About The Thursday Vote For Charter Commission Members
I made my first visit to Washington County concerning the Woodland Prep charter last April. From the get-go, something did not seem right. What in the world is a guy from Texas doing in tiny Chatom, Al wanting to open a charter school in an area where school age...
Thoughts On Rural School Consoldation
In the last eight days I have driven from Montgomery to Chatom and back three times. Whether I go down I-65 to Evergreen, cut across on U.S. 84 to Grove Hill and head south on U.S. 43, or take the more scenic route through Hayneville, Camden and Pine Hill to...
Changes Coming To Charter Commission
The charter commission should have 10 members. But it presently only has nine since Chad Flincher resigned in March. (The charter law says vacancies will be filled within 60 days. But why pay attention to the law?) Of the remaining nine members, five are serving...
AEA Sues Soner Tarim And Woodland Prep Charter For Fraud
Attorneys for the Alabama Education Association filed suit in Circuit Count in Washington County August 2 alleging that Soner Tarim, the Texan with the management agreement with Woodland Prep, has submitted false information to the state charter school commission on...
Finally, Charter School Commission Asks Questions About Woodland Prep
Call it a day late and a dollar short, but at the August 2 meeting of the state charter school commission members raised questions about what little info they have about the financial situation of Woodland Prep charter in Washington County and their budget numbers....
When There Ain’t No Mamas, There Ain’t No Babies–And No Need For New Schools
Anyone submitting an application for a charter school to the charter school commission is bound and determined to show that they are filling a need. And it is the duty of the commission to determine if this need really exists--not just rubber stamp any application...
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