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Posted on 4/26/24 at 10:58 am to SPEEDY
My kid played elementary volleyball/basketball against IDEA a few years ago, and last week she said she learned how to spell curse words by reading the bathroom wall at IDEA. 
Posted on 4/26/24 at 11:01 am to jeffsdad
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That was just a money laundering scheme to begin with. Was never going to be a school
Most charter schools are. There are a couple of good ones, but mostly it is a way to skim taxpayer money and put it directly into the pockets of the owners.
This post was edited on 4/26/24 at 11:02 am
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:21 pm to SPEEDY
And now the other one is closing
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BATON ROUGE - The two remaining IDEA Public Schools in Baton Rouge are closing at the end of the school year, officials confirmed Tuesday.
In a letter sent to parents, the school system said they would be closing IDEA Bridge and IDEA Innovation. In April, school leaders said a different IDEA school - IDEA University Prep - would be shutting its doors at the end of the school year. The plan was to move students and teachers to either the Bridge or Innovation campuses
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:29 pm to upgrayedd
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I'm all about school choice but it seems most of these charter schools are nothing more than money laundering schemes by people "of the community".
Privatizing government services rarely works
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:32 pm to LSUFanHouston
I went to a charter school. It’s still around.
It just wasn’t in Baton Rouge.
Your demographics are the problem. Not charter schools.
It just wasn’t in Baton Rouge.
Your demographics are the problem. Not charter schools.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 9:32 pm to SPEEDY
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And now the other one is closing
Sounds like the parish school board is kicking out the crater operator due to low performance
The school will probably get new management and a new name
Posted on 1/7/25 at 10:07 pm to SPEEDY
Always changing the words, coming up with buzz words and names while spending millions for the same results. Stealing money. Education ain’t about money!
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:05 pm to Cleary Rebels
Layers of administrators with nice 6 figure salaries too.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:16 pm to SPEEDY
Not too connected to education but aren't charter schools / voucher programs ect. mainly just private companies with good lobbyists scamming taxpayer money?
This post was edited on 1/8/25 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:23 pm to wm72
Here in Farmerville, we have a private Christian high school, a public high school, and a charter school. In Farmerville. Union Parish. Three high schools.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:37 pm to FightinTigersDammit
I read this (paraphrased from memory) in an editorial from a small local paper from NW Florida many years ago about a proposed charter school.
It often seems as though we have two choices:
1. Schools that cost a lot and have many issues but have teachers and administrators making decent enough salaries to be net positives for our local economies.
2. Schools that cost a lot and and have many issues where a big portion of our tax money ends up with investors in Dallas and NYC.
It's just the education version of what happens with everything.
And, I'd also imagine that people who point to charter schools doing better in demographics with educated, middle/upper class families can also realize that public schools do pretty well in those places too.
It often seems as though we have two choices:
1. Schools that cost a lot and have many issues but have teachers and administrators making decent enough salaries to be net positives for our local economies.
2. Schools that cost a lot and and have many issues where a big portion of our tax money ends up with investors in Dallas and NYC.
It's just the education version of what happens with everything.
And, I'd also imagine that people who point to charter schools doing better in demographics with educated, middle/upper class families can also realize that public schools do pretty well in those places too.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:41 pm to wm72
Three high schools. Three staffs. Three football fields. Three basketball gyms.
It's a lot of wasted resources, IMO.
It's a lot of wasted resources, IMO.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:49 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Three high schools. Three staffs. Three football fields. Three basketball gyms.
It's a lot of wasted resources, IMO.
Yeah, it all seems like it's an ever increasing hodgepodge of federal money grabs at the expense of actually just committing to improving public schools.
And, then, if people still want a private school, they can fund it privately, like the name implies.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:51 pm to wm72
I guess the Christian school is funding itself, but still...
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:55 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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I guess the Christian school is funding itself, but still...
I'm not sure about that. Many politicians push for vouchers to steer portions of taxes to those private schools. Doesn't happen where I am but not sure about everywhere.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 11:58 pm to wm72
Yeah, I don't know. It's a "private" school, but who knows.
Posted on 1/8/25 at 12:25 am to OysterPoBoy
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Could have given every kid that goes there $150,000
Eventually will...
Posted on 1/8/25 at 5:59 am to upgrayedd
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I'm all about school choice but it seems most of these charter schools are nothing more than money laundering schemes by people "of the community".
That is exactly what they are.
And it isn't just limited to "the community".
We've had problems in Oklahoma with Christian-run charter schools that know how to scam just as well.
One common denominator is that they are usually owned or managed by an out of state entity. They siphon the taxpayer money out of state and let the schools go to shite.
This post was edited on 1/8/25 at 6:03 am
Posted on 1/8/25 at 6:00 am to wm72
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Not too connected to education but aren't charter schools / voucher programs ect. mainly just private companies with good lobbists scamming taxpayer money?
Yes, and mostly out of state.
They are "non-profit", but the people who run it are paid big bucks.
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