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Charter operator seeks relief from $1,000 per‑student transportation charge; board asks for family survey and detailed plan
Summary
Phoenix International School of the Arts asked the Charles County Board to amend its charter language requiring the operator to pay $1,000 per enrolled student for transportation, proposing instead to pay only for students who ride and to cap its payment near the district's per‑pupil transportation allotment; the superintendent recommended a district‑run survey to measure family impacts before any charter amendment.
Angelica Jackson, co‑founder and CEO of Phoenix International School of the Arts (referred to in the meeting as "Sota" or "Soda"), asked the Board on March 10 to amend the school's charter language that currently requires the operator to purchase transportation at $1,000 per enrolled student regardless of ridership.
"We are requesting that we only pay for those students that actually take the bus," Jackson told the board, adding that roughly 30–40% of her school's families are car riders and that the mandated buyback at $1,000 per enrolled child imposes a heavy fixed cost on a small charter operator. She proposed paying a reduced rate (the district's per‑pupil transportation…
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