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CBS 47 Action News – June 3, 2022 – Two new charter schools are set to open in Jacksonville in August 2022 to fill the gap for underperforming schools in the area. One of the principals, Clint Rankin, moved to River City specifically for the job, because of how the IDEA (Individuals Dedicated to Excellence…

Enrollment in Florida Charter Schools Grows Amidst Pandemic

September 22, 2021

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Florida experienced a 3% increase in public charter school enrollment According to state-level data analyzed by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools in a new report, Voting with Their Feet: A State-level Analysis of Public Charter School and District Public School Enrollment Trends, for the 2020-21 school year, Florida’s public charter school enrollment grew…

State Board of Education Puts Hillsborough Students First

July 14, 2021

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Hillsborough School Board’s move to close charter schools and strip Tampa-area families of school choice is illegal. Statement from Lynn Norman-Teck, Executive Director of the Florida Charter School Alliance, on today’s unanimous vote by the State Board of Education finding the Hillsborough school board’s decision to close four public charter schools was illegal. July 14,…

Stop Blaming Charter Schools for Districts’ Financial Mess

February 12, 2021

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February 12, 2021 — Hillsborough County, FL — Ralph Arza, representing the Florida Charter School Alliance, presented at district meetings in Hillsborough and Miami Dade counties this week. The FCSA was the only organization in the state present at the meetings and prepared to defend our members and all Florida charter schools. When a Hillsborough…

In the wake of closures, this school isn’t letting academics slide

April 9, 2020

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April 9, 2020 Published by RedefinEDonline.org PORT RICHEY, Fla. – The new, online, morning assembly at Dayspring Academy began one day last week with a montage of smiling teachers, set to theme music from “Saturday Night Live.” The secondary school principal and assistant principal kept it laid-back, with their ball caps and coffee mugs. But…

School ‘choice’: Parents say public schools failed their kids, and that’s why they left

June 4, 2019

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The FCSA team asked member school principals and parents to contact the Treasure Coast newspaper reporter to talk about their school choice decision. They didn’t disappoint. Photo credit: Treasure Coast Classical Academy. Gil Smart, Treasure Coast Newspapers – June 4, 2019 So now maybe I get it. Two weeks ago I asked parents who bailed…

A Letter From a Proud Charter School Mom

May 2, 2016

#Charterschoolparent, #parentpower, Academica, Dina Miller, SomersetDavie