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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]People are anti-charter for a lot of reasons, but one of the most common reasons is the belief that charters are simply a method of siphoning off public money for private gain. The Washington Post's latest article about Kent Amos will certainly stoke such fears:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/judge-orders-dc-charter-to-stop-payments-to-company-founded-by-school-leaders/2014/10/27/83a8078c-5e1f-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html

"Federal tax returns show that Amos received about $1.15 million in income in 2012 from the private management company. In 2013, he received $1.38 million, including $103,000 that was paid to his wife. His stepson also earned about $167,000 that year."

Amos' private company was paid by Dorothy I. Height Community Academy Public Charter School, a charter school that Amos set up. This pattern of setting up a non-profit charter school which contracts with a for-profit management firm is not uncommon and an arrangement that definitely needs more oversight from the DCPCSB. This is exactly the sort of activity that will increase opposition to charters.
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I find it interesting that the DC Association has for the last several years been located at a CAPCS campus (1351 Nicholson), probably recieving rent-free space.  The Association is one of the plaintiffs in the funding suit against DC government.  So the Association advovates for charters, including more funding, which will further enrich Amos. Of course he provides free space, charters are his gravy train.  And it's not like CAPCS or Amos have figured out how to close the achievement gap or propel low-income students towards academic success.  [/quote]

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