Friday, July 20, 2012

School Tech Connect: Charter Madness Creeps Northward

School Tech Connect: Charter Madness Creeps Northward:


Charter Madness Creeps Northward

The suburbs are starting to wake up to the unfunded mandate-generator that is the state charter authority.


Prairie Crossing, a small choice school, is within the boundaries of Woodland and Fremont Elementary District 79. Of roughly $3.47 million in general state aid allotted to Woodland for the 2011-12 academic year, a little more than $3 million of that total was forwarded to Prairie Crossing.


A Woodland report stated 324 of 6,750 district students were enrolled at Prairie Crossing for the last school year. Prairie Crossing offers an environmentally focused curriculum to students in