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Charter schools are by design a griftogenic environment, so operators are at their most creative in figuring out ways to benefit themselves:
| May 21, 2019 |
| Celerity charter school founder who misspent $3.2 million gets 30 months in prison |
| Vielka McFarlane pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to misappropriate and embezzle funds for personal use. |
| Source: www.latimes.com |
| May 20, 2019 |
| Charter Schools Are Quietly Gobbling Up My Public School District |
| I work in a little suburban school district just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that is slowly being destroyed by privatization. Steel Valley Schools have a proud history. We’re located (in part) in Homestead - the home of the historic steel strike of 1892. But today it isn’t private security agents and "¦ |
| Source: gadflyonthewallblog.com |
| May 17, 2019 |
| Open and accessible? Here’s what happened when we tried to attend 10 Detroit charter school board meetings in a month. |
| Detroit charter school boards oversee the educations of 36,000 kids. But the meetings aren't always easy to access. |
| Source: www.chalkbeat.org |
| May 17, 2019 |
| MPS To Conduct Internal Investigation After Charter School Bribery Scandal |
| Milwaukee Public Schools will conduct an internal investigation into its former partnership with a troubled charter school company. The decision comes |
| Source: www.wuwm.com |
| May 16, 2019 |
| Parents shocked over allegations against charter school teacher in east Columbus |
| COLUMBUS, Ohio "” The Franklin County Internet Crimes Against Children Unit said Thursday they were contacted...about a man who recorded video on an underage boy exposing his private parts. Lyle Pierce, 25 of Dresden was arrested Monday after several months of investigation. Pierce is a teacher at the K-12 Columbus Arts and Technology Academy... |
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| May 16, 2019 |
| Orlando Science Charter School employee arrested, accused of soliciting nude pictures from students |
| An Orlando Science Charter School employee was arrested Wednesday after he was accused of using his position to ask children to send him inappropriate pictures. |
| Source: www.orlandosentinel.com |
| May 16, 2019 |
| Citing finances, 2nd charter school quits Washington state |
| A Seattle area charter school is closing at the end of the school year next month, the second to quit since publicly funded, privately run schools began operating in Washington state five years ago. |
| Source: www.wral.com |
| May 15, 2019 |
| A St. Paul school’s attempt to sabotage historic preservation and the people trying to save it | City Pages |
| This month, the St. Paul City Council will decide whether to designate a 92-year-old former church for historic preservation. It’s safe to count leaders of… |
| Source: www.citypages.com |
| May 14, 2019 |
| Sentencing delayed for LA charter school founder who admitted misappropriating $2.5 million — Daily News |
| Schools' next CEO, a Torrance woman, is also facing corruption charges |
| Source: www.dailynews.com |
| May 13, 2019 |
| Tribune editorial: Utah’s charter school system needs to stop encouraging longshots |
| In the last two weeks, we have seen the high and the low of Utah charter schools. |
| Source: www.sltrib.com |
| May 13, 2019 |
| School Parents File Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Duluth Edison Charter Schools - Fox21Online |
| DULUTH, Minn. — Three parents of students who are attending or did attend Duluth Edison Charter Schools have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the school system. In an email sent to school parents and faculty on Friday, Bonnie Jorgenson, the head of Duluth Edison, addressed the lawsuit but did not go into specific allegations made against the schools, which... |
| Source: www.fox21online.com |
| May 10, 2019 |
| A Utah charter school "” with potentially millions of dollars in debt "” will close. Here’s what led to that decision. |
| But the board "” facing pressure from the state after it was put on “warning status " late last year "” said before its decision Wednesday night that it simply cannot pay back the funds it owes. In fact, it’s not even clear just yet how deep that debt goes. The issues began almost as soon as the school was founded ... |
| Source: www.sltrib.com |
| May 9, 2019 |
| Valley Charter School Teacher Guilty Of Molesting Students | Northridge, CA Patch |
| Charter School Coach Guilty Of Molesting Students - Northridge-Chatsworth, CA - LA's City Attorney praised the 18 girls who reported the teacher for molestation, sexual battery, false imprisonment and lewd conduct. |
| Source: patch.com |
| May 9, 2019 |
| Murray charter school to close amid financial troubles |
| MURRAY (ABC4 News) – A Murray charter school facing financial hardship will close at the end of the school year. |
| Source: www.abc4.com |
| May 7, 2019 |
| Former MPS board president Michael Bonds convicted of bribery |
| Former Milwaukee Public Schools board president Michael Bonds was convicted Monday of accepting bribes for his votes to help a Philadephia-based charter school company operate three schools in Milwaukee. |
| Source: www.jsonline.com |
| May 4, 2019 |
| Easton school district launches investigation into charter school |
| The solicitor says district officials want to investigate former principal Susan Bostian's accusations that academy administrators rigged grades and changed employee evaluations to make the school appear more successful. |
| Source: www.wfmz.com |
| May 3, 2019 | Summit Prep charter school closes doors a month early and won't reopen |
| Summit Preparatory Charter School in South L.A. has taken the unusual step of closing its doors a month early after the L.A. Unified School Board voted not to renew its charter. Summit Prep leaders could have appealed the April 2 vote, but the LAUSD decision jeopardized a short-term loan the school was counting on and administrators said it could not afford to stay open through June. |
| Source: www.scpr.org |
| May 2, 2019 |
| South Florida Family Sue Charter School Over Sex Abuse Allegations |
| A local family is suing a Hollywood charter school after they say their daughter was sexually abused by a substitute teacher. |
| Source: miami.cbslocal.com |
| May 2, 2019 |
| Charter school teacher charged with raping 10-year-old boy |
| Deidre R. Smith, 34, was arrested Tuesday on charges of first-degree rape and felony indecent behavior with a juvenile after investigators from the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office got a tip on April 30 from an administrator at Lake Charles Charter Academy regarding a teacher at the school. |
| Source: nypost.com |
| May 2, 2019 |
| AISU charter school may have to close its doors |
| MURRAY, Utah "” A charter school faces an uncertain future because of serious financial issues and the school's board decided Wednesday to hold off on making a decision of whether or not to close the school and when that could happen. |
| Source: fox13now.com |
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