| For-profit charter schools questioned |
| With N.C. cap removed, companies apply for approval |
| Published Thursday, January 12, 2012 7:21 am |
The emergence of for-profit charter schools is drawing fire in North Carolina.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP sent a letter to the North Carolina State Board of Education last month to block the application for Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars Charter School, which is on the fast track to open in August. According to its application, the school would serve up to 723 students in grades K-8.
The charter school would partner with National Heritage Academies, a for-profit company that got its start in Grand Rapids, Mich., to manage day-to-day school operations. Angela Lee, the lead applicant for the board of directors, could not be reached for comment.
Joel Medley, director of the office of charter schools at N.C. Department of Public Instruction, said Lee Scholars is one of 11 applicants that the N.C. Public Charte
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP sent a letter to the North Carolina State Board of Education last month to block the application for Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars Charter School, which is on the fast track to open in August. According to its application, the school would serve up to 723 students in grades K-8.
The charter school would partner with National Heritage Academies, a for-profit company that got its start in Grand Rapids, Mich., to manage day-to-day school operations. Angela Lee, the lead applicant for the board of directors, could not be reached for comment.
Joel Medley, director of the office of charter schools at N.C. Department of Public Instruction, said Lee Scholars is one of 11 applicants that the N.C. Public Charte
