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Miami-Dade Schools to Close Two Charter Schools – Including One Which Held Late Night Adult Parties | Scathing Purple Musings

Miami-Dade Schools to Close Two Charter Schools – Including One Which Held Late Night Adult Parties | Scathing Purple Musings:


Miami-Dade Schools to Close Two Charter Schools – Including One Which Held Late Night Adult Parties

The executive director of the Florida DOE agency which oversees state charter schools bemoans the fact that only the bad charter schools get publicity.  Michael Kooi, who was charter schools chief lobbyist before being hired by Rick Scott to oversee them, told the Tallahassee Democrat “it’s frustrating that the bad ones get the press.”
Well, the Miami-Dade School board voted unanimously to close two more of those bad ones Kooi is talking about. From the Miami Herald:
Miami-Dade School Board unanimously voted to close a charter school accused of holding raunchy late-night parties in its cafeteria.
The school, the Balere Language Academy in South Miami Heights, has the option to appeal to the state Board of Education. The school’s attorney, Marlon Hill, said they had not decided