The charter-school lie: New proof ! Abruptly opening and closing schools -- leaving school children, parents and communities in the lurch and taxpayers holding the bag -- is not a matter of happenstance. It's by design. In September, parents of children in Kinston Charter Academy got a letter from the principal ' to take their children someplace else..., a mere two days earlier, the local board met in an emergency session to close the school ! Meanwhile, folks at the North Carolina Justice Center are wondering what the school did with the $666,818 in state education funding it received in July. In Philadelphia, parents received a similar notice, this time not by a letter, but from a notice on a website. Due to "safety concerns and financial instability," Solomon Charter School was abruptly closed to its 330 students. read about Chicago, Ohio and Florida...its a 'crapshoot!" |