Our Wisconsin Charter law 118.40 encourages school boards, our primary authorizer, to consider the level of parent and community support for the charter and the fiscal impact the proposed charter school will have upon the chartering entity. Revocaton may be for failure to uphold the charter, for fiscal mismanagement or for failure to demonstrate student progress.
The guidelines are clear, however why school boards close schools has much to do with a declining level of support among teachers and parents. Passion wanes. If charter schools do not have strong sustainability plans at the onset that includes targeted and continuous relationship building, and includes the maintainance of strong governance councils, then they risk loss of the support base and have no where to go when renewal conversations take place. Frankly, I think we need to do more to emphasize the need for strong charter school contracts and emphasizing their significance. Eager developers who see the goal as opening the school, need to understand that opening a school is a strong first step among many.
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Opening of schools by Robert Kalb
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