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(c) A charter school may contract with a school district or the governing body of a public college or university for the use of a school building and grounds, the operation and maintenance thereof. Any such contract shall provide such services or facilities at cost. - See more at: N.Y. EDN. LAW § 2853 : NY Code - Section 2853: Charter school organization; oversight; facilities
By not following the law. Sue the state comptroller to avoid transparency. Push out kids with disabilities or might be troublesome. Shut down your schools to force march for political purposes. Eva is swell, ain't she?
Someone got it on the first try. When she was asked about the facilities, she said they were free. "Unused government buildings". Only the tax payers are paying, so they aren't "free". It's like Republicans saying, "Cutting taxes pay for themselves". Only they don't. GOP economics is so strange.
Why are you so upset about this when these are the results? And the Mayor just shut down this very school after rescinding agreements.
The Harlem middle school, which opened in 2012, boasts some of the citys top scores. In 2013, 96% of fifth-graders there passed state math exams, the highest passing rate in the state.
Ousmane Kebe, 11, reading at the Success Academy Harlem Central, one of the schools cut by Mayor de Blasio.
Read more: Eva Moskowitz will keep on fighting Mayor de Blasio over nixed charter schools - NY Daily News
The second post in this thread says she pays cost for her classrooms, she did the same with the NY deal. Perhaps I'm stupid but I don't get why schools with the above results would be a bad thing.