Detroit Schools on the Brink - WSJ.com - 0 views
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charter schools have siphoned off tens of thousands of students.
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N Butler on 22 Jul 09I know of a school in Western Pa that was having the same problem. They decided to create their own "Cyber School" to keep money in the district. As far as I know, it has worked well.
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only about one-quarter of students who start high school in the district graduate from it in four years,
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Wide-scale corruption has depleted district coffers, which held a $103.6 million surplus as recently as 2002. In June, Mr. Bobb's new team of forensic accountants found DPS paychecks going to 257 "ghost" employees who have yet to be accounted for.
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they recently hired private companies to take over 17 of the district's 22 high schools. Last week, the district received $149 million in federal stimulus grants to upgrade classrooms and instruction districtwide. Only $11 million of that can be applied to the deficit, however.