Charter school skates on thin iceBy Diette Courrégé (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Monday, September 29, 2008
It's been a rough five years for Greg Mathis Charter High School. The North Charleston charter school has had at least five directors during that time, and its test scores have been among the worst in Charleston County. The school board almost shut down the charter school in 2006 after it couldn't pay its bills, and the school has severed its ties with the national YouthBuild organization. Still, the school board decided to give the school for at-risk students another chance by giving probationary approval to its charter renewal request this summer. School district staff plan to visit the school in October to see whether the school is following its charter and state and federal laws. During the most recent review of the charter school, officials found numerous and serious violations of the school's agreement with the district. If those problems aren't corrected, district staff plan to ask the board to close the school. Read more in tomorrow's editions of The Post and Courier. |
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