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Should APS hold off opening any charter schools until pensions lawsuit is resolved?  

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Here is a question about a proposed new charter school from APS watchdog Robert Stockwell, who created this chart: The area that ACA would draw from has a significant shortage of seats as shown in the table above. As a District, can the BOE afford NOT to grant a charter to ACA given the significant shortage of elementary school seats that now exists in the cluster?

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By Maureen Downey

APS superintendent Erroll Davis is recommending against new charter schools while the issue of pension fund contributions is in court, which is bound to upset parents supporting new charter applications. The APS board takes up two of them on Monday.

This is a complex issue as indicated by a long MyAJC.com story today by the AJC's APS reporter Mark Niesse. who writes:

 Charter schools have flourished in Atlanta in recent years, with 1 in 10 city students enrolled in them, but their growth could stop if the Atlanta Board of Education adopts Davis' recommendation at its