Charter Schools USA Rejected in Georgia, Enraged Lawmakers Target School Board
Dick Yarborough reporting last week included this tidbit about Charter USA’s attempt to open a school in Cherokee County, Georgia:
In Miami-Dade and Broward counties, the (Miami) Herald reported, almost two-thirds of charter schools are run by management companies, which charge fees ranging from 5 percent to 18 percent of school income — income that can exceed $1 million a year. Further, the paper says, many management companies also control the school’s land and buildings, and collect as much as 25 percent of a school’s revenue in lease payments.
Think that can’t happen it Georgia?
Let’s take a look at Cherokee County, where the school board turned down a charter school