Remember how then-Education Commissioner Bob Corkins (in photo) was criticized for hurriedly handing out $32,000 in federal grants to charter school proponents late last summer? Another act of that story played out Thursday in Topeka, as the USD 501 school board unanimously rejected three proposals for new charter schools, pointing to lack of information and innovation and to possible costs. “A bleeding heart does nothing but ruin the carpet,” said applicant Betty Horton, after the vote. “What we need is real action, a real plan, a real sense of urgency.” And some better proposals, apparently.
Posted by Rhonda Holman
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A sense of urgency for what?We have plenty of schools now.
I think the $32 grand went to Corkins’ friends to do their “study”
JWink – check your clock
Where do I find my computer clock?JWink
Hold it. My computer clock seems to have self-corrected somehow.
Questions: Who got the $32,000 and when is it going to be returned to the federal government?
After doing nothing of value for Kansas taxpayers, is Bob Corkins finally off the state government payroll?
“We have plenty of schools now.”
Should be followed by:It’s the quality, not the quantity.