The state charter school law frees independently run public-school campuses from many laws. However, that doesn’t include the state’s open-meetings law.
After four years as a charter school separate from the city’s beleaguered system, Benjamin Franklin High School’s leaders on Thursday fell into compliance with a state law that requires the principal to be evaluated.
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