Deceived.
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This morning's edition of the News Journal greeted readers with an above-the-fold story about diploma mills with the Pencader Charter School Leader front and center.
A year ago, I put my reputation behind Pencader and joined with other Christina constituents to implore DOE give the school a second chance to continue to offer their commendable education to high school students despite the fiscal crisis that enveloped the school. DOE conceded, Pencader's bricks and mortar filled with hopes and dreams - many of those dreams crushed during a very trying and at times painful 2011-12 school year. After reading this morning's story for a third, fourth, and fifth time, I find myself feeling deeply deceived.
This morning, I am publicly requesting that the Pencader Board of Directors convene an emergency meeting and remove the school leader. While Delaware's charter school leaders are not required by code, law, or regulation to hold a Ph.D., purporting to have one is gross misrepresentation and malfeasance. It is more than a bad example, it is an insult to true educators who have earned their degrees from accredited educational institutions! The Pencader Board must be accountable to their students, parents, employees, constituents, and tax payers. They cannot permit a school leader to continue to stretch the truth - this is not the example that should be set for our children who continue to struggle to hit a moving target and achieve proficiency.
If the Board of Directors fails to act quickly, I am calling on the Delaware Department of Education as the school's authorizer to intervene immediately. Anything less is simply not acceptable! Dan Cruce, John Carwell, Sec. of Education Murphy - the tax payers need to hear from you!
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