Soner Tarim and Charlotte Meadows LOSE lawsuit for LEAD Academy application in Alabama

Just a few weeks after announcing a location was found for LEAD Academy, the Judge Rules in FAVOR of AEA that LEAD Academy approval process was illegal, and had concerns for out of town investor (Soner Tarim of the Gulen Movement former Superintendent of Harmony Science Academy)

Charlotte Meadows had the support of wealthy Alabama people and the  Mayor of Montgomery.  Charlotte has vowed to appeal but has she learned her lesson about partnering with the Gulen Movement aka Dr. Soner Tarim?   Go Ahead Charlotte you appeal, and you will have the PEOPLE fighting you should you not shake lose your association with #GulenCrimeCartel #IslamicCult 
resubmit a new application and WE THE PEOPLE may reconsider. 

Montgomery's first-approved charter school has found its campus. 

LEAD Academy announced Thursday it will operate out of the former Algernon Blair building, a 30,000-square-foot facility on a nearly 13-acre campus located at 2897 Eastern Blvd. 

The property, which features two separate brick buildings and a lake, is owned by Montgomery businessman Rod Frazer who will lease the building to LEAD Academy. LEAD Chairperson Charlotte Meadows said the initial annual lease figure of the five-year deal looks to be in the $300,000 range and will escalate each subsequent year as LEAD adds students.

"Rod Frazer reached out to us and told us he knew how important education is to the city of Montgomery and that a charter school like LEAD Academy could be a catalyst for change that we've needed for so long. That's what we intend to be," Meadows said.

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https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/education/2018/04/12/lead-academy-finds-home-former-algernon-blair-building/510269002/

Montgomery judge rules charter school approval invalid

A Montgomery judge today ruled in favor of the Alabama Education Association in a lawsuit challenging the approval of the first charter school in Montgomery.

Circuit Judge J.R. Gaines ruled that the 5-1 vote by the Alabama Public Charter School Commission to approve the LEAD Education Foundation's application for a charter school fell short of the majority required in state law. Gaines wrote that the law required at least six votes for the approval to be valid. At full membership, the commission has 10 members, although it has only nine currently.

The AEA, joined by two Montgomery County public school employees, filed the lawsuit in March challenging the approval of the LEAD Academy application, which the commission voted on in February.

The AEA, which represents public education employees and is a longtime opponent of charter schools, applauded the decision.

"AEA will continue to be the strongest supporter of all students in all of Alabama's public schools," AEA President Sherry Tucker said in a press release.

Charlotte Meadows, chair of the LEAD board, said the board would appeal the ruling. The school had initially planned to open in August for the 2018-2019 school year.

"We're very disappointed," Meadows said. "It's kind of a sad day for children in Montgomery."

Charter schools, which receive public funding but aren't subject to many of the regulations of traditional public schools, are new to Alabama. The Legislature authorized charter schools and created the Alabama Public Charter School Commission in 2015.

ACCEL Academy in Mobile opened last year as Alabama's first charter school.University Charter School in Livingston in is scheduled to open this August.

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https://articles.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/05/montgomery_judge_rules_charter.amp

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http://altoday.com/archives/23288-judge-rules-against-montgomerys-first-charter-school-wont-open-in-2018

http://m.wbrc.com/story/38099627/charter-school-commission-to-appeal-lead-academy-ruling