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More Drama for Maverick’s Charter School | Scathing Purple Musings

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More Drama for Maverick’s Charter School

This time on the other Florida coast in Pinellas county. Alli Langley writes in the  Tampa Bay Times that the local non-profit group who runs two charter schools will be cutting ties with the for-profit Mavericks management company.
A switch by Mavericks to a new online curriculum at the nine charter schools it runs in Florida triggered the split. Pinellas school officials declared it did not meet state standards.
The local board was shocked, (Pinellas County commissioner and former school board member Susan) Latvala said. “We trusted them,” she said.
Latvala is negotiating the transition with Mavericks chief executive Lauren Hollander, who did not