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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Magnolia Schools charter management organization

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: Magnolia Schools charter management organization

Magnolia Schools charter management organization

This post has four sections:
  • Background information about the approval of a petition for a charter school in Santa Clara County, California. The school, Magnolia Science Academy – Santa Clara, is slated to open in Sunnyvale for the 2010-2011 school year and is currently enrolling students.
  • Revealing excerpts from an email exchange sent to me by a reader who, as a prospective parent, was in communication with a representative of the new MSA-Santa Clara school.
  • Evidence which clearly contradicts the representative’s statements.
  • Why so much about Turkey and Turkish?

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PART 1: Petition approved!

In July 2008, the San Mateo Union High School District rejected a charter school petition submitted by the