Charterism Consumes Camden
The perks keep flowing to charter schools in Camden:
As part of the $175 million state takeover fund given to Camden in 2002, $7 million was set aside for business lease grants to stimulate business growth throughout the city.So far, less than $3 million of the business grants has been spent, the most recent and largest chunk to date being $495,990 to the nonprofit support group for the Knowledge A to Z (KATZ) Academy Charter School.
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At least one Camden board member has questioned her peers' recent decisions to grant $500,000 to the KATZ charter.