Report: Cyber charter school laying off teachers, shorting students their equipment
Some things aren’t adding up at the Frontier Virtual Charter High School.
The school has about 85 students — 54 from Philadelphia and far fewer than the 300 John Craig originally projected when he opened the school last Fall.
Craig is the subject of today’s Daily News cover story, which looks at the school’s seemingly underwhelming performance and the promises Frontier has fallen short on. Teachers have been laid off, students haven’t received the laptops they were supposed to get, and some aren’t being reimbursed for their Internet costs.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education is conducting a review.
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