Charter school principal gets $519,453 payout (in taxpayer money)
How’s this for outrageous? The principal of a charter school in Orange County, Fla., received a check for $519,453.36 in taxpayer money after the district school board agreed to let the school voluntarily close rather than be shut down for poor performance.According to a story reported in the Orlando Sentinel, Kelly Young is also being paid thousands of dollars bimonthly — also at taxpayer expense — to finish closing NorthStar High School, which enrolled about 180 mostly at-risk students.
The newspaper said the payment to Young was approved by the charter school’s independent board and seems to be legal, but now the chairman of the school board, Bill Sublette, is complaining that it’s “immoral,” and a state senator is calling for an