Merrimack Valley

Legislators want more scrutiny of charter schools, especially funding

By Edward Mason , Staff writer
Eagle-Tribune
Published: September 26, 2007

BOSTON - Alida Jenkins enrolled her son Jonathan at Lawrence Community Day Public Charter School when he was 4 years old.

She said the transformation in her boy within his first six months away from the city's public schools was "inexplicable."Read this article in full with a
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