Mother Crusader: How Many Districts Does It Take To Fill A Charter School?

Mother Crusader: How Many Districts Does It Take To Fill A Charter School?:

How Many Districts Does It Take To Fill A Charter School?

by darciecima

Amir Khan's Regis Academy was approved in September of 2011. He has had five months to reach out to parents and recruit students from the four sending districts for which he was approved, namely Cherry Hill, Lawnside, Somerdale and Voorhees. At his last public information session (where Khan threatened concerned citizens in attendance with calling the police before the meeting even started), he announced that the NJDOE had given him approval to open enrollment to other districts. I blogged about it an wondered why they had allowed him to open enrollment.


No need to wonder anymore. I filed an OPRA request for the initial enrollment data submitted by Regis Academy. Guess what I found out?


In the five months since gaining approval, Regis has enrolled a whopping 37 kids. That's right, 37. And here is