State moves to shut down virtual charter school

Oklahoma education officials are taking their first action ever to shut down a virtual charter school, but the school is fighting the effort.

The five-member Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, the sole authorizer and sponsor of online charter schools, has moved to terminate its contract with ABLE Charter School for noncompliance with the law. ABLE, whose offices are in Oklahoma City, is the newest and smallest of five virtual charter schools in Oklahoma.

The board voted May 10 to terminate the contract based on a report from Executive Director Rebecca Wilkinson, who voiced a number of concerns with the school. Those concerns include inadequate financial reporting, failure to comply with the Open Meeting Act, inability to maintain a four-member governing board and inadequate organization.

ABLE Charter School’s superintendent, Kenneth Kuczynski, said he feels the termination proceedings are unwarranted given that the school is in its first year, serving sixth through twelth-graders.

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