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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:
| June 14, 2022 |
| In One of the Largest Charter School Scams in History, No One Will Serve Jail Time |
| The ringleaders and others behind a scam that raided millions of dollars from the state will not spend a single day behind bars. Here’s where their pleas and sentences stand. |
| Source: voiceofsandiego.org |
| June 6, 2022 |
| Florida principal brought loaded guns into school: report |
| Castro brought a closed box containing two firearms into the school; they were found unattended by officials in a locked room, the station reported. |
| Source: nypost.com |
| June 3, 2022 |
| KUOW - 'Where is the accountability?' for WA's largest charter school chain, ask parents and staff |
| ...accountability is lacking for the state’s largest charter school chain, Impact Public Schools, staff and parents told KUOW, and the students most affected are also the schools’ most vulnerable. |
| Source: www.kuow.org |
| June 1, 2022 |
| Wahiawa charter school under investigation after receiving multiple parent complaints |
| Some Kamalani Academy parents said the school is reneging on a promise to let the students keep distance-learning technology devices. |
| Source: www.hawaiinewsnow.com |
| May 27, 2022 |
| NC officials OK closing charter school for 'financial irregularities' |
| Raleigh, N.C. — One of the longest-operating North Carolina charter schools will relinquish its charter, after finding financial irregularities. |
| Source: www.wral.com |
| May 27, 2022 |
| KUOW - A Seattle area charter school’s controversial approach to holding students back |
| Baionne Coleman, a former Impact administrator, said its policy of sending grade-holdback letters was connected to funding. |
| Source: www.kuow.org |
| May 25, 2022 |
| KUOW - A charter school chain promised a world-class education. Instead they billed the state and let kids ‘sit there quietly’ |
| Meanwhile, records from the state schools office show Impact Public Schools has billed the state more than $857,000 in the last four years for funding for English language programming. But teachers told KUOW that English language instruction is essentially nonexistent. |
| Source: www.kuow.org |
| May 21, 2022 |
| Titusville community leaders working to block new Memphis charter school from opening in neighborhood |
| A new charter school is looking to open doors in Birmingham after winning an appeal by the Alabama Public Charter Schools Commission. |
| Source: www.wbrc.com |
| May 20, 2022 |
| In apparent first, district moves to withhold charter school’s state funding over facility conditions |
| The NOLA Public Schools district plans to withhold education funding from Lower 9th Ward charter school group Friends of King Schools over the network’s alleged failure to make repairs to facilities on its Fats Domino Avenue (formerly Caffin Avenue) property, which is owned by the district. |
| Source: thelensnola.org |
| May 12, 2022 |
| North Las Vegas charter school principal placed on leave after accusations of discrimination |
| A North Las Vegas charter school principal was placed on administrative leave after allegations of discrimination. |
| Source: www.fox5vegas.com |
| May 10, 2022 |
| Charter school, accused of faking grades, was renewed despite poor academics | WBFF |
| BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A Fox45 News investigation is raising questions about the process to approve charter schools in Baltimore City, after a school that’s now caught up in a scandal was renewed just months ago. |
| Source: foxbaltimore.com |
| May 9, 2022 |
| FOX 13 Investigates: Public school run by polygamous Kingston group continues appointing family members |
| FOX 13 News has learned that a public charter school run by the polygamous Kingston group continues to defy the state by appointing family members to handle millions of taxpayer dollars. |
| Source: www.fox13now.com |
| May 9, 2022 |
| Colorado Springs Charter Academy accused of financial, ethics violations |
| Peters issued a cease-and-desist order to the Colorado Springs Charter Academy on April 22, alleging that the school’s board committed several violations of the Colorado Charter School Institute’s School Compliance Policy. |
| Source: gazette.com |
| May 4, 2022 |
| Lafayette city and school officials critical of charter school plan |
| LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Lafayette officials are skeptical of a plan to open a charter school in the former New Community School building on Elmwood Avenue. |
| Source: www.wlfi.com |
| April 30, 2022 |
| IDEA assistant principal accused of punching 5-year-old boy who struck her |
| The boy admitted that he punched her, after which the assistant principal pushed him... |
| Source: www.expressnews.com |
| April 29, 2022 |
| Audit: NC charter school falsified student records, misused school funding |
| A new investigative report from the Office of the State Auditor states a North Carolina charter school falsified student records and misused school funding. |
| Source: www.wral.com |
| April 18, 2022 |
| An East Tampa charter school offered an alternative. Now it’s closing. |
| Envisioned as an option for families at a nearby F school, East Tampa Academy succumbed to rocky finances. |
| Source: www.tampabay.com |
| April 15, 2022 | Business-backed charter schools wouldn't answer to local school boards under proposal - Louisiana Illuminator |
| Business-backed charter schools in Louisiana wouldn't answer to local school boards under a proposal in the Legislature. |
| Source: lailluminator.com |
| April 13, 2022 | State shuts down Three Rivers Academy - The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald | The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald |
| That decision was reached on Jan. 6 during a meeting of the State School Board and were based on findings that Three Rivers Academy failed to meet standards of student performance, as well as for ongoing and longstanding violations of federal and state law, for violations of the provisions of its charter, and for failure to provide required oversight and accountability over the school’s Education Management Organization (EMO). |
| Source: www.roanoke-chowannewsherald.com |
| April 9, 2022 | School buses that disappeared from Lycée Francais charter school were repossessed, not stolen | Education | nola.com |
| An hour before they were set to pick up students to take them home on Thursday, three school buses disappeared from where they were parked in front of the Lycée |
| Source: www.nola.com |
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