Shuttered charter school is set to pay consultant as much as $186,000 to dissolve finances in process Erie School District says should be done by now as district seeks court-appointed receiver.
Erie Times-News
- After Erie School Board revoked its charter, Erie Rise Leadership Academy Charter School closed for students on June 30, 2023
- Charter school must still dissolve its financial operations with Erie School District to get remaining assets
- Erie Rise says it is moving toward dissolution as some costs of extended process come up at court hearing over receivership
The public Erie Rise Leadership Academy Charter School used taxpayer money to pay a consultant $110,000 in 2023 to oversee the financial dissolution of the school after it closed to students on June 30 of that year.
The contract started right after the Erie School Board cited poor academic performance and voted in January 2023 to revoke Erie Rise’s charter, setting up its closure as a school six months later.
Erie Rise extended the consultant’s contract for 2024. The Erie Rise board agreed to pay him a total of another $76,000, in monthly installments, to continue to oversee the dissolution.