Dear Friends,
On June 7, the Sarasota County school board will vote on an application from Charter Schools USA to open a new charter school in Wellen Park, in the North Port area, even though the district is planning to build a high school and elementary school less than 1.5 miles away. Charter Schools USA utilizes a predatory business model which extracts millions of dollars of public funds and puts them into the pocket of its founder, Jonathan Hage (who doesn’t even put his own kids into one of his charter schools!).
We believe that there is a place for TRUE non-profit charter schools in Sarasota (like the great Dreamer’s Academy) but there is no place in Sarasota for the FOR PROFIT charter schools like Charter School USA. We have attached a Fact Sheet which provides further detail as to why the school board must reject Charter School USA’s application.
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