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Cyber school founder gets $3 million to cut ties

November 23, 2009

The founder of a charter school in Devon that is under federal investigation has received $3 million to sever all ties to the institution, according to terms of a settlement that includes the state Department of Education. The payment to Dorothy June Brown’s firm settles four lawsuits involving Agora Cyber Charter, an Internet-based school...
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IU may create cyber school

July 13, 2009

Intermediate Unit 1 is studying how to create a cyber school for its member districts. IU1 Executive Director Charles Mahoney said the idea was brought to him this spring by Ringgold School District Superintendent Gary Hamilton. Hamilton, who could not be reached for comment Wednesday, suggested to Mahoney that the IU create the cyber...
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PA Cyber’s fix-up of union hall sounds good to museum group, too

July 11, 2009

A former union hall targeted as the site of an industrial museum will be transformed, at least temporarily, into space for online instruction by the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, which owns the building. The old United Steelworkers of America Local 1212 hall on Midland Avenue had been offered to the nonprofit Beaver County Industrial...
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Blendedschools.net lets students earn a Dover diploma

July 5, 2009

Cyber school students in the Dover Area School District will have a new option for the 2009-10 school year, and district officials are hoping they take advantage of it.Earlier this month, the school board voted to enter into an agreement with Blendedschools.net for the next school year at a first-year cost of $9,500 for...
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