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Owner59 -> Texas Charter Schools Exporting Jobs and Public Tax Dollars? (6/8/2011 10:05:07 AM)
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Hmmmm.
Seems that "charter schools" aren`t the awesome alternative we were lead to believe.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/education/07charter.html
"Even so, records show that virtually all recent construction and renovation work has been done by Turkish-owned contractors. Several established local companies said they had lost out even after bidding several hundred thousand dollars lower.
“It kind of boils my blood a little bit, all the money that was spent, when I know it could have been done for less,” said Deborah Jones, an owner of daj Construction, one of four lower bidders who failed to win a recent contract for a school renovation in the Austin area.
Harmony’s history underscores the vast latitude that many charter school systems have been granted to spend public funds. While the degree of oversight varies widely from state to state, the rush to approve charter schools has meant that some barely monitor charter school operations."
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