Google "charter Schools" and "financial scandal" - This is just the Tip of the Iceberg
Updates from the Orlando Sentinel , about the story about the charter school principal who got $500K when the school was forced to close. I got it wrong - it was $519K and her take for the whole year? $824,000. In June, the charter school's board cited Young for "leadership" and "providing an excellent educational opportunity for at risk and underprivileged children in Orange County" in its resolution authorizing the payout of more than $500,000 upon the school's closing. A principal of a school of 180 kids and; In 2011-12, NorthStar High School's directors paid Principal Kelly Young more than twice as much money as they spent on the school's educational program. By comparison, the school spent $366,042 on instruction, including teacher salaries, last school year, according to an audit paid for by the school. The school lacked computers, a library or cafeteria services at its facility in concrete portables on Curry Ford Road. Acc...