That’s an interesting pairing.
Imagine is based in Arlington, Virginia, with some 75 schools in more than a dozen states, including Maryland, and the District of Columbia. The for-profit charter operator has been investigated in some states for the way it exercises control over the schools it manages, essentially ignoring the boards of trustees that are supposed to really run the schools.
It has also come
under scrutiny for its complicated real estate deals that generate millions of public dollars for Imagine. The St. Louis Post-
