Parents' Efforts Fail to Save Delaware Charter
The Delaware Department of Education took a first step last week toward revocation of the charter of a 7-month-old school that closed recently, despite parents' passionate efforts to save it.
The state Charter School Accountability Committee voted April 18 to compile a preliminary report recommending that Georgetown Charter School's charter be withdrawn. After several other steps, including a public hearing, a vote by the state board of education will determine the school's final fate.
After the state education department discovered the school was more than $1.5 million in the red, it closed March 27. But parents rallied around the school, which had more than 600 students in kindergarten through 6th grade, holding fund-raisers in an effort...
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