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Fri Sep 28, 2018, 04:19 PM Sep 2018

After troubled Orlando private school Beta Prep closes, director opens new campus in DeLand


A small private school opened last month in DeLand, promising an elite education and 100 percent college attendance for its students, many of whom attend thanks to state-backed scholarships.

DeLand Preparatory Academy won approval from the Florida Department of Education over the summer to receive the scholarships, even though just months earlier the school’s director had shuttered an Orlando-area school — one that also relied heavily on the scholarships — with a troubled track record.

In March, a former teacher of the closed campus, Beta Preparatory Collegiate Academy, sent a two-page complaint to the education department, accusing a coworker of touching students “in a sexual way” and watching child pornography at school.

The department said it forwarded the complaint to the Florida Department of Children and Families, but DCF said it didn’t receive the document. DCF began investigating the allegations only last month, after an Orlando Sentinel reporter — who had received the complaint through a public records request — shared it.


https://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/school-zone/os-orlando-beta-prep-problems-20180928-story.html
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After troubled Orlando private school Beta Prep closes, director opens new campus in DeLand (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Sep 2018 OP
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1. Well, there's something I didn't expect
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 04:24 PM
Sep 2018

Who knew that the magic of the free market would fail to rein in frauds, child molesters, and tax cheats?

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