Comments on: West County Community High charter denial leaves more than 100 students scrambling to find alternatives

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:57:29 +0000

Camp told me she filed a report with the Richmond police on April 2. She cited case no. 12-41571.
I called Richmond Police Lt. Bisa French to confirm this. She said a “miscellaneous” police report was filed, but there were no arrests or charges.
“It is an open investigation,” she said.
The County Office of Education also questioned the school’s financial bookkeeping.
County Office of Education Controller Jane Shamieh said many of the financial documents did not reconcile with each other.
County Superintendent Joe Ovick recommended against renewing the charter, saying it would be “fiscally irresponsible.”
The County Board cited two reasons for not renewing the charter: an unsound educational program and “the petitioners are unlikely to successfully implement the program set forth in the petition.”
The second reason was based largely on questions about the finances.

By: Walter Kennedy

Walter Kennedy — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:57:57 +0000

You have no idea what you are talking about. Did you do any investigation at all, or just listen to the parents, who are just as clueless. No policwe report was ever filed and there is no evidence that any funds were misapropriated. The school was closed because it failed the students, plain and simple. What the parents want is a SAFE place for thier kids to go to school, no matter how good the education.
The Educational Director resigned under a ccloud and the “new” board included one of the founders of the school, who had a axe to grind with the financial Director, who has taken the brunt of the abuswe from the current, incompetent board. You should be very careful what you write without any investagation.

By: Mrs. B

Mrs. B — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:25:17 +0000

That certainly is upsetting for the families involved. Parents put their trust into the smooth talkers who promote charter schools. Yet many of them are just out to take the public’s money and don’t have a clue how to provide a quality education. It just goes to show the danger in allowing charter schools to operate with so little supervision. It’s the children that suffer due to the incompetence/criminality of the adults who run the schools.