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There are approximately 80 public charter schools in Oregon, with nine more expected to open this fall. Closure rates are higher than the national average (20 percent versus 11 percent), according to a study by the Oregon Department of Education. The public charter school sustainability report highlighted financial obligations, such as staffing, building leases and utilities as well as low enrollment as the main factors behind school closures. Despite the higher than average closure rate, state public charter school leaders are excited about the movement's growth. "Charter schools are the will and the drive and not taking no for an answer," said Jo Ann Lindenthal, executive director of the Multisensory Learning Academy in Gresham, which opened in 2001. She cites strong management, frugal spending and parent/community support as critical to the survival for of the state's oldest public charter schools.
Source: The Oregonian
Date: 04/20/2008
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