dianeravitch posted: During the Christmas holidays, the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School in Philadelphia announced that it was closing, due to financial problems. The School Reform Commission had already initiated action to close it for poor academ Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Diane Ravitchs blog Philadelphia Charter School Abruptly Closes, Stranding Students and Teachers by dianeravitch During the Christmas holidays, the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School in Philadelphia announced that it was closing, due to financial problems. The School Reform Commission had already initiated action to close it for poor academic performance. The Philadelphia school district said that the charter school had claimed $1.5 million more than it was entitled to, and the school could not find the money to repay the debt. Why is this kind of turmoil and instability called reform? Citing insurmountable financial obstacles, the Palmer charter sent letters to families and staff on Friday informing them that the school would close permanently Wednesday. The move sent teachers on quests for new jobs and information about filing for unemployment, and left families of the schools 675 students in kindergarten through eighth grade scrambling for new schools. Read more at philly/philly/news/local/20141230_Shuttered_charter_school_leaves_students__staff_scrambling.html#yrkLWoFxtuixU2Th.99 dianeravitch | January 2, 2015 at 9:00 am | Categories: Charter Schools | URL: wp.me/p2odLa-9iN Comment See all comments Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Diane Ravitchs blog. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: dianeravitch.net/2015/01/02/philadelphia-charter-school-abruptly-closes-stranding-students-and-teachers/ Thanks for flying with WordPress
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