Report cites questionable charter-school practices

[NJmaverick]

Report cites questionable charter-school practices

By Martha Woodall
Inquirer Staff Writer

One Philadelphia charter-school operator runs a private parking lot on the side. Another rents out apartments and collects the rent at his school. Yet another rents property to herself, signing her lease as both tenant and landlord.

These are some of the findings in a draft of a city controller's report on 13 Philadelphia charter schools obtained by The Inquirer that cites excessive salaries, compliant boards whose members are handpicked by school chiefs, inflated rents, and rampant conflicts of interest.

It "is abundantly clear that taxpayer money is at risk," according to the draft report, which is expected to be released within two weeks.

City Controller Alan Butkovitz declined on Friday to comment on specifics because the completed report has not been made public, but he confirmed that the document The Inquirer obtained was his final draft.

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[KamaAina]

1. Then there are the "cyber-charter schools" that make up virtual students

but somehow that's all hunky-dory, whereas if one ACORN signature gatherer turns in a sheet with Mickey Mouse on it, the very foundation of the Republic itself is in jeopardy. :sarcasm:

[aSpeckofDust]

2. Thank you for the article. N/T

[Tansy_Gold]

3. Taxpayer money is NOT at risk

It's already been irretrievably lost, wasted, thrown down a rat-hole, gobbled up by the greedy pigs who lie to the gullible and vulnerable with promises they have no intention and no ability to keep.

These corrupt charter "school" operators are abusers of children absolutely as guilty as their friendly neighborhood pedophile. The crime is slighly different, but the effects are just as lasting.




Tansy Gold

[Grand Taurean]

4. When Charter Schools were proposed, this was not

part of that proposal. These schools need to be stopped.

[saracat]

5. And if Arne Duncan has his way, we will have MORE OF THESE, and the abuse will continue while Public

Ed is destroyed. It is all the "teachers fault":sarcasm: