CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Academy of Moore County

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Academy of Moore County

Academy of Moore County

by The Perimeter Primate

Comment: Conflicts surrounding charter school issues have created a whole new field of litigation, which are naturally accompanied by legal costs for both the school districts and the charter schools themselves...not to mention courtroom costs.

MOORE COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOL FIGHTS CLOSURE, May 31, 2010, The Fayetteville Observer (N.C.)

Over the past year, the Academy of Moore County has moved into a $2.2 million building and seen its grades improve.
But come August, the 170 students at the charter school may find themselves back in public classrooms.
The state Board of Education voted March 3 not to renew the academy's charter, against the recommendation of the state Office of Charter Schools…
The Academy of Moore County has been plagued by administrative and classroom issues since its establishment in 1997, and its headmaster acknowledges the school's troubled past…
Academy officials have hired the Shanahan Law Group of Raleigh to fight the state board's decision. The firm is seeking a motion to stay the state board's action until the case can be heard.