Reply #4: Thank you for this list, I posted a few recently in another thread

[sabrina 1]

vbabout problems with schools in NY State.

The privatization of public schools is resulting in the problems always found when public funds find their way into private hands.

First there are the middlemen, 'management companies' who are taking their share of the funds which otherwise would have gone directly to education. And in some cases, they are very resistent to any kind of scrutiny. Considering they are handling public funds, it's hard to understand how they could not be subjected to the same rules as public schools.

Lifting the Rock on Pennsylania Charter Schools

In 2005, Matthew Zager, a reporter for the Delaware County Daily Times, filed a Right-to-Know law request with Vahan Gureghian, head of the management company that operates the Chester Community Charter School. Zager asked for an auditor's report, financial statements, and the school's management agreement with the corporation that had managed the charter before 2002.

The request was denied by Danielle Gureghian, Vahan Gureghian's wife and a lawyer for his management company. She said the management firm was a private company and not subject to the Right-to-Know law.

Delaware County Common Pleas Court, Commonwealth Court, and the Supreme Court all rejected that argument. "Charter schools are not exempt from the statutes that are applicable to public schools," the Supreme Court said in its ruling. . . .

Management companies are for profit first. Just like health insurance companies. It is just ripe for corruption and from the number of charter