A north Minneapolis charter school has sued the nonprofit run by its ousted founder’s wife over a lease dispute.
Harvest Best Academy estimates that Seed Daycare has overcharged the school by more than $400,000 over the past three years, according to court documents and correspondence with the Minnesota Department of Education. The current lease began in 2018 and goes through June 2036.
In the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court, Harvest Best claims that Seed has breached the lease by failing to provide documentation for its charges to the school, failing to make timely repairs to the leaking roof and allowing unauthorized third parties access to the school. The lawsuit seeks damages and a court-ordered accounting…