| When Kristen Buras read that the leaders of York City, Pennsylvania, were considering turning their schools into an all-charter district, she didn't think it was a good idea. When she read that all the students in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, had been turned over to for-profit charter operator Mosaica, she issued a warning: "I've been studying the corporate takeover of New Orleans public schools for the past decade. Let me share a story from the Times-Picayune newspaper that community members in York City will find relevant . It reveals how the board of Lafayette Academy charter school in New Orleans terminated its contract with Mosaica, which was paid $773,000 for the first year of its five-year agreement. Nonetheless, Mosaica failed to arrange appropriate transportation for students; did not organize an after-school program for students below grade level;and kept the school filthy" |
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