Oklahoma officials have voted to shut down an Oklahoma City charter school for poor performance in a move that has been months in the making.
KOCO-TV reports that The Statewide Charter School Board voted 8 to 1 to terminate its contract with the Proud to Partner Leadership Academy.
On Monday, the school presented its final witness, Superintendent Dawn Bowles. She said that the school has been going through growing pains since it opened, from not having a building to not having as many students as they expected.
They started with 60 students last year and had hoped to double that. They also did not receive the funding they expected, and the school was unable to get the Federal Charter School Program Grant.
The attorney for the state pointed out that the school is under audit for at least six deficiencies, all of which are at least partially related to finances.
"This is not a paper issue," said Thomas Schneider, deputy general counsel for the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office. "We talked about negative balances on the bank statements. There were overdraft fees. This is not a paper issue. The school is spending money it doesn't have, and that's inappropriate."
