Last year The Lens reported that board members of Lusher Charter School privately discussed how to respond to a union drive and set up private meetings. Both appeared to violate state law. The school district appears to have taken school officials at their word that they did nothing wrong.
The school’s lawyer said negotiations won’t start until the fall.
There was a big improvement last fall when the city announced an expansion of traffic enforcement cameras.
Henderson Lewis Jr. has said the school should be closed because of under-enrollment. Wednesday night, he focused on the building.
The superintendent wants to close the school; the board has delayed a decision.
In 2012 and 2014, the state ethics board charged Paulette Bruno and Doris Roché-Hicks with breaking state law because five family members worked at charter schools they run. Years later, the charges remain unresolved.
It's the fifth school to undergo a union drive in recent years.
First it was a charter effort. Then they were told it would close. Now they don’t know.
The superintendent was scheduled to make a recommendation on the applications Thursday.
The New York Times reports that some families around the country don’t know this until they’re already in a private school.
