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St Paul Pioneer Press
March 17, 2006
Doug Belden

Stormy end for charter school

New Voyage Academy had financial, staffing problems

A St. Paul charter school plagued by management and financial problems was dissolved Friday, leaving about 50 children without a school.

A week in which classes were cancelled for three days so school leaders could resolve their differences culminated Friday in a series of stormy meetings between parents, the school's recently fired director and the board of New Voyage Academy. All but one board member wound up resigning, and the 10-year-old school was shut down.

...[a] recommendation [to shut down the school] was based on the school's financial problems, unlicensed and inadequate staff, inadequate discipline, poor student performance and unstable leadership...

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Public School Privatization and Commercialization

 

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