The Virtual Charter school board only voted in favor of proceeding because their attorney recommended it so that they could have a hearing to hear the other side as well. Epic is 90% of the reason that board exists. Epic is not going anywhere and the traditional B & M folks need to get used to it. They’re now the largest school district in the state and could write a check for the supposed money owed today if needed, but they’ll fight it because they disagree with the audit calculations. The audit was a joke, performed by a journalism major, full of opinion and conjecture. If the calculations were wrong the fault lies with the dept of Ed for approving and signing off on them.
Aside from 60,000 students and being the most efficient schools, Epic is now a huge employer in this state. They are so greedy with those tax dollars they pay their teachers on avg 20-25k more a year than brick and mortar. Yes, they spent 3 mil on advertising that the auditor didn’t like, but that had to be done to combat all the bullying from traditionals and the media. Now is probably the worst time for them to be trying to take down a virtual school. HA!