Protect Access to Charter Schools!
A recently released audio recording of an illegal executive session held on April 11, 2019, by the Idaho Public Charter School Commission, unveils a troubling track record of deception, manipulation, philosophical bias, and vindictive attitudes toward schools, students, parents, and entire communities.
The legally obtained audio file recently reported in the Idaho news clearly recorded commissioners and staff misusing student data to enact an Executive Session in violation of Idaho law. What can be heard on the file is egregious evidence that the Idaho Charter School Commission has strayed from its original mission of helping struggling schools. The very entity created to support school choice and alternative educational models has instead set measures of success by how many charter schools it can shut down, with staff coaching commissioners about how to lobby legislators, the governor, and the State Board of Education.
Commission staff has shown a clear pattern of misusing data and misrepresenting the actions of the schools they purport to regulate, all without giving the schools an opportunity to defend themselves.
We do not believe any school authorized by this commission will ever be treated with unbiased due process in the days, months, and years ahead. Contact lawmakers now and tell them this staff and commission are too biased to keep their jobs.
Protect Access to Charter Schools!
A recently released audio recording of an illegal executive session held on April 11, 2019, by the Idaho Public Charter School Commission, unveils a troubling track record of deception, manipulation, philosophical bias, and vindictive attitudes toward schools, students, parents, and entire communities.
The legally obtained audio file recently reported in the Idaho news clearly recorded commissioners and staff misusing student data to enact an Executive Session in violation of Idaho law. What can be heard on the file is egregious evidence that the Idaho Charter School Commission has strayed from its original mission of helping struggling schools. The very entity created to support school choice and alternative educational models has instead set measures of success by how many charter schools it can shut down, with staff coaching commissioners about how to lobby legislators, the governor, and the State Board of Education.
Commission staff has shown a clear pattern of misusing data and misrepresenting the actions of the schools they purport to regulate, all without giving the schools an opportunity to defend themselves.
We do not believe any school authorized by this commission will ever be treated with unbiased due process in the days, months, and years ahead. Contact lawmakers now and tell them this staff and commission are too biased to keep their jobs.