Posted on Mar 8, 2022
Teachers without licenses taught at Seattle-area charter schools, audits find
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Teachers who lacked proper accreditation taught at charter schools in Seattle and Tacoma, in violation of state rules. This was discovered through an audit; State Auditor Pat McCarthy called these findings “unprecedented.”
The state audit found that Summit Sierra and Summit Atlas, schools in Seattle, and Summit Olympus, a school in Tacoma, received nearly $4 million in funding related to the positions, which may now need to be repaid.
The Washington State Auditor's Office made the discovery in the course of routine 2019-2020 school year accountability audits of the three schools, which are the Washington locations of a California-based charter school network. Summit Sierra and Olympus are high schools, and Atlas includes middle and high school.
The state audit found that Summit Sierra and Summit Atlas, schools in Seattle, and Summit Olympus, a school in Tacoma, received nearly $4 million in funding related to the positions, which may now need to be repaid.
The Washington State Auditor's Office made the discovery in the course of routine 2019-2020 school year accountability audits of the three schools, which are the Washington locations of a California-based charter school network. Summit Sierra and Olympus are high schools, and Atlas includes middle and high school.
Teachers without licenses taught at Seattle-area charter schools, audits find
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Oh those poor kids, now they'll never get into a decent college :-)))))
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maybe this will force them into a Trade School that will make them some REAL money.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."As privately run, publicly funded institutions, charter schools are allowed to operate independently, but teachers must either possess or be in the process of obtaining Washington teaching licenses.
While teaching licenses lapse occasionally, or are delayed, McCarthy said that was not the case for most of the Summit teachers in question."...
..."As privately run, publicly funded institutions, charter schools are allowed to operate independently, but teachers must either possess or be in the process of obtaining Washington teaching licenses.
While teaching licenses lapse occasionally, or are delayed, McCarthy said that was not the case for most of the Summit teachers in question."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) How Many are "Religious" Schools, Not Hired for Teaching Credentials but to Spread "Dogma" Religious "Propaganda".
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*sigh* This is an embarrassing problem for education, but it is not new. John Oliver of "Last Week Tonight" did an episode about charter schools way back in 2016. Along with unqualified teachers, some 'schools' conducted irrelevant field trips or allowed their campus to be a nightclub serving alcohol after hours.
https://news.yahoo.com/john-oliver-gives-charter-schools-133045161.html
https://news.yahoo.com/john-oliver-gives-charter-schools-133045161.html
John Oliver Gives Charter Schools a Poor Grade on Last Week Tonight
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