March 2011 ~ Chart School

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania

Posted on 10:55 by Unknown

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Posted in **Managed by Gulen movement, 2011, Questionable hiring or termination practices | No comments

Chiron Charter School

Posted on 10:53 by Unknown

FORMER CHARTER SCHOOL OFFICIAL FACES 7 FELONY CHARGES; September 6, 2006; Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) The former top administrator at a defunct downtown Minneapolis charter school has been charged with seven felony counts of misusing more than $300,000 in public money. Kristin Laxton was accused of overreporting the number of students to bring the school extra money, using federal grants for purposes outside the law, and paying herself more salary and reimbursement than she was due. The Hennepin County complaint filed late last week is...

Posted in *Minnesota, 2008, Fraud and misrepresentation, Misspent funds: $300K, Misuse of funds, Questionable enrollment practices | No comments

Urban Pioneer Experiential Academy

Posted on 10:49 by Unknown

Posted in *California, 2003, Financial mismanagement, Not paying employees | No comments

Rochester Leadership Academy Charter School

Posted on 10:48 by Unknown

PARENTS ANGRY OVER SECRET CHARTER SCHOOL SETTLEMENT; March 22, 2010; 13WHAM.com (Rochester, N.Y.) A lawsuit between a charter school forced to shut down by the state and the company that managed the school has been settled, but few people know what happened to the settlement money.The Rochester Leadership Academy Charter School was one of the first in the region when it opened in 2000… By 2005, student performance had not met targets, and the state closed the school.“We were very upset and disappointed. There was a lot of crying. There was...

Posted in **Managed by National Heritage Academies, 2010, Governance problems, Lawsuit, Poor academic performance | No comments

Charter School of Science and Technology

Posted on 10:45 by Unknown

STATE'S LARGEST CHARTER SCHOOL FACES A CRITICAL YEAR; August 23, 2002; NY Times The academic year is off to a rocky start at the Charter School for Science and Technology, the state's largest charter school. Earlier this month it announced that it was dropping its 9th- and 10th-grade programs for this year, forcing 122 students to scurry to find other schools. The beginning of classes has been delayed by nine school days, to Sept. 4, to give teachers and administrators more time. The science tables have not been installed for laboratory work....

Posted in **Managed by Edison Schools or EdisonLearning, *New York, 2002, Poor academic performance | No comments

Brooks-Debartolo Collegiate School

Posted on 10:42 by Unknown

Posted in *Florida, 2010, Poor academic performance | No comments

P.S. 1 Charter School

Posted on 10:40 by Unknown

P.S. 1 DIDN'T MAKE THE GRADE, BUT CAN ANYTHING REPLACE DENVER'S LONGEST-RUNNING CHARTER SCHOOL? January 14, 2010; Westword News (Denver, CO) …Founded in 1995, P.S. 1 serves 237 middle- or high-school students who have struggled elsewhere — academically, socially or both. One out of ten was pushed out of his or her old school, while one in seven dropped out. One out of every five kids at P.S. 1 has a history of repeated school suspensions, and one in three is involved with the courts. The academic challenges are just as daunting: 25 percent...

Posted in *Colorado, 2010, Poor academic performance | No comments

Ashe Culture Center (11 schools)

Posted on 10:37 by Unknown

“Charter school sponsor clashes with Ohio Department of Education.” The Plain Dealer (OH), 7/31/2011CLEVELAND -- The Arts Academies -- two troubled charter schools, in Cleveland and Lorain -- have shut down. But tying up all the loose ends is proving far from easy as the schools' operator and their sponsor, the Cleveland-based Ashe Culture Center, continue to point fingers at each other and the Ohio Department of Education. At the same time, Ashe and the Education Department are duking it out over whether Ashe deserves to continue as a sponsor,...

Posted in **Managed by Ashe Culture Center, *Ohio, 2010, Financial mismanagement | No comments

Choir Academy of Chicago Charter School

Posted on 10:31 by Unknown

Posted in *Illinois, 2008, Questionable financial practices | No comments

Friday, 4 March 2011

The Institute for Excellence Charter School

Posted on 16:28 by Unknown

Posted in *New Jersey, 2011, Fraud and misrepresentation, Misuse of funds | No comments

Crescendo charter schools (six schools)

Posted on 16:26 by Unknown

Posted in *California, 2011, Testing irregularities and cheating | No comments

Columbus Academy of Literacy and Mathematics

Posted on 16:22 by Unknown

Posted in *Ohio, 2011, Abrupt closure, Lack of enrollment | No comments

Promise Charter School

Posted on 16:20 by Unknown

Posted in *California, 2011, Governance problems, Questionable hiring or termination practices, Refusal to disclose information, Violation of open governance | No comments

Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology

Posted on 16:16 by Unknown

Posted in *Georgia, 2011, Questionable enrollment practices, Screening potential students | No comments

Dakota Academy

Posted on 16:13 by Unknown

Posted in *Minnesota, 2007, Corrupt management practices, Governance problems, Violation of open governance | No comments

Summit Charter School

Posted on 16:08 by Unknown

Posted in **Managed by School of Excellence in Education, *Florida, 2008, Misuse of funds, Nepotism | No comments

Origins Montessori Charter School

Posted on 16:04 by Unknown

DISTRICT PROBE CLOSES ORANGE CHARTER SCHOOL: THE FACILITY WAS MISMANAGED AND LACKED FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, OFFICIALS SAY; July 04, 2007; Orlando Sentinel (FL) The Orange County school district has shut down a charter school after officials said they found evidence of serious financial mismanagement and abuses of state education law at the beloved Orlando elementary.Among the alleged irregularities: Origins Montessori Charter School appears during the past school year to have accepted state money for students who were not enrolled at the...

Posted in *Florida, 2007, Misspent funds: $28K, Misuse of funds, Questionable enrollment practices | No comments

Cornerstone Prep

Posted on 16:02 by Unknown

“LAUSD to recommend closing of charter school.” LA Times (CA), 2/24/2011Officials will recommend the rare closing of a Los Angeles charter school for poor academic performance, the L.A. Unified School District has confirmed.Cornerstone Prep, an elementary school in Florence, appeared Wednesday on a new list of 30 charter schools statewide that have consistently performed poorly. The database, which included top-performing schools, was compiled by the California Charter Schools Assn…Although charter schools are authorized by local school...

Posted in *California, 2011, Poor academic performance | No comments

Seven Hills Charter School

Posted on 16:00 by Unknown

Posted in *Massachusetts, 2010, Poor academic performance | No comments

Brighter Choice charter schools in Albany (three schools)

Posted on 15:57 by Unknown

Posted in **Managed by Brighter Choice, *New York, 2011, Code violation | No comments

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