With the recent news of the creation of two funds dedicated to financing charter school facilities, I am reminded of
the story of a school board member's accusations against Nashville's Rocketship and Purpose Prep of unethical practices in seeking alternative avenues to secure capital for facilities.
Not exact matches
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)-
Members of the Buffalo Public
Schools Board of Education gave their side
of the
story following a controversial tweet by Carl Paladino last week.
«Having advocated for children for over 20 years, as a founder
of the Bison Scholarship Fund and a former
school board member, I am sickened by the
stories of child sexual abuse.
In an opening statement at a hearing in Albany to determine if Paladino should be ousted from his elected
School Board position, attorney Dennis Vacco painted Paladino as a victim
of an effort by fellow
School Board members to punish him for making controversial, but constitutionally protected remarks about President Obama and his wife in another newspaper
story.
A
story in the Oct. 25, 1995, issue
of Education Week about
school board elections in Wilkinsburg, Pa., misstated the size
of a tax increase that a
board member said would be needed to offset a pay raise sought by the district's teachers.
The news
story began with «State
Board of Education
members angrily criticized lawmakers» attempts to scale back a major education reform bill, saying Wednesday that the watered - down bill could stall the effort to fix the state's worst
schools.»
Here's the full text
of the memo LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy sent
School Board members last week about eight controversial budget items including the classroom breakfast initiative: Read the full LA
School Report
story here.
The WSJ
story also includes a quote from a representative
of the Attorney General, who says that while their investigation
of Cooper is «still ongoing,» the AG office is «pleased that recent discussions with
members of the
board and
school community have been both cooperative and productive.»