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Success Charter Network has been just that for Eva Moskowitz but not for public schools

Success Charter Network has been just that for Eva Moskowitz but not for public schools

Success Charter Network has been just that for Eva Moskowitz but not for public schools

Wednesday, July 27th 2011, 4:00 AM

Eva Moskowitz,  CEO, Success Charter Network, spent more money on marketing in the 2009-2010 school year than the previous two years combined.
Alfred Giancarli for News
Eva Moskowitz, CEO, Success Charter Network, spent more money on marketing in the 2009-2010 school year than the previous two years combined.

Talk about inflating demand for your product.

The Success Charter Network, a chain of charter schools headed by former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, spent an astonishing $1.6million in the 2009-2010 school year just for publicity and recruitment of new students, the group's most recent financial reports show.

The network spent more on publicity and recruitment that year than it did in the previous two years.

In 2009-2010, the seven schools operated by the Success network admitted 1,200 new



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