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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:
| February 14, 2019 |
| Man extradited from Spain faces charges in Santa Ana charter school embezzlement case |
| Emilio Vazquez arrived in Orange County to face charges including misappropriation of public funds, forgery and grand theft involving the defunct Albor school. |
| Source: www.latimes.com |
| February 11, 2019 |
| Florida School Hires 2 Combat Veterans to Take Down Active Shooters |
| A charter school in Palmetto, Fla., plans to protect its students by arming security guards with Glock handguns and semiautomatic rifles. |
| Source: www.nytimes.com |
| February 11, 2019 |
| SYVUHSD says charter school funding could bankrupt the district | KSBY.com |
| One Santa Barbara County school district says keeping a local charter school open could cause them to go bankrupt. |
| Source: ksby.com |
| February 7, 2019 |
| Former Alma d'Arte employees and ex-business manager charged with embezzlement |
| The charter school's former principal, business manager and special education coordinator all face embezzlement and other felony charges. |
| Source: www.lcsun-news.com |
| February 7, 2019 |
| Arizona's charter school board spends $4K a month on crisis PR expert |
| The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools should spend less on PR and more on demanding changes to this year's charter school "reform" bill. |
| Source: www.azcentral.com |
| February 6, 2019 |
| Pasco charter school faces threat of closure |
| MYcroSchool is 'not fulfilling its mission,' superintendent Kurt Browning says. |
| Source: www.tampabay.com |
| February 5, 2019 |
| Pittsburgh Christian Academy Tries to Become a Charter School to Cash in on Taxpayer Funding | gadflyonthewallblog |
| During the day, there would be an entirely secular school that just happens to teach comparative religious studies. Later in the day, it would transform into an optional religious school offering church functions!? |
| Source: gadflyonthewallblog.com |
| February 4, 2019 | Charter school parents press for details on director’s departure — Coastal Observer |
| Two weeks after the sudden departure of the Coastal Montessori Charter School director Nathalie Hunt, parents and staff asked the school’s board this week for details. About 30 people attended the charter board’s meeting. |
| Source: coastalobserver.com |
| February 1, 2019 |
| Taken For a Ride: Charter school bus firms cutting corners to save money |
| Public records the station collected from 90 New Orleans area charter schools showed the independent charter school operators generally lack control over their school bus vendors, leading to major safety violations and disturbing incidents. |
| Source: www.wwltv.com |
| January 31, 2019 |
| Charter school growth forces closure of two Granville public schools |
| As neighboring school districts work to build more schools to accommodate growth, Granville County Schools is closing down two campuses. |
| Source: www.wral.com |
| January 30, 2019 |
| Tacoma charter school SOAR Academy will close after 2018-19 | Tacoma News Tribune |
| SOAR Academy in Tacoma will close at the end of the 2018-19 school year because of financial issues, the school board announced this month. SOAR Academy opened in 2015 and had an enrollment of 180 students. |
| Source: www.thenewstribune.com |
| January 30, 2019 |
| Why aren't Montgomery's charter schools following the rules? — Alabama Political Reporter |
| There is a process in place to approve charter schools in Alabama. When the Alabama Legislature passed the law allowing charters in the state, they spent some time putting together a written plan with steps that must be followed. Things like: any organization wishing to start a charter school must submit an application that includes […] |
| Source: www.alreporter.com |
| January 28, 2019 |
| Utah college has no record it sold modulars to Idaho charter school administrator | East Idaho News |
| BLACKFOOT "” Salt Lake Community College has no documentation of modulars sold to Idaho charter school administrator Fred Ball, though Ball’s Blackfoot-based school reimbursed him $16,000 for their purchase. Instead, the college sold at least one modular directly to Ball’s school for $2,000, according to checks and a contract obtained by Idaho Education News. Ball […] |
| Source: www.eastidahonews.com |
| January 25, 2019 |
| Langston Hughes Academy Ordered Closed By State | Public Radio Tulsa |
| The State Board of Education voted Thursday to close a troubled Tulsa charter school at the end of this school year. In mid-2018 the State Department of |
| Source: www.publicradiotulsa.org |
| January 22, 2019 |
| Catasauqua schools must be reimbursed for defunct charter school's pension obligations, court rules - The Morning Call |
| Catasauqua Area School District is not liable for a defunct charter school's unpaid pensions for teachers and therefore must be reimbursed by the state, Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court has ruled. |
| Source: www.mcall.com |
| January 22, 2019 |
| St. Louis College Prep Under Investigation For Fraud | St. Louis Public Radio |
| Updated 5:25 p.m. with additional information on the school's financial situation "” St. Louis College Prep has lost tens of thousands of dollars in state |
| Source: news.stlpublicradio.org |
| January 22, 2019 |
| Michigan online charter school founder charged with embezzling more than $100,000 |
| Nancy Paris was charged with three counts of embezzlement and running a criminal enterprise. |
| Source: www.mlive.com |
| January 22, 2019 |
| State audit closes book on $44,000 theft by DECA charter school worker |
| State report says financial office employee had control of credit cards for years and misused them. |
| Source: www.daytondailynews.com |
| January 17, 2019 |
| Principal of New Haven charter school quits after video surfaces | FOX 61 |
| NEW HAVEN - One of the top rated charter schools in the country, New Haven's Achievement First Amistad High School, is under scrutiny again for going too far with discipline. |
| Source: fox61.com |
| January 16, 2019 | Little Rock school closing when charter lapses in June |
| The 114-student Covenant Keepers Charter School in southwest Little Rock will shut down permanently when its state charter expires at the end of the school year, unless another charter operator succeeds in plans to replace it. |
| Source: www.arkansasonline.com |
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