{"id":922,"date":"2012-10-01T10:09:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T17:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/?p=922"},"modified":"2012-10-01T10:09:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T17:09:33","slug":"the-education-report-in-split-vote-ousd-board-puts-american-indian-charter-schools-on-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2012\/10\/01\/the-education-report-in-split-vote-ousd-board-puts-american-indian-charter-schools-on-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Education Report: In split vote, OUSD board puts American Indian charter schools on notice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Friday, September 28th
\nBy Katy Murphy<\/p>\n

Last night, as the Oakland school board issued a 1,080-page \u201cnotice of violation\u201d to all three American Indian Model Schools over its fiscal and governance practices. (Link to the massive file\u00a0here.)\u00a0It\u2019s the first step in a long process that could end in the closure of all three schools.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the charter school organization begged for four more weeks, noting the hiring of a new financial team and the appointment of some new board members. And, of course, the schools\u2019 near-perfect test scores.<\/p>\n

Paul Minney, a lawyer representing AIM Schools, told the board that if it tabled the decision for a month, \u201c\u2026we are confident that we can arrive at an action plan to fully assuage the district\u2019s concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA notice of violation creates a high degree of fear, uncertainty and anxiety,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But the appeals made by Minney and the stream of parents and students after him were not enough to sway the board, which voted 4-2 to issue the notice. Board members Alice Spearman and Chris Dobbins voted no, and Noel Gallo was absent.<\/p>\n

OUSD\u2019s General Counsel Jacqueline Minor argued that the organization has had months to address the district\u2019s concerns. District staff members raised many of the same issues at an April charter renewal hearing. And a state audit which formed the basis for this violation notice \u2014 investigators found that AIM\u2019s founder, Ben Chavis, his wife, and their various businesses collected $3.8 million in wages and contracts between 2007 and 2011 \u2014 was published in June.<\/p>\n

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