One less corrupt Charter school with shady management contracts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you're confusing them with Excel Academy Public Charter, where only 196 of 618 students could prove their DC residency.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/excel-academy-public-charter-school-under-scrutiny-for-alleged-residency-fraud/2014/11/04/a23e7994-6435-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html

Do you think this is the case in only one school? Ha. Newbie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should put the brakes on granting new charters??

No, but the charter board has to have a more vigorous regime of audit and oversight than they have had to date.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Community Academy is going to close! Good riddance to piece of sh** Kent Amos and all the trouble he has caused.

It has some amazing properties, including the one next door to MV: Can't wait to see some good operators get into them!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-charter-board-moves-to-revoke-charter-for-community-academy/2014/12/16/12eeac5a-84d8-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html

Millions of taxpayer dollars in the bank and the best attorney the school could find was A. Scott Bolden?

Fred Cooke must have been booked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Community Academy is going to close! Good riddance to piece of sh** Kent Amos and all the trouble he has caused.

It has some amazing properties, including the one next door to MV: Can't wait to see some good operators get into them!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-charter-board-moves-to-revoke-charter-for-community-academy/2014/12/16/12eeac5a-84d8-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html

Millions of taxpayer dollars in the bank and the best attorney the school could find was A. Scott Bolden?

My thoughts exactly, but he does know DC.

Meaning he knows how to work a corrupt system, and not in a "socially positive" way.

[Anonymous]

As much as I oppose capital punishment and the Chinese system, sometimes I think they are on to something when they mete out the death penalty for certain corruption offenses. It would be appealing in a sense to make an example of Amos, Jeffrey Thompson and a few other serially corrupt operators!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Community Academy is going to close! Good riddance to piece of sh** Kent Amos and all the trouble he has caused.

It has some amazing properties, including the one next door to MV: Can't wait to see some good operators get into them!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-charter-board-moves-to-revoke-charter-for-community-academy/2014/12/16/12eeac5a-84d8-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html

Millions of taxpayer dollars in the bank and the best attorney the school could find was A. Scott Bolden?

Fred Cooke must have been booked.

Cooke and Bolden were the two attorneys representing the school/management company/Amos at the hearing. Bolden was the only one quoted by the Post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Community Academy is going to close! Good riddance to piece of sh** Kent Amos and all the trouble he has caused.

It has some amazing properties, including the one next door to MV: Can't wait to see some good operators get into them!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-charter-board-moves-to-revoke-charter-for-community-academy/2014/12/16/12eeac5a-84d8-11e4-9534-f79a23c40e6c_story.html

Hang on -- they voted just to INITIATE the process. This doesn't mean that they will definitely close the school. The process has been halted before and may be again.

[Anonymous]

No, it's the school at 1st and P St NW, where the scores of cars arriving each morning bear Maryland license plates. Essentially the parents are using this terrible school as free daycare, on their way to work in town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should put the brakes on granting new charters??

It is the pro-charter community that is the most vocal in stopping cases like this. It gives everyone a bad name. The anti-charter community wants these to be the only schools to exist so that they can keep saying that all charters are bad. Let's get rid of the bad ones and get more good ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it's the school at 1st and P St NW, where the scores of cars arriving each morning bear Maryland license plates. Essentially the parents are using this terrible school as free daycare, on their way to work in town.

When will someone in DCPS, the charter board or the "State" Superintendent of Education Office have the balls to crack down on the free education and services that the DC taxpayers are providing to the residents of PG county?? It's outrageous, when DC has needs of its own, including among those who can't find spots in desirable charters and regular private schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should put the brakes on granting new charters??

Absolutely NOT!!! My kids need more choices, not fewer, than you very much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it's the school at 1st and P St NW, where the scores of cars arriving each morning bear Maryland license plates. Essentially the parents are using this terrible school as free daycare, on their way to work in town.

When will someone in DCPS, the charter board or the "State" Superintendent of Education Office have the balls to crack down on the free education and services that the DC taxpayers are providing to the residents of PG county?? It's outrageous, when DC has needs of its own, including among those who can't find spots in desirable charters and regular private schools

Who do we hold accountable? Who do we write to? What can we do to make our voices heard?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it's the school at 1st and P St NW, where the scores of cars arriving each morning bear Maryland license plates. Essentially the parents are using this terrible school as free daycare, on their way to work in town.

When will someone in DCPS, the charter board or the "State" Superintendent of Education Office have the balls to crack down on the free education and services that the DC taxpayers are providing to the residents of PG county?? It's outrageous, when DC has needs of its own, including among those who can't find spots in desirable charters and regular private schools

Who do we hold accountable? Who do we write to? What can we do to make our voices heard?

DC has mayoral control. The Mayor controls all the strings, all the leaders. It all starts and stops with him (soon to be her).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should put the brakes on granting new charters??

It is the pro-charter community that is the most vocal in stopping cases like this. It gives everyone a bad name. The anti-charter community wants these to be the only schools to exist so that they can keep saying that all charters are bad. Let's get rid of the bad ones and get more good ones.

+100%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should put the brakes on granting new charters??

It is the pro-charter community that is the most vocal in stopping cases like this. It gives everyone a bad name. The anti-charter community wants these to be the only schools to exist so that they can keep saying that all charters are bad. Let's get rid of the bad ones and get more good ones.

+100%

I also agree but the system is set up to allow this to happen. Kent Amos took advantage of the system that allowed him to do it. There are many example nationwide -- charter schools set-up by founders; for profit management companies set-up by founders who then employ themselves and family members, etc. The reality is that in many cases anybody can set up a charter school -- Kent Amos is a perfect example with his corporate background at Xerox. And I always like to use the examples of Dion Sanders and Andre Agassi who making great second careers in the charter school business.