Tuesday, September 28, 2010

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: ICEF Public Schools

CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS: ICEF Public Schools

ICEF Public Schools

As you read this, keep in mind that financial decisions for ICEF are made by its high-powered, supposedly financially-savvy, and experienced board of trustees led by a chairman who is an well-known investment banker.

The board of trustees consists of the following:

  • a former investment banker / financial analyst,
  • an actress,
  • the Co-Director of the Urban Leadership Program at Claremont Graduate University,
  • the CEO and President of Challengers Boys & Girls Club,
  • the managing director of the investment firm of Cabera Capital,
  • the owner of a vineyard and former banker,

Benji’s Charter School

QUESTIONS RAISED OVER CHARTER SCHOOL'S FINANCES, September 25, 2010, KTRK TV (Houston, TX)

Where is taxpayer money going and how is a taxpayer-owned building being used? Those are the new questions complicating the battle over Benji's Charter School in northeast Houston.

Benji's Academy has had its charter suspended because of concerns about money mismanagement and out of a concern over the health and safety of its students. Now the city of Houston is investigating the school's use of its city-owned building on in northeast Houston.