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Friday, October 11, 2013

Mother Crusader: Fix Em, Don't Close Em

Mother Crusader: Fix Em, Don't Close Em:

Fix Em, Don't Close Em


This comes straight out of the "I couldn't make this &%$# up if I tried" file.
A charter school in Philadelphia announced Friday, via its website, that it is closing its doors effective immediately due to “safety concerns and financial instability.”
Solomon Charter School, located in the 1200 block of Vine Street in Center City, posted a letter on its website Friday by acting CEO David Weathington.
The letter starts off “it is with regret that I announce the closing of Solomon Charter on October 11, 2013.”
Just to be clear.  On Friday the charter's CEO/Principal (I hate school leaders calling themselves CEOs...) announced the school would close on Monday. 

Can anyone even imagine reading a letter like this from their child's school?

Here's a list of things I find peculiar about this particular closure, in no particular order.

1.  Solomon Charter School was approved as a CYBER charter school, so someone has to explain