Florida charter school shuts down during school day. No buses to get kids home.
Even the website was down. The students were in the middle of testing. The same charter company closed another school one day later.
But here's the kicker...there is no law to keep them from taking even more public money from public schools and opening another charter school.
Fred Grimm: Failed charter schools can always come back for more
Two weeks ago, the kids who attend Acclaim Academy in Jacksonville discovered that their charter school no longer existed.
The Florida Times-Union described how classes had come to an abrupt and unexpected end, no matter that the 250 students were in the midst of end-of-school year testing. The children came to class to discover school employees were packing up supplies. The school website was down. There were no buses to transport pupils home that afternoon.
Another ignoble experiment in Florida’s barely regulated charter school education had gone kaput, leaving 250 students in the lurch. Apparently the charter operator didn’t have enough money budgeted to finish out the school year. To hell with the kids.
One day later, the same operator shut down another Acclaim Academy, this one housed in a former Target store outside Orlando, leaving 181 kids on the outs with just three weeks left in the school year.
The article points out that local districts were left with the mess, though they had no say in any of it. Imagine having to watch these charter schools waste the money that is taken from district public schools.
And another shocker is who owns these schools.
Both schools were run by Corey Alston, the former city manager of South Bay in Palm Beach County, who just happened to plead guilty to grand theft last year for running up personal charges on his city-issued credit card (Alton received six years probation). His criminal record has no bearing on whether he can run a charter school operation. Not in Florida.
Taxpayer money is being given to someone with a known criminal history. It doesn't matter if he wants to run a charter school in Florida.
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By completely eliminating them, forever.
I think there is evil in him. 
Where did they go?
So many issues that have "fallen by the wayside." We just can't get anyone who cares, anymore.
The Duggers are so much more important. But, that they are shows how we are just being run by "MSM Outrage of the Day" about these peoples serious family issues ...that led to them being some kind of CELEBRITIES on Some Cable Channel...which most in America seem to think is the Hugeist Issue on their Plate.
Look...I'm glad the Dugger Families hypocrisy has been Exposed....and it's probably Important to Moving Citizens Forward to understanding that what you see PROMOTED is often the dark underbelly of the Religious Right and it has its Place.
But why can't we focus on MORE THAN ONE ISSUE AT A TIME? And, why is EVERYTHING so CORPORATE MEDIA PROMOTED
that it confuses people these days as to WHICH & WHAT ISSUES are REALLY DRIVING all of this.
I apologize for SHOUTING.......I'm really needing a break from this these days. But, it's all too Important to not expose.
Arne Duncan or some Dem leader will speak up and say oh we only want "good" charter schools.
But no one is changing the rules...they just keep allowing the same stuff over and over. 
Good one.
I usually keep up with Fred Grimm better than that.
Usually one party or the other will stand up against such outrages. But there is really no one speaking out this time.
Arne and Obama say they only want "good" charter schools....but there is no enforcement.
