Parents as Learning Coaches?
Sep 10th, 2006 by Annette
Scio-based Oregon Connections Academy in conflict with the Oregon Department of Education for making parental involvement a criteria for admission.
Oregon virtual charter school faces loss of funds
Associated Press
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PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon virtual charter school which serves hundreds of students is in danger of losing its state funding.
The Oregon Department of Education said the Scio-based Oregon Connections Academy, which is run by the for-profit Connections Academy of Baltimore, has violated state law by requiring parents to serve as learning coaches as a condition of student enrollment.
The department also said the school, which uses the Internet, mail and telephones to deliver lessons, must use a lottery rather than a policy of admitting students on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Until both issues are addressed, state money will be held in an escrow account, the Department of Education said in a letter to Gary Tempel, superintendent of Scio School District, which chartered the academy. (end of snip)
