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Too Many Charter Schools Forced to Gain Local School Board Approval to Open
Big Government | Posted: February 9, 2012 8:59 PM
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Deric Feacher had a very worthwhile dream.
He wanted to establish a charter school in his hometown that specialized in helping disadvantaged and at-risk students earn their high school diplomas.
So he did what Florida law required. He took his proposal for the new charter school to the Polk County School Board’s Charter Review Committee, two different times. And twice he came away without permission to open his school, according to the Sunshine State News.
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