$20 Million/Yr diverted each year from Allentown Schools; plus 5 new charter school proposed

[JPZenger]

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/index.ssf/2013/11/allentown_school_district_bomb.html

The Allentown School District has suffered from massive layoffs of staff and elimination of large number of courses.

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Some alarming facts about PA charter schools From the Keystone State Education Coalition:

"Nick Trombetta, founder of the state’s largest cyber charter school, is on trial under a 41 count federal indictment for allegedly stealing $1 million.

June Brown is on trial for allegedly defrauding the 4 Philadelphia charter schools that she founded of $6.7 million.

In Wayne, PA Agora Cyber Charter School used tax dollars to pay for more than 19,000 local TV commercials. Agora has never made AYP but it is reported that it made over $31 million for K12 in one academic year and the K12 C.E.O. was paid $5 million in 2011.

In Harrisburg, PA Office of Open records executive director Terry Mutchler said her office had received 239 appeals in cases in which charter schools either rejected or failed to answer from the public.

In Palm Beach Florida, Governor Tom Corbett’s largest individual campaign donor is building a new 20,000 square foot mansion on a $29 million beachfront lot. He has spent the last 6 years fighting a right-to know request for over 6 years regarding financial details of his management company’s operation of the state’s largest brick and mortar charter school."