After months of delay, a judge in Baton Rouge is poised to decide whether the new management of Impact Charter School in Baker can seize full financial control of the small elementary school from founder Chakesha Scott.
State District Judge Ron Johnson also is set to rule on whether to give the school’s new leaders control of perhaps millions of dollars sitting in bank accounts of two affiliated nonprofit groups associated with Scott. The plaintiffs claim Scott wrongly diverted the money from school funds and later used it for personal expenses.
Meanwhile, a recent court filing in the case confirms that, in addition to her civil troubles, Scott is facing a federal criminal investigation into her management of Impact…