JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former employees of Icon Preparatory School in Jacksonville say they have been unable to file their 2025 federal income taxes because they have not received correct W-2 forms — and some say they have not received W-2s at all.
The concerns are part of an I-TEAM investigation into the K-8 private school on West 13th Street, which receives state scholarship dollars through Florida’s school voucher programs.
Former teachers also described problems they say they saw while working at the school, including alleged mold in classrooms and ongoing bathroom issues.
“Not what they were delivering,” former teacher says
Charis Sims, who said she started as a language arts teacher at Icon Preparatory School in 2024, told the I-TEAM she initially believed the school’s mission — which she described as modeled after high standards of historically Black colleges and universities…