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Hey, who owns Maverick Charter Schools anyway? I bet many Floridians are wondering today: « Continuing Change

Hey, who owns Maverick Charter Schools anyway? I bet many Floridians are wondering today: « Continuing Change:

Hey, who owns Maverick Charter Schools anyway? I bet many Floridians are wondering today:

“A Homestead charter school run by a for-profit company that promises to help at-risk kids graduate issued standard diplomas to only 18 students in the past two years, according to the Miami-Dade school district.”

“Mavericks High of South Miami-Dade had 52 seniors enrolled during the 2009-2010 school year. Only two of them — or 3.8 percent of the class — graduated with a standard diploma.”

WoW… only 3.8 %

Talk about accountability…


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