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Charter schools will pay up

Greenville County School District plans to charge for vocational training

AUGUST 2, 2010 10:20 a.m. Comments (4)

As public school money grows tighter and the population of students enrolled in charter high schools expands, another dispute over funding has emerged with Greenville County Schools.

Fred Crawford, principal of Greenville Tech Charter High, said he received an e-mail May 19 from Laura Herd, the school district’s coordinator for school and program accountability, saying his school must refund the district $2,993 for every charter student who enrolls in vocational classes at one of five centers across the county. Continue reading...

For-profits raise questions

Have private companies found a loophole in the charter school law?

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 8:44 a.m. Comments (0)

Last year, charter schools in Greenville County received $10 million in state funds.

The six schools educate slightly more than 2,100 children in elementary, middle and high school programs. One, the Meyer Center for Special Children, is for preschool children with disabilities.

Three of the schools are operated under the auspices of Greenville Technical College, whose high school just won the National Blue Ribbon Award. A seventh school opened this year. Continue reading...

Students to have more options under charter school law

Law allows charter school students to participate in extracurricular activities at school they would have attended

MAY 18, 2012 8:55 a.m. Comments (0)

South Carolina law will no longer force some of the state’s middle and high school students to choose between academics and athletics – attending a charter school that could better meet their educational needs versus a traditional public school that offers their sport.

“This says we are not going to punish children who don’t go into traditional public schools by denying them access to athletics and things that they should automatically have the ability to do,” Gov. Nikki Haley said during a bill-signing ceremony Monday at Greenville Tech Charter High, one of the state’s most successful charter schools. Continue reading...

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