Mother Crusader: What's The Cost Of Four Cyber Charters in Newark? $17.5 Million.

Mother Crusader: What's The Cost Of Four Cyber Charters in Newark? $17.5 Million.:

What's The Cost Of Four Cyber Charters in Newark? $17.5 Million.

by darciecima

Yesterday we took an in-depth look at how Benjamin Rayer was able to get a his cyber charters approved.  Today I want to take a look at how the state managed to push FOUR cyber charters through, all in the same city, including one that will ultimately serve the whole state but initially pulled all of the start-up funds from Newark.  


Before we get started, let's look at where the NJDOE couldn't get one through, and why.

Don't mess with TEANECK

The Garden State Virtual Academy, if approved, would have taken $15.4M out of Teaneck's budget for 1,000 students that ultimately would have been drawn from the entire state.  But because the drop-in center would have been in Teaneck, and the Lead Founder was from Teaneck, the district would have footed the ENTIRE bill for the