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FCSA testifies in support of high performing replication application

Lynn Norman-Teck
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FCSA Director of Government Affairs, Ralph Arza, along with community leaders and parents testified in support of the Somerset Academy replication application at the Port St.Lucie school board meeting on Sept. 22.  The highest performing high school in the county, Somerset College Prep had submitted an application to open a middle school using a charter…
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State board members: Don’t flinch on tough FSA passing scores

Lynn Norman-Teck
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Orlando Sentinel 09/21/15 By Leslie Postal A majority of the State Board of Education sounded eager to set tough passing scores on Florida’s new state test during its meeting today. One board member even quoted the late Lawton Chiles, saying “we must not flinch” because setting high standards is what’s best for Florida’s public school…
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Charter schools blindsided by cuts to money for disabled students

Lynn Norman-Teck
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Palm Beach Post By Andrew Marra Palm Beach County’s public school system has abruptly slashed the money it distributes to charter schools for educating children with learning disabilities, leaving the schools scrambling to fill new holes in their budgets a month after classes began. School district administrators say that for more than a decade they…
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