Here's a request for all of our blog readers out there. What's the story, the real story, with Germantown Settlement?
In today's Inquirer, we learn that the School District has ordered that the Germantown Settlement Charter School be closed because "test scores are low, the school has not provided some financial documents and has failed to meet important provisions of the state charter law."
The charter movement has had its share of success stories. Apparently, Germantown Settlement Charter School is not one of them.
The Inquirer article and this earlier Daily News piece from when the potential of closure was first announced don't explain the connection between the school and Germantown Settlement - a large non-profit in Germantown that has connections to Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller.
Is there a connection? Phillyblog provides plenty of input about Germantown Settlement but also doesn't seem to make any explicit connections.
Got any info? Share it in the comments section or email me. Feel free to share links, etc.
A lot of taxpayer money is flowing in and around this organization. Are we getting our money's worth? If the school is connected, is its failure a signal of greater mismanagement?