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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend of mine had a negative experience at Bridges with her disabled son. [/quote]

I know several people whose children with disabilities had negative experiences at Bridges.

But the problem goes beyond the (terrible) choices Bridges made. It's the very concept of charter schools getting public money without accepting public oversight.[/quote]

Not so.  The financials of every charter school are subject to way more oversight and transparency than public schools.  Each school's financials are subject to an independent outside audit and are publicly available - balance sheet, income statement, everything.  Plus, a financial report filed with the IRS, which is publicly available.  Plus, academics, staffing, attendance, etc. are all measured and reported on publicly.  In contrast, I heard that more than $180 million was spent renovating Duke Ellington due to poor planning, poor oversight, and rampant cost overruns.  Our city tax dollars hard at work?  Not well.[/quote]

Way more oversight? https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/20984282/does-dc-charter-schools-autonomy-come-at-the-cost-of-public-accountability

This oversight problem was highlighted in 2013, when D.C.’s attorney general Irvin Nathan sued three former Options Public Charter School leaders for laundering over $3 million into two for-profit companies they owned. Nathan filed a second suit several months later against the founder of Community Academy Public Charter for allegedly diverting more than $13 million into a shell management company. But both schools had passed the PCSB’s financial inspection, with the charter board concluding that Options and Community Academy had demonstrated “no patterns of fiscal mismanagement.”[/quote]

One school, four years ago, amid some 65 in the city??!!  Tell me you think the oversight of public schools is better and I'll buy a bridge.[/quote]

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