Bad Charters, Bad Charters, “Whatcha gonna do when they come for you”
Texas Senator Dan Patrick will be holding a fact finding hearing about the connections between Harmony Public Schools, The Pelican Educational Foundation and Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bravo to Senator Patrick for Harmony Public Schools accountable and seeking to understand whether they are entangled with organizations that have gotten in trouble for mishandling public money in the past.
Back to Louisiana. Kenilworth Charter, operated by the Pelican Educational Foundation since 2009, was paid a“visit” from the F.B.I on Dec. 11th The FBI is not divulging the nature of the visit to Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Wednesday, Dec. 11th, but it’s not the first time a school run by the Pelican Educational Foundation has been under investigation.
In 2011, Abramson Science and Technology Charter School in New Orleans (run by the Pelican Educational Foundation) was shut down due to allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior among students, the inappropriate handling of those issues by school staff, and ultimately a bribe of $25,000 dollars from Atlas Texas Construction and Trading (working on Abramson’s campus during the scandal), to a state regulator to make the problem “go away.”
In 2012 , the Legislative Auditor accused the Pelican Educational Foundation of improperly handling the reportedly 5,000,000 dollars they receive in public funds. It was discovered that $8,600 was spent on gifts for students who
