KSHB 41 reporter Fernanda Silva covers stories in the Northland. She started working on this story after KSHB received a tip from a concerned parent who learned her child’s charter school must repay $1.7 million to the state.Fernanda also focuses on issues surrounding immigration. Share your story idea with her.
—A concerned Kansas City mother reached out to KSHB 41 after learning her child’s charter school must repay $1.7 million to the state. But Académie Lafayette isn’t alone — charter schools across Kansas City owe a combined $11.8 million.
“Are we going to have, you know, a school to come back to in January?” That’s the question Samantha Mallett asked after she received an email from Académie Lafayette, where her son is a student.
The email says that in early December, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) notified all Kansas City charter schools of an “unexpected state funding adjustment.”…