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Philly's first SAC Summit draws hundreds

by thenotebook on Oct 31 2011 Posted in Latest news

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by Paul Jablow

About 250 parents, community members, principals, teachers, and District officials braved an unusual fall snowstorm on Saturday to attend the first citywide summit on School Advisory Councils.

The "SAC Summit" at Benjamin Franklin High School was a key step in District plans to put functioning SACs in an increasing number of schools, perhaps close to half of those in the city.

In her opening remarks, Karren Dunkley, deputy of the Office of Parent, Family, Community Engagement and Faith-Based Partnerships, described the summit as "a day of learning, a day of collaboration."

Acting Superintendent Leroy Nunery recognized that the work around this effort “seems to be hard and unforgiving…[but] there are certain schools where

NYC Public School Parents: Hearings on the city's technology contracts; with hundreds of millions lost through waste and fraud

NYC Public School Parents: Hearings on the city's technology contracts; with hundreds of millions lost through waste and fraud:

Hearings on the city's technology contracts; with hundreds of millions lost through waste and fraud

by Leonie Haimson

Today the NYC Council Contracts and Technology Committees held hearings about a new bill, Int. 521A, that would require the city to report any contract whose cost has overrun by more than $500,000 or ten percent.

Of course, the city, in the person of Deputy Mayor Cass Holloway opposed the legislation, and claimed that it was unnecessary, despite the numerous city contracts, particularly those involving technology projects, that have run over into the billions of dollars. (See this excellent summary from Gotham Gazette.) Holloway also claimed to know nothing about the

Imagine schools' real estate deals fuel company growth:

Imagine schools' real estate deals fuel company growth

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Students arrive for school at Imagine Academy for success Friday Oct. 21, 2011. Parents rave about the approach of Imagine schools in the St. Louis area despite their low performance compared to St. Louis Public Schools; which could hasten their closure. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

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ST. LOUIS • When students first entered Imagine Academy of Academic Success four years ago, their school was already entangled in a complex series of real estate deals — ones that would divert dollars from their education.

By the time they were on their first summer break, their brown brick building at 1409 East Linton Avenue had been sold three times, the final price nearly 10 times higher than the first. In the process, the company running the school — along with a small group of other players — cashed in.

Imagine Schools Inc., the nation's largest charter school operator, runs six charter schools in St. Louis. Together, their performance on state standardized exams is worse than any school district in Missouri.

Nevertheless, those schools are generating millions of dollars for Imagine and a Kansas City-based real estate investment company through real estate

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