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Board members agreed they didn't have enough time to go through the proposal to have Success Academy operate out of five existing high schools 鈥 saying they received it just the day before. "We're required to make a vote with a gun to our head," said board member Danny Espino. "I don't think that it's lost on us that we are negotiating from a weakened position."
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'Families deserve to know': District student data can be shared with charter schools, per state ruleThe data that can be shared with publicly-funded, privately-run charter schools can include academic histories, disability status and disciplinary records. Beyond the charter operator, the information may also land in the hands of third-party vendors, according to speakers at a recent virtual conference.
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The groups 鈥 including the United Teachers of Dade, NAACP Miami-Dade Branch, the Miami-Dade County Council of PTA/PTSA, and others 鈥 oppose the "co-location" efforts, which they argue threaten the financial stability and local control of the public education system.
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Jefferson County isn鈥檛 just Florida鈥檚 first all-charter school district. It鈥檚 also home to the original 鈥渟chools of hope.鈥漇tate lawmakers created the鈥
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Rejecting arguments of numerous school boards across the state, an appeals court Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a controversial 2017 law that鈥