lake City, Utah returned an indictment March 1, 2023, charging a Utah man with allegedly planning and executing a scheme to steal money from two Utah charter schools for his own personal gain and the benefit of his family, including paying for cosmetic surgeries for his wife.
Sunnyvale Charter School to Close, Over 600 Students Affected
Hundreds of South Bay students will be looking for a new school to attend next fall as the board for Summit Public Schools voted Thursday night to close the Denali campus in Sunnyvale.
Charter School Official, From Point Pleasant, Indicted In $115K Fraud
A charter school business administrator from Point Pleasant has been indicted in connection with a scheme that steered a $115,000 contract to the school’s founder’s company, which did not do the work it was paid to do, the state Attorney General’s Office announced.
Tax Avoidance Continues to Fuel School Privatization Efforts
“wealthy families are overwhelmingly the ones using these [voucher] credits 2 opt out of paying tax 2 public coffers. In all 3 states providing data, most of the credits are being claimed by families w/ incomes over $200,000.”
State Board of Ed unlikely to reverse decision to deny Wake County charter school application
Board member Amy White, who co-chairs the state board’s Education Innovation and Charter Schools Committee, told colleagues that she opposes granting HCLA a charter because she doesn’t believe presumed executive director Kashi Bazemore is up to the task based on her past performance at a school Bazemore directed in Bertie County with the same name.