The Dorothy Height Community Academy Public Charter School located at 1400 1st St NW in today’s news.
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Education
Judge orders D.C. charter to stop payments to company founded by school leaders
By Michael Alison Chandler October 27 at 8:37 PM
A Superior Court judge ordered a D.C. public charter school to stop payments to a private management company set up by the school’s founder, who has been charged with diverting millions of dollars in taxpayer money for his personal gain.
Judge Neal E. Kravitz said he was issuing the preliminary injunction because he believes the District has a strong likelihood of demonstrating in a trial that the school — Dorothy I. Height Community Academy Public Charter School — overpaid Kent Amos by about $1 million last year alone, in violation of District law and the school’s articles of incorporation.
“I view this as an egregious case,” Kravitz said. “This is not an arrangement that should be allowed to continue any longer than absolutely necessary.”
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