About 99 students in Canton could lose their school by August if the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board agrees to revoke its charter.
At a May 14 hearing, an attorney for the board argued that SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy should lose its charter because leadership mismanaged the school, particularly its finances, violating state law and its contract.
Tamu Green, the school’s founder and chief executive officer, contended that mistakes were made because his staff lacked promised training and technical support from the charter board. He said he didn’t know all the relevant federal and state requirements.
“It’s a guessing game a little bit,” Green said of finalizing the school’s financial paperwork by the close of the fiscal year…