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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums7 TX charter schools still open despite charter revocation. Students not legally to be there.
But according to this article from the NY Times Texas Tribune section, it doesn't bother the school administrators and most of the parents don't seem to know.
With all the cries for accountability going around lately, one would think we would hear a little outcry over this situation.
There is even still a banner at the entrance of one telling of their "highest academic distinction."
Public Charter Schools That Failed to Meet Texas Standards Are Still Operating
FARMERS BRANCH, Tex. One recent morning, Branch Park Academy looked like any other bustling suburban middle school.
Beyond a packed parking lot, a banner hanging near the entrance boasted that the school had earned the highest academic distinction from the Texas Education Agency. Inside, students voices drifted from their classrooms.
By law, the students were not supposed to be there at all.
In June, the education agency revoked the charter of the Honors Academy Charter School District, which runs Branch Park Academy and six other schools. While some individual campuses, like Branch Park, had met state academic standards, Honors had failed to do so over all for three consecutive years, meaning that, under a 2013 law, it could no longer operate as a public school district.
They had not even informed the parents.
Parents waiting to pick up their children that afternoon said the school had not informed them that the state had revoked its charter. They were not aware of the risk that credits might not transfer to other public schools.
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7 TX charter schools still open despite charter revocation. Students not legally to be there. (Original Post)
madfloridian
Nov 2014
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femmocrat
(28,394 posts)1. Those parents don't seem to be paying much attention!
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)2. Did you see the one father who said he would keep his kid there anyway?
He liked the school. If it were a typical traditional public school with a failing record, parents would be hollering.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)3. Of course.
If it is operating as a "de facto private school" as mentioned in the article.... wonder if that dad will be as happy to pay tuition? LOL