And here we have the latest on a major charter school group in Connecticut. Kansas should retain its current law on charter schools. The Jumoke Academy charter school operation was saddled with rampant nepotism, imposed little or no oversight on former CEO Michael Sharpe and made repeated financial missteps that could sink the organization within three years, according to a 99-page investigative report ordered by the state Department of Education. The report, released Friday afternoon and coming in the midst of an FBI investigation of Jumoke and the closely related Family Urban Schools of Excellence, mirrors reporting by The Courant since June. The state report was especially critical of Sharpe, who hired multiple family members, gave work to the relatives of Jumoke executives, approved the hiring of felons for school jobs and oversaw expensive and ornate modifications to a Jumoke-owned apartment that he later rented. Sharpe resigned on June 21... Dorsey criticized Jumokes aggressive real estate expansion over the past decade, saying that the organization bought a Scarborough Street property knowing that it was not zoned for a school and paid at least $195,000 above market value for its most expensive purchase — a $3.1 million deal in fall 2013 to buy 875 Asylum Ave., now the home of Jumoke Academy Honors at the Hartford Conservatory. courant/community/hartford/hc-fuse-jumoke-investigation-report-0103-20150102-story.html#page=1
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:58:13 +0000
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