Comments on: Toledo: Trouble in the charters, student arrested? http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/05/27/toledo-trouble-in-the-charters-student-arrested-2/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Former Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charter school operators steal away to Parma | Writes Like She Talks http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/05/27/toledo-trouble-in-the-charters-student-arrested-2/comment-page-1/#comment-31085 Charter school operators steal away to Parma | Writes Like She Talks Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:36:31 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=4858#comment-31085 [...] Performing Arts School of Metropolitan Toledo has been in the news at least a few times this year. And, today, this Toledo Blade article details the latest revelations of alleged wrongdoing, [...] [...] Performing Arts School of Metropolitan Toledo has been in the news at least a few times this year. And, today, this Toledo Blade article details the latest revelations of alleged wrongdoing, [...]

]]> By: Unique Material http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/05/27/toledo-trouble-in-the-charters-student-arrested-2/comment-page-1/#comment-20752 Unique Material Mon, 28 May 2007 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=4858#comment-20752 Not hard, Jill. Just another lack of accountability and perhaps malfeasance.<br/><br/>Per one article:<br/><br/>"Two of the three governing board members resigned after The Blade reported that one of the two other partners in the management team with Mr. Baker was convicted of fraud in 1997 involving a United Way chapter he formerly headed in Washtenaw County, Michigan."<br/><br/>A convoluted sentence but from what I understand here, the honest ones left; the crooked one(s) stayed. {I think} It doesn't say Mr. Baker was convicted of fraud, one of the two remaining partners was. {I think}<br/><br/>"Ms. Perz last week estimated the school's current debt at between $200,000 and $400,000."<br/><br/>Why should this school have a debt at all? Aren't your charters publicly funded? Ohio not paying the bills? Or money being diverted? <br/><br/>sigh. poor kids. keep digging. Not hard, Jill. Just another lack of accountability and perhaps malfeasance.

Per one article:

“Two of the three governing board members resigned after The Blade reported that one of the two other partners in the management team with Mr. Baker was convicted of fraud in 1997 involving a United Way chapter he formerly headed in Washtenaw County, Michigan.”

A convoluted sentence but from what I understand here, the honest ones left; the crooked one(s) stayed. {I think} It doesn’t say Mr. Baker was convicted of fraud, one of the two remaining partners was. {I think}

“Ms. Perz last week estimated the school’s current debt at between $200,000 and $400,000.”

Why should this school have a debt at all? Aren’t your charters publicly funded? Ohio not paying the bills? Or money being diverted?

sigh. poor kids. keep digging.

]]> By: Lisa Renee http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/05/27/toledo-trouble-in-the-charters-student-arrested-2/comment-page-1/#comment-20751 Lisa Renee Mon, 28 May 2007 00:12:00 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/?p=4858#comment-20751 Jill, as I shared with you via email, I think the main problems with this school is mismanagement. <br/>If the school was being financially managed properly to the point where the teachers had no worries of insurance and salary this probably would have never happened. Which is a big concern with many of these charter schools. Considering that the director of OCCS got quite a nice raise in 2006, perhaps the issue is a sense of skewed priorities of funding going to them rather than to the teachers and for the benefit of the students... Jill, as I shared with you via email, I think the main problems with this school is mismanagement.
If the school was being financially managed properly to the point where the teachers had no worries of insurance and salary this probably would have never happened. Which is a big concern with many of these charter schools. Considering that the director of OCCS got quite a nice raise in 2006, perhaps the issue is a sense of skewed priorities of funding going to them rather than to the teachers and for the benefit of the students…

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