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Board Member Censured Removed from Board
Board member Mathew Hamrick was the target of the formal statement of disapproval by three of his fellow board members of the small state agency that sponsors six online public schools open to any student statewide, including Epic One-on-One.
Ross Valley OKs Notice Against Charter School
Ross Valley School District is giving Ross Valley Charter school 30 days to fix a list of alleged violations or face denial of the charter’s renewal petition.
The district’s board of trustees voted 5-0 on Wednesday to send the charter a 13-page notice of violation, with more than 100 pages of attachments and exhibits.
13 years after indictment, no trial or plea deal for California Charter Academy defendants
On Friday, Sept. 4, 2007, San Bernardino County prosecutors indicted former Hesperia Mayor Tad Honeycutt and California Charter Academy founder Charles Steven Cox on suspicion of misappropriating $5.5 million in state and federal funds.
Thirteen years later, they have never been tried, have not taken a plea deal and their case has never been dismissed.
Former Great Heart Students allege discrimination
Former students and teachers from Great Hearts Academies have come forward to draw attention to what they call a pattern of racist and sexist practices in the charter school network.
Nyomi Hidson was in sixth grade when she said school administrators told her that wearing her hair naturally was inappropriate.
A Philly school flunked students during the pandemic, then charged for summer school
Unlike Philadelphia’s public school system, New Foundations Charter decided to treat the end of the last school year as it would any other semester. Students received grades for their work, and suffered the standard consequences if they didn’t do that work well. Marcus fell into the latter category.
Arizona Charter Schools Found Double Dipping Can Keep Funds
In early August, The Show heard from Arizona Republic investigative reporter Craig Harris about concerns that about 100 charter schools in our state — and many more around the country — were double-dipping.
They had applied for — and received — funds from the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program. But at the same time, they hadn’t had a penny cut from their state funding.
Report: Indiana’s School Funding System Is Inherent Risk
An investigation by the Indiana State Board of Accounts into alleged fraud by two shuttered virtual charter schools found weaknesses in state code that make it difficult to ensure accurate student enrollment counts.
Monday numbers: a closer look at charter school performance in NC
Each year, the Office of Charter Schools combs though thousands of documents to create a report for the State Board of Education showing whether schools are meeting performance goals.
By the numbers, here’s what the most recent report — The 2019 Charter School Framework Report — said about the state’s charter schools.
Ross Valley School Charter Wrongly Obrained Virus Aid
A lawyer for the Ross Valley School District is accusing the Ross Valley Charter school of misconduct in its application for a $270,000 federal coronavirus Paycheck Protection Program loan.
“It is clear that RVC’s PPP loan was not obtained through the proper and required approval process, nor for the stated purposes of the PPP funding,” states a letter written by the attorney.
Cyber Charter School Disasters About to Worsen
Recent news reports suggest that more parents and students are flocking to privately-owned-operated online charter schools, presumably due to concerns about the “COVID Pandemic.”
Parents, students, teachers, and the public at large should be aware that the overall “academic performance” of cyber charter schools is consistently abysmal, even by the admission of staunch charter school promoters and school privatizers.
Judge: West Lafayette schools have a case against Indiana’s $1 charter ‘land grab’ law
In the West Lafayette school district’s attempt to overturn a decade-old school reform law – one that gives a charter school first dibs, all for $1, when a public school vacates classroom space – the state has pushed back.
East Valley charter school district won’t say why it received up to $1 million in PPP funds
Companies that applied for PPP funds were expected to be able to show financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Charter schools did not lose any state funding because of the pandemic, though some school operators have cited hardships such as canceled fundraisers.
San Diego’s O’Farrell Charter School Superintendent Fired Amid Misconduct Investigation
The superintendent at The O’Farrell Charter School in Southeast San Diego was fired in June amid reports of misconduct involving a female staffer but still stands to make more than $340,000 in severance and regular pay.
Details about the misconduct allegations against Jonathan Dean, who had been the school’s top administrator for more than a decade, are hard to come by.
Money for nothing Pa cyber charters rolling in pandemic aid while school districts scrounge
Under the recently enacted state budget, charter schools will receive $15 million in state health and safety grants to address COVID-19-related health and safety needs. This is much needed funding for public schools and brick and mortar charter schools that are offering some sort of in-person learning this fall. Here’s the best part. Every individual cyber charter school in Pennsylvania, schools that offer their instruction virtually, stands to receive $90,000 for health and safety needs! Virtual instruction – real money!
State and KIPP charter school at odds on virtual opening. Now a change of plans.
Looks like we set off a rumble sharing news Sunday that the Kipp Delta Elementary, a much-touted charter school in Helena long supported by the Walton Family Foundation, had announced it would open all-virtual for the first three weeks of the year beginning today.