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Montessori Peaks Charter Academy Uses Fear Campaign To Encourage Enrollments

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If subpar academic performance and a poor reputation aren’t enough to stop declining enrollments at Montessori Peaks Academy, why not turn to fear mongering? Montessori Peaks Academy (MPA), a Jeffco charter school, is investing in an advertising campaign that is…

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Which Jeffco charter schools are still not in compliance with the law?

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Jeffco charter schools fail to comply laws regarding waivers An illuminating article released by Support Jeffco Kids describes how many Jefferson County Public Schools charter schools have shrugged their responsibilities for reporting the laws they are waived from as required by…

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Colorado Judge Declares Charter School Conducted Illegal Closed Door Meetings

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Lawsuit finds Montessori Peaks Academy (Jeffco charter school) used illegal closed door meetings to hide discussions regarding mistreatment of students and teacher misconduct Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition (CFOIC) shines light on violations of Sunshine Laws by a Jefferson County…

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The charter school shell game: money, money, who’s got the money?

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The charter school shell game: money, money, who's got the money?

Colorado charter school audits and financial transparency run amok in Jefferson County Public Schools! Have you ever seen someone get hustled by a street shell game? You know the kind, a charmer on a street corner makes a convincing show of…

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Are Colorado Charter schools in Jeffco getting free money?

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Charter Schools Capital Improvements and Debt Service Issues

  Jeffco Colorado taxpayers were directly affected by the debt service obligations for charter school projects in the 2004 and 2012 bond construction programs According to a recent report, charter schools were not required to pay for any portion of…

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Has a lack of Colorado charter school transparency allowed for more conflicts of interest?

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DSST Potential Conflict of interest

More holes in Colorado’s charter school oversight structures. Despite the well intended safeguards put in place through the Colorado Charter Schools Act (C.R.S. 22-30.5-104), and other legal requirements for education providers to provide the public with transparent access to their…

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Why the types of charter schools matter

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Why the types of charter schools matter

There are no doubts that charter schools are unique. In Jeffco, each charter school appears to be as different from each other as they are from their neighborhood school counterparts. The following information, as reported by Don Oatman in the “OVERLOOKED ISSUES…

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OVERLOOKED ISSUES PERTAINING TO JEFFCO CHARTER SCHOOLS – A REVIEW

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Issue Overlap

A Jeffco resident is curious why there appears to be nobody in Jeffco talking about why only 1 in 4 Montessori schools are American Montessori Society members, the impact that occurs from the noticeably reduced free and reduced lunch students…

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How Charter Schools are Dodging Colorado Laws: A Colorado Independent Article

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Charter schools have been using waivers to get out of teaching comprehensive sexual health classes, state mandated hiring and firing practices, substitute teacher policies and many other rules. Who’s watching? Nobody. Read how Charters schools have been dodging Colorado laws in a…

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Lawsuit Claims Charter School Governance Violated Sunshine Law

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Charter school is sued for potential Open Meeting and Sunshine Law violations

Lawsuit alleges charter school, Montessori Peaks Academy, violated open meeting and open record laws. Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition (CFOIC) shines the light on possible violations of Sunshine Laws by a Jefferson County Public Schools charter school. In a posting on April…

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