Mystic Valley Chairman: Decision to Block Expansion 'Arbitrary and Capricious'
The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School will formally appeal a decision barring their requested expansion from 1,500 to 1,900 students. What do you think about the move?
Mystic Valley Regional Charter School officials will appeal a decision denying their request to expand the school's enrollment, a Board of Trustees vote confirmed Monday night. Chairman Neil Kinnon, also a Malden City Councillor, said the school received "arbitrary and capricious" treatment from state education officials when they imposed conditions on the school's renewed charter this year. MVRCS serves children in grades K-12, including about 60 from Stoneham this year, along with students from Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose and Wakefield. He asked trustees for authorization to "resolve these issues with the [Department of Elementary and Secondary Education], up to determining what the next steps are." Citing a "clear record of …
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Russ
11:49 am on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Another attack on a quality education effort by the education establishment and their union supporters. Let the superior educators do their jobs and the slackers fall by the wayside - hopefully into the private sector. more ›