District to charters: Don't try to expand and get a building discount
by Benjamin Herold on Apr 20 2011 Posted in Latest news
How badly do Philadelphia’s charter school operators want the chance to buy closed or vacated District facilities?
We’re about to find out.
According to the School District’s proposedAdaptive Reuse Policy, charter operators are to be offered a tradeoff: if they want to be eligible for a discount of up to 25 percent off the fair-market value for a coveted building, they “must agree not to seek additional charter seats” on top of what they already have.
Though District officials say this is not an opening gambit in their attempts to control charter growth through the facilities process, they clearly must find a way to deal with charters’ aggressive push for expansion. Several charters are suing the District for imposing enrollment caps that they say are illegal. So far, the charters
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