1 TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Charter school may be cut Lack of progress Baptist Church and its proposed NE Kingston school has not corrected numer- Greater Truevine started the charter school. Lane, was set to ous deficiencies that constitute charter process three years ago. cited for proposal County School Superintendent open in August, noncompliance with the contract, They expected to open in August to cancel contract. Terry Huddleston has recom- but it has yet the letter said. 2012, but had to file an amend- mended that the School Board to meet numer- “To date, the school has failed ment to push the opening date By AMANDA WILLIAMSON terminate the charter contract ous require- to meet generally accepted stan- back by another year.
[email protected] it currently has with the church ments needed dards of fiscal management, facil- “They have done very little, during the board meeting tonight Huddleston first, according ity readiness, personnel require- as of being prepared to open,” The Columbia County School at 7 p.m. in the School Board to a letter draft- ments and insurance require- in the year since, assistant District may cut ties with the Complex auditorium. ed by assistant superintendent ments, among other material Greater Truevine Missionary Vine Academy of the Arts, 217 Narragansett Smith. The charter issues,” the letter said. BOARD continued on 3A Voucher BLACK WATER CHURNS program growing rapidly Nearly 11,000 students added to non-public school rolls in past year. By BRANDON LARRABEE The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — The state’s vouch- er-like system that allows students to attend private schools experienced record enrollment growth in 2012-13, according to a state report, and a spokesman said the program expects to add even more students in the upcoming year.