RIMA Charter to Management Org: Goodbye
One less charter school for Seth Andrew/Democracy Prep/Democracy Builders. From the Providence Journal:
[O]n Thursday, the school’s board of directors severed its relationship with Andrew and his management organization, Democracy Builders, in a dispute over money.
The school will continue, and Andrew has applied to open another, in Providence. What the split means for either side is only beginning to unfold.
Andrew’s spokeswoman said Friday that Andrew was caught off guard by news that the mayoral academies board had voted his organization out. Spokeswoman Kerri Lyon said that Andrew had planned to come to Rhode Island Friday “in good faith” for a mediation session at the state Department of Education between the groups, but canceled the trip when he learned of the split.
