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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no horse in this race, but as someone who was a founder of another school, I can tell you that lots of volunteers are involved in the effort after the charter application is submitted, without whose efforts the school would never open.  Believe me, submitting the application was just the beginning. And there is nothing in the law that says your founders for admissions purposes have to be identical to those named in the charter application as such.  So perhaps this person was recognized as a founder after the fact to remedy a situation where he/she made tremendous contributions of time and expertise to open the school after the application was submitted, and truly was a "founder" but then found him or herself out of luck in the lottery.  Doesn't strike me as horrible.  
Although I'd feel different if someone was named a founder merely because of financial contributions.[/quote]

if this was the situatin - why would the children only be added to the waitlist now after the lottery?  If the person was a founder - they would be the 1st children admitted.

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If the person is determined to be a founder within the confines of charter law, fine. If not, they need to be prevented from unfairly using a founders preference. No of this can be determined unless the governing body (PCSB) is notified. Remember the principle who tried to hire his wife as assistant. People who made a stink probably felt bad and probably thought nothing would be done. Well, the principle cannot hire his wife now. A precedent of requiring ethics has gotten started. It's about time.[/quote]

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