This isn’t all on the superintendent’s back though as Cleve Warren a former board member of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund is behind bringing these two charter schools to town.
http://www.valoracademyjax.org/board-of-directors/
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=545546
And Gary Chartrand also of JPEF encouraged families to put kids in these schools when he spoke at the Urban Education Symposium.
These three men, Vitti, Warren and Chartrand have at best set back the education and future of dozens of vulnerable and mostly minority Jacksonville children.
From the Times Union:
I want to remind you once again that Vitti recommended these two charter schools despite the fact their inevitable failure was all but assured.
Also from the Times Union:
Both middle schools received D’s and high schools received F’s in the last state report cards.
Looking to open a charter school then Jacksonville is your town.
The superintendent cannot continue to recommend charter schools and then go, who me, when they fail.
Usually curriculum directors review the charter application. Are these reviews pinlic record? I wonder if the review will reveal low rankings while the charter was still approved?
Or I should have said if the reviews have not been doctored…